Lin Shuangwen rebellion

Pacification of Taiwan
	; The Qing fleet returning from Taiwan
Date	1786–1788
Location	Taiwan, Qing China
Result	Qing victory
Belligerents
Qing Empire	Taiwanese rebels
Commanders and leaders
Qianlong Emperor; Fuk'anggan; Ren Cheng'en	Lin Shuangwen ; Zhuang Datian (POW); Lin Da
Strength
3,000 police; 10,000 troops sent to relieve Taiwan in 1786; 20,000 troops brought by Fuk'anggan in 1788 including Green Standard Army and Eight Banners; Quanzhou militia; Hakka militia; a minority of Zhangzhou militia	Zhangzhou militia (Minority of Quanzhou militia)
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Lin Shuangwen rebellion (Chinese: 林爽文事件; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Sóng-bûn sū-kiāⁿ; lit. 'Lin Shuangwen Incident') occurred in 1787–1788 in Taiwan under the rule of the Qing dynasty. The rebellion was started by the rebel Lin Shuangwen and was pacified by the Qianlong Emperor. Lin Shuangwen was then executed.

It started when the Qing Taiwan governor Sun Jingsui (孙景燧) outlawed the Tiandihui society and arrested Lin Shuangwen's uncles. Lin then murdered Sun and formed an army to resist. Lin's forces which were mostly Zhangzhou people attacked several Taiwan sites, and fought militias mostly made out of Quanzhou and Hakka people, however some Quanzhou fought on Lin's side and some Zhangzhou people were on the Qing side. The Qing sent troops to quell the rebellion and execute Lin and the rebels.

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