White Lotus

religious and political movement
Class type of: religion Q1142216
White Lotus
Unidentified Artist; In the Style of Li Gonglin (Chinese, c. 1041–1106) · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

9 properties
Inception
1300[7]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 1300 GND (DNB) 1200 edition 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 ↗
Country
Yuan dynasty, Ming dynasty, Qing dynasty[2][3][4]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata Yuan dynasty · Ming dynasty · Qing dynasty GND (DNB) People's Republic of China edition 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 ↗
Subclass of
religion[6]
Native label
白蓮敎, 白莲敎[11][12]
Separated from
Pure Land Buddhism[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en Bailianism en White Lotus cs Bílý lotos de Weißer Lotus el Λευκός Λωτός es Loto Blanco fa نیلوفر سفید (دین) fr Bailianisme fr Lotus blanc fr Secte du lotus blanc he הלוטוס הלבן id Teratai Putih it Bailianesimo it Loto Bianco ja 白蓮教徒 ja 白蓮教 ko 백련교 ko 백련교도 nl Witte Lotus pl Paj-lien-ciao
🔖 Identifiers · 14
VIAF cluster ID
246955328
Library of Congress authority ID
sh91002510
GND ID
4288779-3
De Agostini ID
Lòto+Bianco
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/White-Lotus
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
lotus-blanc-bailianjiao
Freebase ID
/m/06l_y9
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1846083
NDL Authority ID
00576114
Namuwiki ID
백련교
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007556257105171
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3877115
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Dissolved, abolished or demolished dateP576
1850 2026-09-30 GND (DNB) (CC0 1.0) as of 2026-09-30
where from?
Source
GND (DNB)
Edition
20260930 · as of 2026-09-30 · newer edition 20261105 landed
Licence
CC0 1.0
Credit
DNB GND open data: CC0 1.0 as stated by data.dnb.de's own /opendata/ listing. Person records (names, birth/death dates and places, gender, occupations, variant names) internal-only; gnd keys of persons marked entity: person.
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DNB GND open data: CC0 1.0 as stated by data.dnb.de's own /opendata/ listing. Person records (names, birth/death dates and places, gender, occupations, variant names) internal-only; gnd keys of persons marked entity: person.
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Described by source 1
Followed by 1
Followed by (predecessor) 1
Instance of 1
Named after 1
Separated from 1
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Summary

White Lotus is a Chinese salvationist religions[1].

Body

Influence

Things named for White Lotus include White Lotus Rebellion[13], a rebellion[14], in Qing dynasty[15].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include White Lotus Rebellion[13], a rebellion[14], in Qing dynasty[15].

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  1. 9w ago · Pruna.ar · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → religion
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subclass of: religion"
  2. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Separated from → Pure Land Buddhism
    Replaces → —
    Inception → +1300-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007556257105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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