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Ch'ing China: The Establishment of the Ch'ing Empire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | He was succeeded by Abahai (1592-1643), his second son, who first attacked Korea and then marched on China. |
 | | After looting Beijing, Abahai set up a civil administration modelled after that of China; this administration, however, was slightly different from the Chinese model. |
 | | Abahai also renamed his people, "Manchu," rather than "Jurched," and renamed the dynasty from "Chin," which had bad connotations in China, to "Ch'ing," meaning "Pure." When Abahai died in 1643, the crown fell to his son, Fu-lin, who was only six years old. |
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