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Great Qing
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| Largest city | Beijing | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Demonym(s) | Chinese | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Government | Absolute monarchy[c] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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• 1636–1643 (proclaimed in Shenyang) | Chongde Emperor | ||||||||||||||||||||
• 1644–1661 (first in Beijing) | Shunzhi Emperor | ||||||||||||||||||||
• 1908–1912 (last) | Xuantong Emperor | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Regent | |||||||||||||||||||||
• 1643–1650 | Dorgon, Prince Rui | ||||||||||||||||||||
• 1908–1911 | Zaifeng, Prince Chun | ||||||||||||||||||||
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• 1911 | Yikuang, Prince Qing | ||||||||||||||||||||
• 1911–1912 | Yuan Shikai | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Historical era | Late modern | ||||||||||||||||||||
• Proclaimed | 1636 | ||||||||||||||||||||
• Transition from Ming to Qing | 1644–1662 | ||||||||||||||||||||
• Conquest of Tibet, Mongolia, Xinjiang | 1687–1758 | ||||||||||||||||||||
• Ten Great Campaigns | 1747–1792 | ||||||||||||||||||||
• 1st Opium War | 1839–1842 | ||||||||||||||||||||
• Taiping Rebellion | 1850–1864 | ||||||||||||||||||||
• 2nd Opium War | 1856–1860 | ||||||||||||||||||||
• Westernization Movement | 1861–1895 | ||||||||||||||||||||
• 1st Sino-Japanese War | 1894–1895 | ||||||||||||||||||||
• 100 Days Reform | 1898 | ||||||||||||||||||||
• Boxer Rebellion | 1900–1901 | ||||||||||||||||||||
• Late Qing reforms | 1901–1911 | ||||||||||||||||||||
• Xinhai Revolution | 1911–1912 | ||||||||||||||||||||
• End of monarchy | 12 February 1912 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1700[6] | 8,800,000 km2 (3,400,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1790[6] | 14,700,000 km2 (5,700,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1860[6] | 13,400,000 km2 (5,200,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1908[7] | 11,350,000 km2 (4,380,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 清朝 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 大清 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mongolian Cyrillic | Дайчин Улс | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Abkai | Daiqing gurun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Möllendorff | Daicing gurun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Qing dynasty (/tʃɪŋ/ ching), officially the Great Qing,[d] was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last imperial dynasty in Chinese history.[e] The dynasty, proclaimed in Shenyang in 1636,[8] seized control of Beijing in 1644, which is considered the start of the dynasty's rule.[2][9][1][10][11][12][13] The dynasty lasted until 1912, when it was overthrown in the Xinhai Revolution. In Chinese historiography, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the Ming dynasty and succeeded by the Republic of China. The multi-ethnic Qing dynasty assembled the territorial base for modern China. It was the largest imperial dynasty in the history of China and in 1790 the fourth-largest empire in world history in terms of territorial size. With over 426 million citizens in 1907,[14] it was the most populous country in the world at the time.
Nurhaci, leader of the House of Aisin-Gioro and vassal of the Ming dynasty,[15][16] unified Jurchen clans (known later as Manchus) and founded the Later Jin dynasty in 1616, renouncing the Ming overlordship. His son Hong Taiji was declared Emperor of the Great Qing in 1636. As Ming control disintegrated, peasant rebels captured the Ming capital Beijing, but a Ming general opened the Shanhai Pass to the Qing army, which defeated the rebels, seized the capital, and took over the government in 1644 under the Shunzhi Emperor and his prince regent. Resistance from Ming rump regimes and the Revolt of the Three Feudatories delayed the complete conquest until 1683. As a Manchu emperor, the Kangxi Emperor (1661–1722) consolidated control, relished the role of a Confucian ruler, patronised Buddhism (including Tibetan Buddhism), encouraged scholarship, population and economic growth.[17][18] Han officials worked under or in parallel with Manchu officials. The dynasty also adapted the ideals of China's tributary system in asserting superiority over peripheral countries such as Korea and Vietnam, while extending control over Inner Asia including Tibet, Mongolia, and Xinjiang.
The High Qing era was reached in the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (1735–1796). He led Ten Great Campaigns and personally supervised Confucian cultural projects. After his death, the dynasty faced internal revolts, economic disruption, official corruption, foreign intrusion, and the reluctance of Confucian elites to change their mindsets. With peace and prosperity, the population rose to 400 million, but taxes and government revenues were fixed at a low rate, soon leading to fiscal crisis. Following China's defeat in the Opium Wars, Western colonial powers forced the Qing government to sign unequal treaties, granting them trading privileges, extraterritoriality and treaty ports under their control. The Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864) and the Dungan Revolt (1862–1877) in western China led to the deaths of over 20 million people, from famine, disease, and war. The Tongzhi Restoration in the 1860s brought vigorous reforms and the introduction of foreign military technology in the Self-Strengthening Movement. Defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895 led to loss of suzerainty over Korea and cession of Taiwan to Japan. The ambitious Hundred Days' Reform in 1898 proposed fundamental change, but the Empress Dowager Cixi (1835–1908) turned it back in a coup.
In 1900 anti-foreign "Boxers" killed many Chinese Christians and foreign missionaries; in retaliation, the foreign powers invaded China and imposed a punitive indemnity. In response, the government initiated unprecedented fiscal and administrative reforms, including elections, a new legal code, and the abolition of the examination system. Sun Yat-sen and revolutionaries debated reform officials and constitutional monarchists such as Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao over how to transform the Manchu-ruled empire into a modernised Han state. After the deaths of the Guangxu Emperor and Cixi in 1908, Manchu conservatives at court blocked reforms and alienated reformers and local elites alike. The Wuchang Uprising on 10 October 1911 led to the Xinhai Revolution. The abdication of the Xuantong Emperor on 12 February 1912 brought the dynasty to an end. In 1917, it was briefly restored in an episode known as the Manchu Restoration, but this was neither recognized by the Beiyang government (1912–1928) of the Republic of China nor the international community.
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