Briefing of Qing Dynasty History

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Qing rulers have been of the Jurchen Aisin Gioro clan, a nomadic tribe that came from northeast of the Great Wall in present-day Northeastern China. The Aisin Gioro tops, Nurhachi, who has been initially the vassal of the Ming emperors, started to unifying the Jurchen clans in the late 16th century.

By just 1635, Nurhachi's son Hong Taiji could possibly state they constituted just one as well as unified Manchu individuals and started pushing the Ming away from Liaoning in southern Manchuria. Around 1644, the Ming capital Beijing has been sacked by a peasant revolt directed by Li Zicheng, a previous insignificant Ming official who grew to become the leader of the peasant revolt, who then announced the Shun empire.

The final Ming ruler, the Chongzhen Emperor, committed suicide once the city fell. When Li moved towards Ming general Wu Sangui, the latter built an alliance together with the Manchus and also opened the Shanhai Pass for the Manchurian army. Under Prince Dorgon, these people depressed Li's forces and quickly occupied the capital. Representing themselves as the restorers of majestuoso order under the young Shunzhi Emperor, the Qing subsequently extended into China proper by conquest and alliance, completing its annexation near 1683 under the Kangxi Emperor.

About the length of the leadership, the Qing started to be remarkably involved with Chinese customs, studying Chinese and taking part in rituals. The imperial tests carried on and also Han civil servants implemented the empire together with Manchu people. Early in Qing ruling, the queue hairstyle was forced upon punishment of death and servitude started to be more widespread.

The Qing Dynasty achieved the level within the Qianlong Emperor during the Eighteenth century, broadening further than China's previous and later its boundaries which includes areas of contemporary Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russian Far East and Burma, and also overlord position above some others such as Korea, Vietnam, and Nepal. Subsequently, imperial problem exemplified by the minister Heshen as well as a series of rebellions, natural catastrophes, and beats in battles towards European strengths extremely fragile the Qing in the Nineteenth century. "Unequal Treaties" provided for extraterritoriality and even eliminated sizeable regions of treaty ports from Chinese sovereignty.

♦ Rulers of Qing Dynasty

Temple Names	Era Names and their according range of years
Tai Zu 太祖	Tianming or Abkai fulingga 1616-1626
Tai Zong 太宗	Tiancong (天聰) or Abkai sure 1627-1636 Chongde (崇德) or Wesihun erdemungge 1636-1643
Shi Zu世祖	Shunzhi (順治) or Ijishūn dasan 1644-1661
Sheng Zu聖祖	Kangxi (康熙) or Elhe taifin 1662-1722
Shi Zong世宗	Yongzheng (雍正) or Hūwaliyasun tob 1723-1735
Gao Zong高宗	Qianlong (乾隆) or Abkai wehiyehe 1736-1795
Ren Zong仁宗	Jiaqing (嘉慶) or Saicungga fengšen 1796-1820
Xuan Zong宣宗	Daoguang (道光) or Doro eldengge 1821-1850
Wen Zong文宗	Xianfeng (咸豐) or Gubci elgiyengge 1851-1861
Mu Zong穆宗	Tongzhi (同治) or Yooningga dasan 1862-1874
De Zong德宗	Guangxu (光緒) or Badarangga doro 1875-1908
Did not exist	Xuantong (宣統) or Gehungge yoso 1909-1911

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