History 1601E Lecture Notes - Tokugawa Clan, Foot Binding, Yamamoto Tsunetomo

• School: Western University
• Department: History
• Course: History 1601E
• Professor: Cary Takagaki

Document Summary

The manchus were not nomads but rather hunters, fishers, and farmers. Mongols, they had a tribal social structure and were excellent horsemen and archers. 1590: leads an embassy to beijing and offers to help the ming repel the japanese. 1616: declares himself khan of the jin dynasty. 1644: the rebel li zicheng enters beijing. Emperor chongzhen last emperor of the ming dynasty commits suicide rather than being captured by the rebel li zicheng. The ming general, wu sangui lets the manchus enter through the great wall at. Manchus decide to conquer all of china. Manchus bury the ming emperor chongzhen with honors. Manchus claim they have come to suppress rebels and to restore peace to china. Ming court flees south and establish a capital at nanjing. The ming try to buy off the manchus, just as the song had bought off the jurchens, but the the ming general,wu sangui, joins them.