CHIN 50W Lecture 15: Lecture15
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They were a settled people in central manchuria. Descendents of the jurchens of the jin dynasty. Some manchus had settled in ming territory and lived in chinese towns as soldiers or traders. Many settled in liaodong under ming rule, serving as soldiers, farmers, and traders. The manchu armies were put into eight military units identified by a colored banner. A manchu script was created based on the mongolian script. Of nurhaci"s many consorts and concubines, only four of high political standing were ranked as high consorts. Their sons were the candidates to succeed nurhaci when he died. All chinese in conquered areas had to adopt the manchu hairstyle of a shaved head and queue in the back. Nurhaci attempted to win over the liaodong chinese by promising equal treatment to. In 1622 and 1625 the chinese in liaodong rebelled, poisoning wells and killing manchu women and children. Left his lands to be divided among his most able sons and nephews.
