Anti-Qing sentiment
Historical opposition to the Qing dynasty in China
Anti-Qing sentiment
Anti-Qing sentiment (simplified Chinese: 反清情绪; traditional Chinese: 反清情緒; pinyin: fǎnqīng qíngxù) refers to a sentiment principally held in China against the rule of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty (1644–1912), which was criticized by opponents as being "barbaric". Already hated by the Han Chinese because of the Manchus' ancestors, the Jurchen people, for the Jin–Song wars and the atrocities against them that followed (notably the Jingkang incident) centuries ago, the Qing was later accused of destroying traditional Han culture by enforcing policies such as forcing Han to wear their hair in a queue in the Manchu style. It was blamed for suppressing Chinese science, causing China to be transformed from the world's premiere power to a poor, backwards nation. The people of the Eight Banners lived off government pensions unlike the general Han civilian population. The rallying slogan of anti-Qing activists was "Fǎn Qīng Fù Míng" (simplified Chinese: 反清复明; traditional Chinese: 反清復明; lit. "Overturn...
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