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In the 12th cent., a pious vegetarian group dedicated to the worship of the Buddha Amitabha. It developed into a millenarian organization active in rebellions at the end of the Yuan dynasty. The White Lotus Rebellion (1796-1804), in the mountains of central China, consisted of uncoordinated roving bands using hit-and-run guerrilla tactics that were hard to combat, especially as much of the government money allocated to fighting the rebels was embezzled. It was eventually put down by peasants organized into local militia defense corps. Later Chinese governments came to use the term White Lotus for all illegal millenarian groups. The Nian Rebellion of 1852 may have been a new manifestation of the White Lotus Society, as was the secret society behind the Boxer Rebellion.
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