How Qing Dynasty Collapse
The Collapse of Qing Dynasty The Qing dynasty (1916-1912) is the last imperial dynasty of China, it was consider as the most powerful country during the “golden age” ruled by Kang Xi and Qian Long, and it has over 400 million population and has the 1st ranked GDP in the world at the moment. The Qing has the supreme power at the time and has the significant influence in East Asian. However, the collapse of the Qing Dynasty made a humiliate history of China. The Qing dynasty doesn't fall suddenly, and the collapse of Qing is not just simply because domestic revolution and alien invasion. The failure of the Qing government is worthy to study, we need to take a deep step and explore the root cause of the collapse of Qing. Before we discuss how Qing dynasty collapse, we need to know how it was founded. The dynasty was founded by the Jurchen Aisin Gioro in 1616. In the late sixteenth century, Aisin Gioro leader, Nurhachi, who was originally a vassal of the Ming emperors, began forming the Jurchen clans into "Banners" a military-social unit which also included various ethnic groups. In 1936 Huang Taiji Change the name to Qing. In 1644, the Ming capital Beijing was sacked by a peasant revolt led by Li Zicheng, a former minor Ming official, who then proclaimed the Shun dynasty. After Li Zicheng take down the capital Beijing, Ming dynasty collapse, and then Li’s army unify China gradually(Kyle11). After that Qing started the “Golden Age”, the emperor Kang XI， Yong Zheng, Qian Long make the country well developing. Qing was extremely success during that time, the government was highly centralized, so there were no domestic conflict during the time. The meritocracy educational system help government to select their officers, this educational system was successful because it send the well-educated people to service the government. And the “mandate heaven” ensure that the emperor respond for his people and country. Even though the Qing was strong during the
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