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Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period/Nurhaci
NURHACI 努爾哈赤, 1559–1626, Sept 30, founder of the Ch'ing Dynasty, was born in the Aisin Gioro 愛新覺羅 clan which held the hereditary chieftainship of a Jurjen or Ju-chên 女眞, tribe.
In some Ming accounts the clan is referred to as T'ung 佟.
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In the Ming period the Ju-chên people occupied the region north of Korea and east and northeast of Liao-tung 遼東 which was inhabited by Chinese. In ancient Chinese histories they are referred to as Su-shên 肅慎 and as senders of tribute consisting of bows and arrows.
In later official histories they are referred to by various names. In the tenth century they were subjugated by the Khitans (Liao Dynasty, 916–1168) and thereafter are sometimes referred to as Ju-chên and still later as Ju-chih 女直.
[The character 眞 was tabooed by the Khitans after about 1031 A.D.] Gradually the Ju-chên became strong, and in the twelfth century subjugated the Khitans and founded the Chin dynasty (1115–1234). In the thirt