Jurchen people

The Jurchens were a Tungusic people who lived in Manchuria in present-day Northeast China. They were known as Jurchens until the 17th century when they became known as the Manchu.

The Jurchens established the Jin Dynasty. The Jurchen Wanyan Yingge's paternal nephew Wanyan Wuyashu however fought against the Koreans, forcing them to submit and recognize Jurchens as overlords after "pacifying" the border between the Koreans and Jurchens.

The Joseon Dynasty of Korea placed great value on a policy of "neighborly relations" (gyorin or kyorin) with the Jurchen people.

Jurchen People Media

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  A 1682 Italian map showing the "Kingdom of the Niuche" (i.e., Nǚzhēn) or the "Kin (Jin) Tartars", who "have occupied and are at present ruling China", north of Liaodong and Korea

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  Siberians capturing a reindeer

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  Jin Dynasty 1141

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  A Jurchen man hunting from his horse, from a 15th-century ink and color painting on silk.

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  A late Ming era woodblock print of a Jurchen warrior.

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  Ethnic map prior to Jurchen unification

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  Qilang people (奇楞). Huang Qing Zhigong Tu, 1769

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  Bixi from the grave of a 12th-century Jurchen leader in today's Ussuriysk