| Manchuria under Ming rule | |||||||||
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| Territory of the Ming dynasty | |||||||||
| 1388–1616 | |||||||||
 Ming China during the reign of the Yongle Emperor | |||||||||
| • Type | Ming hierarchy | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| 1387 | |||||||||
• Established | 1388 | ||||||||
• Establishment of the Nurgan Regional Military Commission | 1409 | ||||||||
• Abolishment of the Nurgan Regional Military Commission | 1435 | ||||||||
• Beginning of actual control of most of Manchuria by Nurhaci | 1580s | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1616 | ||||||||
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| History of Manchuria |
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Manchuria under Ming rule refers to the domination of the Ming dynasty of China over the greater region of Manchuria, including today's Northeast China and Outer Manchuria. The Ming rule of Manchuria began with its conquest of Manchuria in the late 1380s after the fall of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty, and reached its peak in the early 15th century with the establishment of the Nurgan Regional Military Commission. With the dissolution of the Nurgan Regional Military Commission the Ming power waned considerably in Manchuria. Starting in the 1580s, Nurhaci, the Jianzhou Jurchen chieftain who had been a Ming vassal, began to take control of most of Manchuria over the next several decades, and in 1616 he established the Later Jin and openly renounced Ming overlordship with the Seven Grievances.[1] The Qing dynasty established by his son Hong Taiji would eventually conquer the Ming and take control of China proper.
From the late 14th century to the early 17th century, the Ming dynasty ruled over Manchuria. Rebellions by Jurchen tribes were suppressed by the Ming government. During the 15th century the Nurgan Regional Military Commission was set up in Manchuria by the Yongle Emperor to administer the region, and Ming guards were placed in the territory to make sure the traditional Chinese foreign relations were kept at peace. Later the Ming dynasty adopted a political strategy of divide and rule for different Jurchen tribes in the region. Various methods were used to make sure that the Jurchens submitted to Ming and to prevent them from allying with the Mongols and Koreans. Most Jurchens, except for the Wild Jurchens, were subordinate to the Ming. The Liaodong Jurchens were governed directly by the Ming, while the Jianzhou Jurchens and Haixi Jurchens accepted vassal status to the Ming. The remaining Jurchens who did not establish constant connection with China were known as the Wild Jurchens.
- ^ Huiyun Feng (2020). China's Challenges and International Order Transition. University of Michigan Press. p. 149. ISBN 9780472131761.