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The Qing Conquest

The Qing Conquest. Problems of the Late Ming Factions Recession Natural disasters People abandon their farms Banditry The Rebellion of Li Zicheng.

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The Qing Conquest

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  1. The Qing Conquest Problems of the Late Ming Factions Recession Natural disasters People abandon their farms Banditry The Rebellion of Li Zicheng

  2. There are ways to raise funds for soldiers' rations... First, make a thorough search of all public granaries and treasuries; second, strip people's houses of all their possessions; third, torture the local gentry; fourth, capture as many women as possible. These are the four best methods for collecting money and food

  3. The Manchus • From fluid frontier culture • Different customs to Chinese • Strong leaders begin to build expansive new kingdom = Qing

  4. 1644 Manchu invasion of China • Enforce the queue, but not other customs • Use Ming forms of government • Kept Manchus as a separate ruling group • Dual Manchu and Chinese administration • Use of Han bannermen

  5. He thinks that the reading of books and the hunting of game are not things in natural opposition. Riding a swift horse and clutching the bow, the taut bowstring making a noise like thunder - that is better than being hidden away in a carriage like most noblemen. And then to take the remaining arrows back home and entertain his friends, to get in heated arguments about ancient and modern, the different types of writers and the source and history of their merits, while the seated guests are silent since none can oppose him

  6. The Kangxi Emperor • Chinese images of foreigners • Ways of drawing in the Chinese elite • Kangxi as an interpreter of the Confucian classics – a moral ruler • Strong personal relations with officials • Emperors accepted by the Chinese elite

  7. Images of China in Europe • Foreigners in China especially Jesuit missionaries • Aim to convert the emperor • Teach European mathematics and astronomy • Describe China as a model for Europe

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