Similarities Between Ming And Qing Dynasty

The history of China is stained with the consecutive ruling of dynasties that each had strong founding Emperors, collected tax, controlled population, developed the economy from previous years and brings the empire to a new peak in economic and commercial expansion never seen before. However, following the peak of the dynasty we see a significant decline in the ruling emperors, ceding powers to eunuchs, ministers and ruling female family members before the inevitable end and the repeating process with the next dynasty. In comparison to this pattern, the widely successful Ming and Qing dynasties would seem very similar in conducting their own foreign and domestic affairs but I could argue that the unique issues inherited from the ruling dynasty’s …show more content…
The Qing dynasty’s own unique problem of the foreign ‘invasion’ and modernization incentive would eventually lead to the end of China’s last empire. Prince Gong struggled to entice change within China; he understood that only could only hold fast the decaying empire through foreign influence and modernization. Though not dissimilar to the Ming leaders attempt at change, the Qing’s dealing with foreign powers made their own decline unique to itself. In conclusion, there are various similarities and differences that could be identified between the Ming and Qing Dynasty. However like their predecessor, they were portrayed by both prosperity and corruption, as identified in our class lecture notes and readings. However, the politics, economy and social issues of the two dynasties are vastly different. The Ming dynasty was seen a Han Chinese empire while the Qing was seen as an occupational dynasty. The two dynasties similar in nature, struggled to maintain their massive amounts of land, population and rebellions that were defining features in their