 The Jurchens were a Tungusic @-@ speaking group of semi @-@ agrarian tribes inhabiting areas of northeast Asia that are now part of Northeast China . Many of the Jurchen tribes were vassals of the Liao dynasty ( 907 – 1125 ) , an empire ruled by the nomadic Khitans that included most of modern Mongolia , a portion of North China , Northeast China , northern Korea , and parts of the Russian Far East . To the south of the Liao lay the Han Chinese Song Empire ( 960 – 1276 ) . The Song and Liao were at peace , but since a military defeat to the Liao in 1005 , the Song paid its northern neighbor an annual indemnity of 200 @,@ 000 bolts of silk and 100 @,@ 000 ounces of silver . 
 The Jurchens <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> a Tungusic @-@ speaking group of semi @-@ agrarian tribes inhabiting areas of northeast Asia <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='drop_aux' title='3'><mark>are</mark></a>now part of Northeast China . Many of the Jurchen tribes <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>were</mark></a> vassals of the Liao dynasty ( 907 – 1125 ) , an empire ruled by the nomadic Khitans <a href='null_relcl' title='5'><mark>that</mark></a>included most of modern Mongolia , a portion of North China , Northeast China , northern Korea , and parts of the Russian Far East . To the south of the Liao lay the Han Chinese Song Empire ( 960 – 1276 ) . The Song and Liao <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>were</mark></a> at peace , but since a military defeat to the Liao in 1005 , the Song paid its northern neighbor an annual indemnity of 200 @,@ 000 bolts of silk and 100 @,@ 000 ounces of silver . 
Da Jurchens was a Tungusic @-@ speaking group of semi @-@ agrarian tribes inhabiting areas of northeast Asia now part of Northeast China . Many of the Jurchen tribes was vassals of tdaLiao dynasty ( 907 – 1125 ) , an empire ruled by thdaomadic Khitans included most of modern Mongolia , a portion of North China , Northeast China , northern Korea , and parts of thedassian Far East . To the south of the Liao lay the Han Chinese Song Empire ( 960 – 1276 ) . The Song and Liao was at peace , but since a military defeat to the Liao in 1005 , the Song paid its northern neighbor an annual indemnity of 200 @,@ 000 bolts of silk and 100 @,@ 000 ounces of silver .