HIST 4092 Chapter : The Qing Dynasty
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-manchus looked at the mongols to get ideas on how to rule. -manchu is a very small group compared to chinese. So it was important that manchu not lose their nomadic and warrior tendencies. -qing impressed on people that manchu were now ruling. - closure of manchuria (revoked in mid-qing) and the preservation of manchu identity. Manchuria was a part of china but it was closed off to the chinese. - hair and feet: everyone had to have the manchu hairstyle and foot binding was now illegal. - ming loyalists (military resistance, suicide, refusal to server the qing) - banners (original 8 banner, and additional 8 mongol and 8 chinese): conquest elite organized into a separate social and economic system. Helped support people financially and they were considered elites. , 1644 - 1661) (dorgon regency until 1650) strengthen. Shunzhi ( relationship with chinese and presented himself as a chinese emperor. High qing (qing dynasty is divided into two periods)