Giocangga (

Manchu The Manchus (; ) are a Tungusic East Asian ethnic group native to Manchuria in Northeast Asia. They are an officially recognized ethnic minority in China and the people from whom Manchuria derives its name. The Later Jin (1616–1636) an ...

: ; ; 1526–1583) was the son of Fuman and the paternal grandfather of Nurhaci, the man who unified the

Jurchen Jurchen may refer to: * Jurchen people, Tungusic people who inhabited the region of Manchuria until the 17th century ** Haixi Jurchens, a grouping of the Jurchens as identified by the Chinese of the Ming Dynasty ** Jianzhou Jurchens, a grouping of ...

peoples and founded the Later Jin dynasty of China. Both he and his son Taksi attacked Atai's fort, which was being besieged by a rival Jurchen chieftain Nikan Wailan (; 尼堪外蘭 ''Níkān Wàilán''), who promised the governance of the city to whoever would kill Atai. One of Atai's underlings rebelled and murdered him. Both Giocangga and Taksi were killed by Nikan Wailan under unclear circumstances. Giocangga, Taksi and Nikan were all under command of Li Chengliang. Giocangga was accorded the

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Jǐngzǔ (景祖) and the

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Emperor Yi (翼皇帝) by the

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...

. In 2005, a study led by a researcher at the British

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suggested that Giocangga might be a direct male-line ancestor of over 1.5 million men, mostly in northeastern

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."1.5m Chinese 'descendants of one man'"
'' BBC''. 1 November 2005. Retrieved 15 March 2013. This was attributed to Giocangga's and his descendants' many wives and

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s. Giocangga's descendants in the patrilineal line are concentrated among several

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who were part of the Manchu Eight Banners system, and are not found in the Han population.

Family

*Brothers # Desikū (; 德世庫, ''Déshìkù'') # Liocan (; 瑠闡, ''Liúchǎn'') # Soocangga (; 索長阿, ''Suǒcháng'ā'') # Boolangga (; 包朗阿, ''Bāolǎng'ā'') # Boosi (; 寶實, ''Bǎoshí'') *Children: (5 sons) # Lidun Baturu (; 禮敦巴圖魯 ''Lǐdūn Bātúlǔ'') # Erguwen(; 額爾袞 ''É'ěrgǔn'') # Jaikan (; 界堪 ''Jièkān'') # Taksi (; 塔克世 ''Tǎkèshì'') # Taca Fiyanggū (塔察; 篇古 ''Tǎchá Piāngǔ'')

References

External links

Journals.uchicago.edu
{{s-end 1526 births 1583 deaths Jurchens in Ming dynasty