The decade before the end of the nineteen-century has been described by many historians as a period of great discontent for Chinese population as a result of frequent natural disasters, such as river floods and droughts. Historically, these events had severe repercussions on both economy and social life of the entire country, as they created a state of imbalance between man and nature at all levels. At the lowest levels, creating instability among the masses …showed first 75 words of 1848 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1848 total…effect of the two. In fact, as I. Hsu states: “Victims of the natural calamities as well as superstitious scholars and officials blamed the misfortune on the foreigners, who, they insisted, had offended the spirits by propagating a heterodox religion and prohibiting the worship of Confucius, idols and ancestors.” However, the Boxers failed to drive foreigners out of China, but they set the stage for the successful Chinese revolutionary movement of the early twentieth century.