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Boxer Rebellion
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Etymology
From en Boxer rebellion. Boxer refers to zh 義和拳 Righteous and Harmonious Fists, the martial arts practiced by the rebels.
Proper noun
Boxer Rebellion
A violent anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising which took place in China towards the end of the Qing dynasty between 1899 and 1901.
en 1937 w:Eleanor Roosevelt This Is My Story (memoir) This Is My Story https://archive.org/details/thisismystory0000unse/ w:Harper & Brothers 769493205 113–114 https://archive.org/details/thisismystory0000unse/page/113/ Young Major Leonard, with only one arm (the other lost during the Boxer rebellion in China), Mr. John Lodge and a charming young Italian named Gherardesca, and many others, made these visits stand out in my memory.
en 1991 Thomas Lawton A Time of Transition: Two Collectors of Chinese Art https://books.google.com/books?id=6kDsAAAAMAAJ 9780913689301 37899659 8323020M 63 According to one published account, said to be based on information provided by foreign missionaries in Chungking, whose reaction may have been influenced by the excesses of the Boxer Rebellion just a few years earlier, Tuan-fang was killed by his own soldiers at Tzu-chou, Shensi province.
Translations
violent anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising in China between 1899 and 1901
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 義和團運動, cmn 拳亂 Quánluàn derogatory
Hungarian: hu bokszerlázadás
Vietnamese: vi phong trào Nghĩa Hoà Đoàn, vi khởi nghĩa Nghĩa Hoà Đoàn
en Historical events History of China Wars