| dc.description.abstract | Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, leading by Hong Xiuquan and lasting for fourteen years with an impact on eighteen provinces, weakened Qing Dynasty drastically. Among many leading figures of the Taiping, Shi Dakai was unique and outstanding. His short life was closely related with the rise and fall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The subject of this study is Shi Dakai and I will divide his life into four parts according to important events of his life.The first part, Shi Dakai and the rising of TaipingHeavenly Kingdom, is to analyze Shi Dakai’s family background, his participation in God-worshipping Party and his climb of official ladder in the Taiping’s officialdom. The second part, Shi Dakai in the first stage of Taiping Movement, will study Shi’s military strategies, his political ability and his achievements before the establishment of the Taiping’s capital at Nanking. The third part, the Incident of Tianjing and Shi Dakai’s departure, will explore Shi’s role in the Tianjing’s Incident and the reason of his departure. The forth part, Shi Dakai’s development after his departure, will discuss She’s fighting in Zhejiang and Fujian until his failure in Dadu River. I will also examine his military strategies and tactics at this period and the influence of his fighting on the final stage of Taiping movement. | en_US |