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China and the Manchus

China and the Manchus

Giles, Herbert Allen

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Chinese HistoryGeneral Military History

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ISBN10: 138486802X
ISBN13: 9781384868028
Publisher: Les Voiles Du Verbe
Pages: 114
Weight: 0.36
Height: 0.24 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

isahistoricalaccountwrit ten in the late 19th century. This work focuses on the rise and impact of the Manchu dynasty on China, detailing their origins, conquests, and governance throughout various historical periods. Giles, a well-respected scholar and professor of Chinese, aims to elucidate the significant events and transformations that occurred under Manchu rule, making it a rich re source for understanding this pivotal chapter in Chinese history. The open ing of the book introduces theNü-chêns, ancestors of the Manchus, outlin ing their initial struggles and interactions with neighboring tribessuch asthe Kitans. Giles describes the Nü-chêns' early violent customs and their dra matic rise in power, culminating with their victories over the Kitans, who had previously dominated them. The narrative establishes a backdrop of conflict and ambition, laying the foundation for the Nü-chêns' evolution into a formidable empire that would eventually lead to significant shifts in Chinese governance and culture. The chapter concludes with the transition ofpowerfromtheKitanstotheNü-chêns, settingthestagefortheprofound changes that would follow under the Manchu leadership the Manchus are descended from a branch of certain wild Tungusic no mads, who were known in the ninth century as the Nü-chêns, a name which has been said to mean west of the sea. The cradle of their race lay at the base of the Ever-White Mountains, due north of Korea, and was fer tilised by the head waters of the Yalu River. In an illustrated Chinese work of the fourteenth century, ofwhichtheCam bridge University Library possesses the only known copy, we read that they reached this spot, originally the home of the Su-shên tribe, as fugitives from Korea; further, that careless of death and prizing valour only, they carried naked knives about their persons, never parting from them by day or night, and that they were as poisonous as wolves or tigers. They also tattooed their faces, and at marriage their mouths. By the close of the ninth century the Nü-chêns had become subject to the neighbouring Kitans, then under the rule of the vigorous Kitan chieftain, Opaochi, who, in 907, proclaimed himselfEmperorofanindependentkingdomwiththedynastic titleofLiao, said to mean iron, and who at once entered upon that long course of ag

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