The Qing people represent the Qing dynasty of China, a Modern Age civilization in Civilization VII.
The Qing's civilization ability is Kang Qian Shengshi, which grants 
Gold, 
Culture, and 
Influence but reduces 
Science per 
Trade Route. Their associated 
Wonder is the Chengde Mountain Resort, and their unique assets are as follows:
| Asset | Description |
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 Gusa
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+4  Combat Strength if adjacent to another Gusa.
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 Hangshang
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Grants an additional 50 Gold for every  Resource acquired when creating a naval Trade Route.
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 Huiguan
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+25% Influence in this  Settlement.
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 Shiguan
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+9 Science. +1  Happiness per adjacent Happiness Building or Wonder.
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 Qianzhuang
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+9 Gold. +1 Gold per adjacent Gold Building or Wonder.
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 Ten Great Campaigns
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+1 Combat Strength for all  Units for every other civilization and  City-State with which you have a Trade Route.
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| Open Customs
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+1 Culture for every Imported Resource. +1  Settlement Limit.
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| Kang Xi Tax Reformation
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+2  Food from Resources assigned to Cities.
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| Stabilizing Frontier
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+2 Happiness from Resources assigned to Cities.
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 Chuang Guandong
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+25%  Growth Rate in  Towns with a Resource assigned to them.
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| Cohong
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+50% Trade Income.
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| Farmland Assessment
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+5%  Production towards training Land Units.
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| Banner Army
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+3 Combat Strength against Land Units.
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Intro[]
From the northern edges of the Chinese world come the Manchu, the Qing Dynasty of China. The mandarins of the court administer vast territories, their artists produce marvels that are the envy of the world, and their gusa defend the land against all who would seek to claim their mandate. Let the world remember the Qing.
Tips and hints[]
Trade Routes are the Qing's best friend. Import as many Resources as possible and assign them to your Settlements. Trade Route range and Resource Capacity boosts will help!
Strategy[]
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Civilopedia entry[]
Chinese history is long and complicated. The story of the Qing begins with the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Ming is often characterized as an insular, Han-centric reaction to the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty before it, but that is not entirely true. Ming actively courted a central role in the region, setting up tributary states in most of East and Southeast Asia. These were not vassal states, but Ming had varying relations with local leaders who sent offerings to Beijing in exchange for protection or recognition.
Still, Ming was large and bloated. Later Ming emperors were obsessed with court life and retreated into the Forbidden City, letting the realm manage itself. From the outside, colonial powers began to encroach.
Gold and silver were always highly important to the Chinese. European metals were traded on the Silk Road for Chinese goods. After the fall of the New World empires, the Spanish and Portuguese increased this flow – Mexican gold crossed the Pacific to Luzon, where it was exchanged for Chinese goods bound for Spain. The Portuguese also set up their base in Macao as an entrepot for exchanging silver from the New World and Japanese for Chinese goods.
Cracks eventually started to show for the Ming. Following the closing of Japanese borders during the Edo period, this silver supply waned. While Europeans could do without Chinese goods, the Chinese could not do without silver, and currency prices fluctuated radically. These factors, plus a series of famines, dramatically diminished Ming rule. Northern Manchu tribes began to unify and realized that the Ming armies were weak. Additionally, Ming peasants felt they could no longer afford to pay taxes and internal rebellions erupted. The Ming collapsed under the weight of these threats, and the Manchu armies descended upon China to establish the Qing dynasty.
The Manchus were Tungus people, Siberians who had settled on the outskirts of the Sinitic sphere. They had their own language and script – writing derived from Mongolian. Their armies were divided into banners. In fact, the Eight Banners were their signature feature.
The conquest spread from the Manchu homelands in the north across most of mainland China, modern Mongolia, Tibet, and Taiwan. After Qing’s golden age under the Kangxi Emperor in the late 17th century, Qing began to decline due to stagnation, internal dissension, and foreign invasion.
Several internal conflicts tore at the fabric of Qing society – generals rebelled and were shut down, sending “banner” armies across Asia as plundering refugees/raiders. While the emperors' Manchu identity appealed to non-Han Chinese – as did their embrace of Vajrayana Buddhism – Han Chinese still felt oppressed and stifled by another foreign dominion.
