Eight Banners

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administrative division military organization social organization

The Eight Banners were the foundational military and social organization of the Manchu state that structured Manchu society and power, later forming the core of the Qing dynasty’s ruling elite.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Eight Banners canonical 6
Manchu Eight Banners 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
social organization ⓘ
appliesToEthnicGroup Han bannermen ⓘ
Manchu bannermen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mongol bannermen NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Qing Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn Jurchen tribal organization ⓘ
coreOf Qing ruling elite NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Qing dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedBy Hong Taiji NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolved early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Han Chinese ⓘ
Manchus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mongols NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy Nurhaci NERFINISHED ⓘ
governs banner garrisons ⓘ
banner lands ⓘ
hasCharacteristic hereditary status ⓘ
segregated residential quarters ⓘ
stipend-based livelihood ⓘ
hasPart Bordered Blue Banner NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bordered Red Banner NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bordered White Banner NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bordered Yellow Banner NERFINISHED ⓘ
Plain Blue Banner NERFINISHED ⓘ
Plain Red Banner NERFINISHED ⓘ
Plain White Banner NERFINISHED ⓘ
Plain Yellow Banner NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation Beijing ⓘ
Mukden NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception 17th century ⓘ
early 1600s ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Manchu language NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch cavalry ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
numberOfUnits 8 ⓘ
partOf Manchu state ⓘ
Qing dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy New Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent Shunzhi Emperor’s entry into Beijing ⓘ
conquest of Ming dynasty ⓘ
use hereditary registration ⓘ
land allocation ⓘ
military mobilization ⓘ
social control ⓘ
taxation ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Aisin Gioro → associatedBannerSystem → Eight Banners ⓘ
Green Standard Army → contrastedWith → Eight Banners ⓘ
Yong Ying regional armies → markedShiftFrom → Eight Banners ⓘ
Yong Ying regional armies → precededBy → Eight Banners ⓘ
New Army → predecessor → Eight Banners ⓘ
Later Jin → flagBearer → Eight Banners ⓘ
Battle of Shanhaiguan (1644) → hasParticipant → Eight Banners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manchu Eight Banners