Jurchen may refer to:
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Jurchen people
Jurchen (, ; , ) is a term used to collectively describe a number of East Asian people, East Asian Tungusic languages, Tungusic-speaking people. They lived in northeastern China, also known as Manchuria, before the 18th century. The Jurchens wer ...
, Tungusic people who inhabited the region of Manchuria until the 17th century
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Haixi Jurchens, a grouping of the Jurchens as identified by the Chinese of the Ming Dynasty
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Jianzhou Jurchens
The Jianzhou Jurchens () were one of the three major groups of Jurchens as identified by the Ming dynasty. Although the geographic location of the Jianzhou Jurchens changed throughout history, during the 14th century they were located south of ...
, a grouping of the Jurchens as identified by the Chinese of the Ming Dynasty
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Wild Jurchens
The Wild Jurchens () or Haidong Jurchens () were a group of the Jurchens as identified by the Ming dynasty. They were the northernmost group of the Jurchen people (the other being the Jianzhou Jurchens and Haixi Jurchens). In the 14th century, the ...
, a grouping of the Jurchens as identified by the Chinese of the Ming Dynasty
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Jurchen script, writing system of Jurchen people
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Jurchen language, extinct language spoken by Jurchen people
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Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
The Jin dynasty (, ), officially known as the Great Jin (), was a Jurchen people, Jurchen-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and empire ruled by the Wanyan clan that existed between 1115 and 1234. It is also often called the ...
, also known as the Jurchen Dynasty
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