The Opium Wars were indicative of this conflict. Silver remained an issue, even after Japan re-opened. The British were unwilling to continue to supply the Qing with silver and decided to introduce opium. When the Chinese refused to open their ports to this destructive product, the British launched a series of wars to force them open. This devastated and humiliated the Qing, especially when the Europeans took the palace and forced concessions (such as the island of Hong Kong). Likewise, the Japanese seized Korea from Qing's orbit. Reforms came, but they were too little and too late. Eventually, the regime collapsed under internal revolt. The new Republic, under Sun Yat-Sen, ushered forth a modern China.
The Qing were not strictly xenophobic. Rather, they embraced the Ming bureaucracy and opened the doors for non-Han to enter the service. The bureaucracy was organized into six ministries headed by the emperor and run by the Inner and Outer Court (of the Forbidden City). The Inner Court, later the “grand council,” handled important matters, and the Outer Court oversaw everyday affairs. As with any good Confucian system, entry into the Ministries was governed by imperial exams. Mandarins were officials who achieved a high degree of expertise.
Qing had many cultural achievements. Its literature and art received a high degree of patronage, including the Six Chapters of a Floating Life. The empire was religiously Confucian, although Confucianism's extent as a religion versus a philosophy of rule is up for debate. Buddhism remained extant (both the East Asian Mahayana and the Tibetan Vajrayana schools), as did Daoism. These were not mutually exclusive schools of thought – indeed, one could be all three – though there are fundamental differences (for instance, in the debates between the Confucian obligation to family versus the Buddhist renunciation of the world versus the Taoist cultivation of personal spiritual power). Regardless, in the Qing era, Confucianism grew closer to a religion than ever before, and Confucius was elevated to an object of veneration with public sacrifices at the Altar of Heaven.
Qing became emblematic of Imperial China’s strengths and weaknesses. It was a multi-ethnic, highly bureaucratic, meritocratic society built on Chinese principles. It gave way to a Western-style republic, which was the last gasp of this major challenge to Westernization and a world order built around global norms. This led to a minor tone in political theory – a suggestion of a Confucian society built around meritocracy and harmony, proper ritual and action.
Cities[]
Age Transition Quotes[]
When age progress reaches 100% or player gets eliminated/retires, one of these quotes will be read depending on the last legacy path completed:
- Culture: "The Qing held the great works of the world with pride, each as brilliant as a scale of the azure dragon."
- Economic: "Prosperity coursed throughout the Qing Empire on tracks of silver."
- Military: "The qilin, the tiger, the bear. The Qing."
- Science: "Qing satellites dotted the night sky, as iridescent and inscrutable as flaming pearls."
- Defeat: "Whatever fire the Qing could harness fell to embers, waiting to be reignited."
Trivia[]
- The Qing civilization's symbol is the head of the Azure Dragon (青龍), a prominent symbol in Chinese decorations and cultural depictions that is also featured on the flag of the Qing dynasty.
- Qing's civilization ability refers to a golden age known as the High Qing era between 1683 to 1799. The Chinese name (康雍乾盛世) is partially an acronym of the names of three Qing emperors, the Kāngxī, Yōngzhèng and Qiánlóng emperors. Yōngzhèng Emperor's name is sometimes left out because Kāng Qián can be understood as "From Kāngxī to Qiánlóng," which already includes Yōngzhèng; and Yōngzhèng's reign (13 years) was significantly shorter than that of his father (61 years) and his son (60 years as Emperor plus 3 years as Emperor Emeritus).
Soundtrack[]
| Original Track | № | Based on | Credits | Length |
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| "The Qing Dynasty (Modern Age)" | 43 | Xī Huánghuā Gǒng Jīnōu |
Composed by Roland Rizzo Performed by FILMharmonic Orchestra, Prague; with Bei Bei Monter, Chiu Steve Chieh-We, & Ashley Jarmack |
4:32 |
The Qing theme is based on a composition titled "Xi Huanghua" (惜黄花) which translates to "Cherishing Yellow Blooms". This piece is part of the Qingyin shifan (清音十番) musical tradition - the last form of Chinese court music performed at courts and temples of the Great Qing Dynasty. The in-game rendition of the theme switches back and forth between a humble performance with traditional instruments and an arrangement by a modern Chinese-style orchestra.
Gallery[]
.jpg "Qing city in-game (Civ7).jpg (4.24 MB)")
.png "Gusa in-game (Civ7).png (920 KB)")
.png "Hangshang in-game (Civ7).png (860 KB)")
.png "Huiguan in-game (Civ7).png (928 KB)")
.png "Chengde Mountain Resort in-game (Civ7).png (5.49 MB)")
.jpg "Qing Background (Civ7).jpg (79 KB)")
Videos[]
See also[]
- Qing in other games
External links[]
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