>>6829325The Han Chinese Ming dynasty was the most fertile dynasty in Chinese history in "China proper" or the 18 provinces (most of Genghis Khan's descendants are in Kazakhstan, central Afghanistan, Outer Mongolia and Inner Mongolia)
The Ming dynasty boasted the most male line imperial progeny in China, in Chinese history. At the end of the Ming dynasty in 1644, the Ming Imperial Zhu family numbered 200,000 according to a conservative estimate. The Ming clan already numbered over 80,000 in 1604 and 62,000 in 1594. That's after the Ming dynasty was first established as the dukedom of Wu in 1361, prince of Wu in 1364, and Empire of the Ming in 1368.
The Qing had the lowest amount of progeny in Chinese history. The Qing Imperial Aisin Gioro family only numbered 29,000 at the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1912. That's after the Qing dynasty was established as the Later Jin in 1618, declared itself Qing in 1636 and took over most of Liaodong, took over northern Chinain 1644-1646, and all of southern China in 1683. There were 378 members of Aisin Gioro in 1660. The Qing imperial family had a very small growth rate for an imperial family, including daughters it was only two times the normal average when the Ming Imperial family was many times the normal average.
The Qing genealogies showed that many Qing princes in the early Qing died early deaths from bad health due to bad habits and other factors. Many of them died of smallpox.
The Song, Ming and Qing imperial families followed the practice of considering all male line descendants of the founding Emperor's family as part of the imperial family.
The Tang dynasty had a totally different policy and only considered those relatives within several degrees of relations to the reigning Emperor as part of the imperial family.
