Jurchen people
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Jurchen were a number of East Asian Tungusic-speaking people. They lived in northeastern China, also known as Manchuria, before the 18th century. The Jurchens were renamed Manchus in 1635 by Hong Taij
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A Jurchen man hunting from his horse, from a 15th-century ink and color painting on silk.
Qilang people (奇楞). Huang Qing Zhigong Tu, 1769
Bixi from the grave of a 12th-century Jurchen leader in today's Ussuriysk
Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
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The Jin dynasty, officially the Great Jin, was a Jurchen-led imperial dynasty of China and empire ruled by the Wanyan clan that existed between 1115 and 1234. It is also often called the Jurchen dynas
Jurchen people
…chiefs paying tribute and holding nominal posts as effectively hereditary commanders of border guards. The Jurchens are chiefly known for producing the Jin (1115–1234) and Qing (1636–1912) conquest dynasties on the Chinese territory. The latter dynasty, originally calling itself the Later Jin, was founded…
Jin "iron pagoda" cavalry
Stone tortoise in Ussurisk, believed to be the gravesite of a 12th century Jurchen leader
Statue of Vaisravana, Jin dynasty
Liao or Jin dynasty swords