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Shenyang (Shengjing)

Type Object Region Manchuria Time c. 1368–1644

A key Liaodong stronghold, Shenyang became the Later Jin's forward base against Ming and its capital from 1625, renamed Shengjing in 1634, until the …

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  1. 1611–1618Shenyang · LiaoningIn the Ming dynasty, Shenyang was an important city under the Liaodong Regional Military Commission, garrisoning Ming troops and controlling traffic across the Liaoshenyang plain; it was one of the key nodes resisting the Later Jin's southward advance, forming a Liaodong defense system together with Liaoyang, Guangning, and others.
  2. 1619–1620Shenyang · LiaoningIn 1619 the Ming army was decisively defeated at the Battle of Sarhu, and Later Jin forces advanced rapidly; Shenyang faced direct military pressure, the Ming defensive line contracted, and the allegiance and defensive posture of Liaodong's cities changed fundamentally, creating conditions for the Later Jin's subsequent occupation of Liaoshen.
  3. 1625Shengjing (Shenyang) · LiaoningIn 1625 Nurhaci moved the capital from Liaoyang to Shenyang, building palaces and city defenses; in 1634 Hong Taiji renamed Shenyang as 'Shengjing', making it the Later Jin's political, military, and Eight Banners administrative center, and it remained the de facto capital until the Qing regent's entry through the pass in 1644.

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