홍수전의 종교적 성공과 그 사상적 배경 -그의 종교체험에 나타난 도장과 칼의 의미- = Hong xiuquan`s religious success and its background: the meaning of sword and seal in his mystical experience

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The thought of Hong Xiuquan, the leader of the Taiping Rebellion(1850-64) in China, has been usually approached from social and political point of view. The religious aspect of his thought, in many case, has been neglected. This paper examines his religious thought and its background from the religious point of view. Expecially focusing on the mystical experience of Hong Xiuquan, the writer discusses the meaning of the revelation, the seal and the sword which he received from God in his experience. This paper approaches to the personal life of Hong Xiuquan, observes the occupation of his father, a village chief, and the Hong Xiuquan`s hope to be a government official which he after all failed to be. From this point of view, the paper concludes the sword and the seal received from God meant that Hong Xiuquan himself would become a God`s official, and that also he would be an emperor, that is a son of Heaven. The seal meant the emperor`s seal, and the sword also signified the emperor`s sword. For this reason this paper concludes that the God`s revelation, Exterminate the demons!, Slay the demons! could be said that it was the emperor`s duty and mission to rule all the people of the world.