The Contrast Research On The Peasants' Psychology Between The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom And Boxers Movement

Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and Boxers are both Peasant movements which response intensely to the contradictions in the modern society. As the main body of the movements, their points of view about the struggle, politics and religion can be detected from the movements, which show us the process of the peasants' psychology. Peasants are firm in the conflict and sensitive in seeking for rivals. However, no matter the Qing government or the Western big powers, they are the same to the peasants basically. There are the shadows of the Feudal crowned head system and the Imperial authority thought, it would not go away because of the peasants fight to the Qing government or the invasion of the Imperialism. The peasants are estranged to the politics by nature, conscious less of the self government and rule, which results of used to be ruled and the disability of the rebuilding a new society. The religion in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and Boxers means no difference to the psychology belief of the peasants. They ask for the god to be omnipotent and useful. From the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to Boxers movement, the peasants psychology is stable and invariable. The point of view does not change gets to the heart of the matter is because peasants's economic status has not had the change, which means the starting point the peasants ponder the question and makes the judgment from have not changed. The peasants in the exploration do not have the breakthrough original category, the way and the custom to the outside attention and to the innermost feelings. The no change of the point of view reflect that the Chinese modern times society evolves slowly and long, as well as transformation of the modern times society.