The Qing Dynasty (;
Manchu: daicing gurun;
Mongolian: Манж Чин Улс), also known as the Manchu Dynasty, was the last ruling
dynasty of
China from 1644 to 1911. The dynasty was founded by the
Manchu clan
Aisin Gioro in what is today
northeast China (
Manchuria). Starting in 1644 it expanded into
China proper and its surrounding territories, establishing the Empire of the Great Qing ( ; ; ). The Qing Dynasty was the last
Imperial dynasty of China. Declared as the Later Jin Dynasty in 1616, it changed its name to "Qing", meaning "clear" or "pellucid", in 1636 and captured
Beijing in 1644. By 1646 it had come into power over most of present-day China, although complete pacification of China would not be accomplished until 1683.
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