AI-XIN-JUE-LUO ABAHAI, HONORIFIC TITLE: HUANG-TAI-JI

Specialty Definition: Hong Taiji

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Hong Taiji (ch皇太極 1592-1643), Aberhai or Abahai (Manchu) of the Qing Dynasty was Emperor of the Manchus from 1627 to 1643. He was the eighth son of Nurhaci. He was the second ruler of the new Jin Dynasty founded by his father. He renamed it to Qing as he found the name Jin reminded the Han people the distasteful conflict between the old Jin Dynasty (1115-1234) and Song Dynasty.
Strictly speaking, he was the true first Emperor of Qing. However, his father was honoured to be the founder and Shunzhi, who gained control of the whole China in 1644, was honoured to be the first emperor.
It was believed that Hong Taiji was assassinated in 1643 by his official, just few months before his army seized control of Beijing.

Preceded by:
Tianming Emperor of the Manchus Qing Dynasty Succeeded by:
Shunzhi Emperor of China

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hong Taiji."

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