The leader of the NǚZhen (Jurchen) Nurhachi founded the Qing Dynasty in 1616 and made Hetuala (in today's Xinbi County, Liaoning Province) its capital, then moved its capital to Shenyang (in today's Shenyang, Liaoning Province), and renamed it Shengjing.
When the peasant uprisings of Li Zicheng overthrew the Ming Dynasty in Beijing, Shunzhi Emperor — Aixinjueluo Fulin led the troops of the Qing into the Shanhai Pass, and after they overthrew Li Zicheng's short-lived Shun Dynasty they unified the whole China.
Until the later period of the 18th century, the Qing Dynasty (1644 A.D.-1912 A.D.) was the biggest and the strongest feudal dynasty in Eastern Asia and had a population of 300 millions.
With the First Opium War (1840 A.D.-1842 A.D.）and then the Second Opium War（1856 A.D.), foreign capitalism intruded into China and step by step China become a semi-feudal, semi-colonial country.
After the middle of the 19th century, more and more Chinese land was carved up by various western powers.
The Revolution of 1911 (the Chinese Bourgeois Democratic Revolution led by Dr. Sun Yat-sen which overthrew the Qing Dynasty) forced the emperor of the Qing Dynasty to abdicate in Feb., 1912; this was the end of the centralized feudal monarchy that had ruled China for more than 2,000 years.
There were 12 emperors in the Qing Dynasty, which lasted for 295 years.
Shirley Yiping Zhang
Nov, 2017
Nov, 2013
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Sequence:
Time Content Love, Kinship and Friendship
关雎 — Singing Ospreys
七步诗 — The Quatrain of Seven Steps
寄扬州韩绰判官 — Send to the Official Han Chuo in Yang Zhou
夜雨寄北 —Send a Poem Letter to Someone in the North on a Rainy Night
Landscape
敕勒歌 — Chi Le Song
一望二三里 — Have A Look Over, Two, Three Miles
柏林寺南望 — Look Over the South From the Bailin Temple
江雪 — Fishing on a Snowy River
Philosophy
赋新月 — Ode to the New Moon
Travel and Farewell
赠汪伦 — Present the Poem to Wang Lun
静夜思 — Missing my Hometown in the Peaceful Night
绝句(江碧鸟逾白) — On the Blue River, Birds Seem More White
Song of the Spring
晚春 — Late Spring
Encouragement
庭竹 — The Bamboo in the Courtyard
梅花 — Plum Blossoms
Appendix
My Endless Gratitude -Feb,2017 in the USA
The Appendix ( Nov 16, 2017 in China) of My Endless Gratitude -Feb,2017 in the USA
The Qing Dynasty(1644 - 1912)
The Qing Dynasty(1644 - 1912)
The Qing Dynasty was preceded by the Ming Dynasty(1368 A.D.-1644 A.D.) and followed by the Republic of China（1912 A.D.-1949 A.D.）.The leader of the NǚZhen (Jurchen) Nurhachi founded the Qing Dynasty in 1616 and made Hetuala (in today's Xinbi County, Liaoning Province) its capital, then moved its capital to Shenyang (in today's Shenyang, Liaoning Province), and renamed it Shengjing.
When the peasant uprisings of Li Zicheng overthrew the Ming Dynasty in Beijing, Shunzhi Emperor — Aixinjueluo Fulin led the troops of the Qing into the Shanhai Pass, and after they overthrew Li Zicheng's short-lived Shun Dynasty they unified the whole China.
Until the later period of the 18th century, the Qing Dynasty (1644 A.D.-1912 A.D.) was the biggest and the strongest feudal dynasty in Eastern Asia and had a population of 300 millions.
With the First Opium War (1840 A.D.-1842 A.D.）and then the Second Opium War（1856 A.D.), foreign capitalism intruded into China and step by step China become a semi-feudal, semi-colonial country.
After the middle of the 19th century, more and more Chinese land was carved up by various western powers.
The Revolution of 1911 (the Chinese Bourgeois Democratic Revolution led by Dr. Sun Yat-sen which overthrew the Qing Dynasty) forced the emperor of the Qing Dynasty to abdicate in Feb., 1912; this was the end of the centralized feudal monarchy that had ruled China for more than 2,000 years.
There were 12 emperors in the Qing Dynasty, which lasted for 295 years.
Shirley Yiping Zhang
Nov, 2017
Nov, 2013