Qing Dynasty

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Qing Dynasty

• 1644-1911

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Territory it Controlled

• Taiwan, Chinese Central Asia, Mongolia, Tibet,
  Korea, Southeast Asia
• Qing empire larger than either the Han or the Tang

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Decline of Ming/Rise of the Qing

• Internal power struggles
• Groups worked to gain sole power
• Children placed on the throne
• Ming accepted Manchu aid

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Characteristics of the Qing Dynasty

• Last of dynasties
• Manchus, founders
• Manchu and Chinese customs infused together
• Qing recruited scholars into government
• European thinkers admired Qing rulers

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Key People

• Kangxi
• Worked hard to better his country
• Ruled 60 years, reduced government expenses and
  lowered taxes
• technology
• Yongzheng
• Strengthened powers of the monarchy
• Set up Grand Council

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Key People contd

• Qian-long
• China reached its greatest size
• and prosperity
• Firmly established domestic order
• Sponsored enormous literary enterprise

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Foreign Relations

• Isolationists/ Superiority
• Tributary ties to neighboring countries
  maintained
• Only allowed one port to be open- Guangzhou
• Great Britain wanted to increase trade

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Society

• Population grew rapidly
• Social Hierarchy
• Women subordinate to men
• 45 of male population were literate
• Forbidden City

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Economy

• Policies stimulated agriculture and favored small
  farmers
• Encouraged reclamation of land
• Many in poverty
• Foreign demand for Chinese goods grew
• Growth of commerce, banking system developed
• Cities and towns became lively and busy

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Government

• Based on the Ming
• New central organ- Grand Council
• Chief bureaus- Chinese and Manchu heads
• Government unprepared
• Local leaders assumed more authority

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Additional Information

• Western art began to influence Chinese artists
• Fiction writing flourished

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Decline of the Qing/ Rise of the Republic

• Bad harvests
• Warfare
• Rebellions
• Overpopulation
• Economic disasters
• Foreign imperialism