The Jin dynasty (Jurchen: Anchun Gurun; , ); Manchu: Aisin Gurun; Khitan language: Nik, Niku; ; 1115–1234), officially the Great Jin , also known as the Jurchen dynasty, was founded by the Wanyan clan of the Jurchen people, the ancestors of the Manchu people who established the Qing dynasty some 500 years later. The name is sometimes written as Kin to differentiate it from an earlier Jìn dynasty of China whose name is identically spelled using the Latin alphabet.