romanized as Pei-chih-li, Pechili, Peichili, etc. and also known as North or Northern Zhili or Chih-li, was a historical province of the Ming Empire. Its capital...

Zhili, alternately romanized as Chihli, was a northern administrative region of China since the 14th-century that lasted through the Ming dynasty and...

called North Zhili or Zhili, meaning 'directly ruled'. When Nanjing became the capital of the Republic of China in 1928, the province of Zhili was abolished...

The Jisi Incident (simplified Chinese: 己巳之变; traditional Chinese: 己巳之變) was a military conflict between the Later Jin dynasty and the Ming dynasty, named...

as variations of "Jili", "Chihli", "Pechihli", or "Pe-Chihli". Zhili and North Zhili were historic provinces in an area surrounding Beijing that approximately...

cohesive force. In 1636, after years of campaigns against Ming fortifications north of the Great Wall, Hong Taiji declared himself emperor of the Qing dynasty...

The Second Zhili–Fengtian War (Second Chihli-Fengtien War; simplified Chinese: 第二次直奉战争; traditional Chinese: 第二次直奉戰爭; pinyin: Dì'èrcì Zhífèng Zhànzhēng)...

Date September 1, 1449 Location Huailai County, North Zhili, Ming China Result Mongol victory Capture of Chinese Emperor Yingzong Return to status quo...

adult women were underreported; for example, the Daming Prefecture in North Zhili reported a population of 378,167 males and 226,982 females in 1502. The...

Republic of China, an area of Jiangsu also became the provincial-level municipality of Shanghai. Zhili & North Zhili Jiangsu, Anhui, & Shanghai v t e...