Autumn Harvest Uprising

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The Autumn Harvest Uprising was a 1927 armed insurrection led by the Chinese Communist Party under Mao Zedong in rural Hunan and Jiangxi, marking an early attempt to mobilize peasants and establish revolutionary base areas during the Chinese Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed uprising
event in the Chinese Civil War
peasant uprising
aim to establish rural revolutionary base areas
to mobilize peasants
to overthrow local Kuomintang authorities
alsoKnownAs Autumn Harvest Rebellion
associatedWith Hunan peasant movement
Jinggangshan Revolutionary Base Area
belligerent Chinese Communist Party forces
linked to: Chinese Red Army

Kuomintang government forces
casusBelli Kuomintang repression of Communists
cause agrarian discontent among peasants
conflict between Communists and Kuomintang after 1927 split
commandedBy Mao Zedong
conflictType rural insurgency
country China
endDate 1927-10-14
followedBy establishment of Jinggangshan base area
historicalEra Republic of China era
ideology communism
influenced creation of rural soviets in China
development of Mao’s rural guerrilla warfare strategy
leader Mao Zedong
location Changsha region
linked to: Changsha

Hunan
linked to: Hunan Province

Jiangxi
linked to: Jiangxi Province

Liuyang County
linked to: Liuyang

Pingjiang County
border region of Hunan and Jiangxi
militaryOutcome Communist tactical defeat
opponent National Revolutionary Army units
organizer Chinese Communist Party
participant peasant militias
workers and peasants’ revolutionary army
partOf Chinese Civil War
politicalOutcome strengthening of Mao’s leadership in rural strategy
precededBy Nanchang Uprising
relatedTo Chinese Communist Revolution
linked to: Chinese Revolution

Mao Zedong Thought
linked to: Maoism
result defeat of Communist forces
retreat of rebel forces to Jinggang Mountains
significance early large-scale armed action by Chinese Communists in the countryside
marked shift toward rural-based revolutionary strategy
startDate 1927-09-07
timePeriod 1927

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Chinese Civil War (early phase) hasKeyEvent Autumn Harvest Uprising
Nanchang Uprising followedBy Autumn Harvest Uprising
Cai Hesen associatedWith Hunan revolutionary movement
linked to: Autumn Harvest Uprising
Guangzhou Uprising follows Autumn Harvest Uprising
Chinese Red Army notableEvent Autumn Harvest Uprising
Shanghai massacre of 1927 followedBy Autumn Harvest Uprising
Autumn Harvest Uprising alsoKnownAs Autumn Harvest Rebellion
linked to: Autumn Harvest Uprising
Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan associatedWith Hunan peasant associations
linked to: Autumn Harvest Uprising