The Military-Administrative System of the Jurchen State and Dong Xia as a Prototype of the Manchurian Eight Banner Army (by written and archaeological sources) Cover Image
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Военно-административная система чжурчжэньской империи Цзинь и государства Дун Ся как прототип «восьмизнамённой армии» маньчжуров (по письменным и археологическим источникам)
The Military-Administrative System of the Jurchen State and Dong Xia as a Prototype of the Manchurian Eight Banner Army (by written and archaeological sources)

Author(s): Olga V. Dyakova
Subject(s): History, Anthropology, Archaeology, Military history, Social history, Middle Ages, Culture and social structure , 13th to 14th Centuries
Published by: Издательский дом Stratum, Университет «Высшая антропологическая школа»
Keywords: Primorye; Dong Xia; Jin; Yuan; Jurchen; military system;

Summary/Abstract: The article addresses for the first time the military-administrative system of the Jurchen state Dong Xia (1215—1234), based on written and archaeological sources. This system played a dominant role in creation of the Jurchen state Dong Xia, and later became the prototype of the Manchurian Eight Banner Army. Dong Xia’s grassroots military organization was meng’an and mouke, combining military and civil power. These positions were inherited from father to son. Meng’an is a tribal administrative unit, mouke is a clan unit. Above meng’an and mouke, there were temniki, who were subordinated to military headquarters. The military headquarters reported to the military Governor and military administration. Above them, there was Dahulu Yard, Dufutong, Futong, Army General and Commander-in-Chief. The entire military-administrative system was headed by two bodies: “the Headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief“ and “the Supreme Privy Council”. The military and administrative structures of Dong Xia relied on those of the Jin Empire.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 69-76
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Russian