Balance of Chinese and Nomadic Rule.ppt

Balance of Chinese and Nomadic Rule The Qing Dynasty Introduction Government – balancing Chinese ruling styles with nomadic ruling styles Social Customs at the local level An example of the cultural aspects: Literacy Prosecution and Education Government Setup in the Qing Dynasty Banner System A banner was a unified territorial administration with a military organization 24 banners that personally served the emperor Bannermen were trustworthy servants of the emperor and associates of the Inner Court Served as a talent pool for people to be chosen to serve as civil bureaucrats Was considered multiethnic In 1648, it was 76% Chinese, 16% Manchu, and 8% Mongol The emperor was like an “owner” of the bannermen ?nomadic Sinicization of rule Institutional practices from the Ming Dynasty were kept Creation of a Chinese-staffed bureaucracy Took back terminology, forms, and ideas of Confucianism Used to support and maintain political authority Sinicization of rule Promoted study of the classics and veneration of ancestors Accepted the idea that the ruler rules by virtue of his moral goodness A decade before the Manchus entered China they had created a miniature civil administration based on the Beijing model This was in Mukden Divisions The Manchus took steps to preserve their own identity Manchuria was governed by a Manchu military government Steps to preserve racial purity Banned Manchu-Chinese marriage Supported custom divisions No Chinese immigration to North Manchuria Steps to preserve language Ruling of China Manchu military control of China was maintained by the establishment of banner barracks at strategic points Chinese and nomadic Arrangement that imperial princes should be pensioned and given wealth but not allowed to become territorial lords sinicization Division of nomads Immobilization and division of Mongols sinicization Civil Administration Six Ministries Headed by both a Chinese and Manchu man Dual Appointments Chinese and Manchus assigned to the same po