Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1898, boka rinotsigira makore ane chiuru rinonzi Righteous Harmony Society Movement rakaumbwa muShandong Province, richidaidzira kuti pesvedzero yose yokumwe muChina idzingwe. Vairwisa vanhu vokuMadokero zvikurukuru mamishinari nevatendeuki vechiChinese, uye vainzi "vabhokisi" nevanhu vokuMadokero. Dare reQing pakutanga rakadzvinyirira maBoxer asi Empress Dowager akaedza kuvashandisa kudzikisira pesvedzero yekune dzimwe nyika uye akavabvumidza kuungana muBeijing, ndokuzodzingwa maBoxer kubva muguta mushure mekupamba kwakaitika uye akaraira vatorwa mumamishinari kuti vaende kuTianjin, izvo vakaramba kuita. Muna June 1900, mauto eQing aisanganisira Manchu Bannerman nevarwi vechiMuslim vaibva kuGansu uye maBoxers akakomba Legation Quarter, iyo yaidzivirira mazana akati wandei evashandi vehurumende nemasoja uye vangangoita 3 200 maKristu echiChinese. Kuedza kwokutanga kwakaitwa neSangano reNyika Sere muSeymour Expedition kwakakundikana uye mauto akadzokera shure. Pakuedza kwechipiri, pakupedzisira
vakakurira varwi veBoxer neQing ndokusimudza kukombwa. Mauto okumwe akapamba guta ndokutora Beijing nenharaunda yakapoteredza muZhili. Mambokadzi Chirikadzi Cixi akatizira kuXi'an uye haana kudzoka kusvikira hurumende yeQing yapedza kusaina Bhokisi reBhokisi iro rakavamanikidza kubhadhara muripo wemamiriyoni mazana mana nemakumi mashanu esirivheri nemubereko pazana mana. Zvikwereti zvevaBhokisi zvakabvisa hurumende yeQing yakawanda yemari yayo yemitero uye zvakasimbisazve hurumende.