Qing army

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imperial army military organization

The Qing army was the imperial military force of China's last dynasty, tasked with defending Manchu rule until its collapse in the early 20th century.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Qing forces 2
Eight Banners 1
Manchu forces 1

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf imperial army ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
allegiance Emperor of China ⓘ
Qing dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Qing imperial court
commandLanguage Chinese ⓘ
Manchu ⓘ
conflict Boxer Rebellion ⓘ
Dzungar–Qing Wars ⓘ
First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
Nian Rebellion ⓘ
Opium Wars ⓘ
Manchu invasions ⓘ
surface form: Qing conquest of China

Revolt of the Three Feudatories ⓘ
Russo-Japanese War ⓘ
surface form: Russo-Japanese War (as ally of Russia in Manchuria)

Taiping Heavenly Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Taiping Rebellion
country Qing dynasty ⓘ
dissolved 1912 ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
equipment artillery ⓘ
cold weapons ⓘ
machine guns (late Qing) ⓘ
matchlock muskets ⓘ
modern rifles (late Qing) ⓘ
ethnicComposition Han Chinese ⓘ
Manchu ⓘ
surface form: Manchus

Mongol ⓘ
surface form: Mongols

other banner peoples ⓘ
garrisonedIn Beijing ⓘ
Chengdu ⓘ
Guangzhou ⓘ
Lanzhou ⓘ
Shenyang ⓘ
surface form: Mukden

Urumqi ⓘ
X’ian, China ⓘ
surface form: Xi’an
hasPart Beiyang Army ⓘ
Qing army self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eight Banners

Green Standard Army ⓘ
New Army ⓘ
Yong Ying regional armies ⓘ
headquartersLocation Beijing ⓘ
inception 17th century ⓘ
notableCommander Dorgon ⓘ
Hong Taiji ⓘ
Li Hongzhang ⓘ
Nurhaci ⓘ
Yuan Shikai ⓘ
Zeng Guofan ⓘ
Zuo Zongtang ⓘ
operatedIn Qing dynasty ⓘ
partOf Qing dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Qing state
primaryRole defense of Manchu rule ⓘ
imperial defense ⓘ
recruitedFrom Han civilian population ⓘ
banner households ⓘ
reformedDuring Self-Strengthening Movement ⓘ
late Qing military reforms ⓘ
religion influenced by Confucian ideology ⓘ
influenced by Manchu shamanism ⓘ
significantEvent decline after 19th-century defeats ⓘ
disintegration during Xinhai Revolution ⓘ
modernization into New Army ⓘ
usedBy Qing dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Great Qing

Qing dynasty ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shanhaiguan Pass → associatedWith → Qing army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manchu forces
Hongguang Emperor → capturedBy → Qing army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Qing forces
Yongli Emperor → capturedBy → Qing army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Qing forces
Qing army → hasPart → Qing army self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eight Banners
1911 Wuchang Uprising → opponent → Qing army ⓘ
Canton Campaign → participant → Qing army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Qing dynasty forces
subject surface form: Donghak Peasant Rebellion
this entity surface form: Qing dynasty troops
this entity surface form: Qing dynasty imperial military system