The Rise of the Qing

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The Rise of the Qing
https://doi.org/10.3735/9781961844605.book.part.024

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Abstract

China’s final dynasty, the Qing (“pure”) Dynasty, was established in 1636 by Hong Taiji (1592–1643), a Jurchen clan leader who successfully consolidated the tribal peoples of northeastern China into a new, powerful political entity. These peoples were collectively known as the Manchu, and they controlled China politically, economically, and culturally until the early twentieth century. Hong Taiji (who was also known as Abahai) was the son of Nurhaci (1559–1626), a Jurchen ruler and former vassal of the leaders of Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) China who used the political and social instability of the mid-seventeenth century to his advantage.

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