User:HenryLi/Manchuria


 * Comment. Manchuria comes from Chinese name of the area Man Chu (滿州) during Ming. 州 (Chu in old Mandarin language during Ming) is a traditional name for administrative regions.   Today there are still many places with character 州 in China.  The name is not come from Man race (滿族).  Man People was known as Jurchen (女真) during Ming.  Manchuria was inhibited by wide variety of people, from grassland to forest.  Because Jurchen migrated west and conquest other tribes during Late Ming, they were gradually referred as the people of Man Chu (滿州人) or simply Man people (滿人). Therefore the race is also known Manchurian to Westerner. 族, namely race, transcribed modernly as Ju or Chu, is seldomly used in classic Chinese text.   It is not used until the born of Republic of China when western political concepts are bought to China.  Nationalism emerged in the new born republic.  Dr. Sun Yat-sen named 5 major races in China and tried to create a new race for the whole country.  They are all Chinese, or specifically, Man Chinese.  Manchuria and northeast China are different concept.  Large part of Manchuria was ceded to Russia during Qing.   The Manchuria encompass the northeast China.   I just wonder how both template can be fitted into an article. &mdash; HenryLi (Talk) 17:13, 24 June 2007 (UTC)