Manchu

(noun)

A Chinese ethnic minority, formerly the Jurchen people, who founded the Qing dynasty.

Related Terms

  • Wanli Emperor
  • Forbidden City

Examples of Manchu in the following topics:

  • Fall of the Ming Dynasty

    • Many of the grievances dealt with conflicts against Yehe, which was a major Manchu clan, and Ming favoritism of Yehe.
    • When Li Zicheng moved against him, the Ming general Wu Sangui shifted his alliance to the Manchus.
    • Li Zicheng was defeated at the Battle of Shanhai Pass by the joint forces of Wu Sangui and the Manchu Prince Dorgon.
    • On June 6, the Manchus and Wu entered the capital and proclaimed the young Shunzhi Emperor as Emperor of China.
    • Ming power would hold out in what is now southern China for years, but eventually would be overtaken by the Manchus.
  • Japanese Aggression

    • It claimed that the invasion was a liberation of the Manchus from the Chinese, although the majority of the population were Han Chinese as a result of the large scale settlement of Chinese in Manchuria in the 19th century.
    • This incursion was founded in the Japanese belief that the Soviet Union misinterpreted the demarcation of the boundary, as stipulated in the Treaty of Peking, between Imperial Russia and Manchu China.
    • This incursion was founded in the Japanese belief that the Soviet Union misinterpreted the demarcation of the boundary, as stipulated in the Treaty of Peking, between Imperial Russia and Manchu China.
  • Joseon Painting

    • It coincides with the shock from the collapse of Chinese Ming Dynasty (1644), the accession of the Manchu emperors in China, and the forcing of Korean artists to build new artistic models based on an inner search for particular Korean subjects.
  • The Rise of Japan

    • It claimed that the invasion was a liberation of the Manchus from the Chinese, although the majority of the population were Han Chinese as a result of the large scale settlement of Chinese in Manchuria in the 19th century.
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