| dc.description.abstract | The Chinese women were regarded uselessness in the viewpoint of themselves, non talent in the viewpoint of their parents, inability in the viewpoint of their husbands and ignorance under the patriarchal domination of the Chinese society. However, the woman policy disclosed the gender equality in Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The women presenting free independent style in Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were huge different between the women with weak image in late-Qing period. The purpose of the article was to examine the living situation and status change of a series of woman policies in Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, compared with the status of British women and made a fair objective appraisal to the women of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
The first part was the women’s life background of earlier Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. At first, the research was to explore the origin of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and Hakka’s women and illustrated the factors of history and natural environment which made the spirit of Hakka’s women, moreover, the reasons of founding Taiping Rebellion. And then elaborated the creation and development of God worshipping and analyzed the women’s thought in the religious doctrines which proved that there was no sexual equality in the woman policy. At last, the research revealed the origins, organizations, duties and statuses of “female camp” in earlier Taiping Rebellion.
The second part was to discuss the status of woman and living styles of different communities at middle-to-late in Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, especially for Hakka’s women in Guangxi, the women in the southern of Yangtze River and the nobiliary women who integrated into the harem. At first, the research indicated the influence of physically and mentally and variations in status on the women in the southern shore of Yangtze River who participated in the labor work and obeyed the law of “free the feet” after Hong Xiuchan established the capital in Tianjing in1853. And then, elaborated Hakka’s women got the chances to fight and participate in government, and furthermore they had the freedom of social life. The aforementioned further indicate that Hong Xiuchan was autocratic and harsh to the harem and reserved kings in Taiping Heavenly Kingdom who lived in luxury and sensuality resulted in nobiliary women lost their personality and dignity. However, the ministers’ wives bore more social pressure.
The third part was the comparison status of women in Taiping Heavenly Kingdom with British women. This part was mainly aimed to present the women status of development and the difference between Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and Britain in 19 century. At first, the research introduced the development and background of the women’s movement, and thinking bases of women’s movement in Britain. Then, it was a comparison of family legal status, and analyzed the similarities and differences in marriage, the property right and wardship between the women in Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and Britain. At last, it was a comparison of social status, and discussed on the processes and differences of education rights, working rights, wages, political participation rights and voting rights between the women in Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and Britain.
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