Niohuru

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The Niohuru (or Niuhuru) Clan (meaning "wolf " in the Manchu language) were a powerful Manchu clan during the Qing dynasty in China. A shorten version of this surname of "Niu" can be commonly found in the modern day province of Jiangxi (in south central China) after the partial migration of this clan to that province in the early 1800s.

The mother of Qianlong Emperor, Empress Xiaosheng Xian came from the Niohuru Clan. Heshen, the infamous corrupt official serving under the Qianlong Emperor came from this clan.

Empress Xiaoquan Cheng (孝全成皇后), empress of the Daoguang Emperor and biological mother of the Xianfeng Emperor, also came from this clan.

Empress Dowager Ci'an, the widow of Emperor Xianfeng and co-regent of China during Emperor Tongzhi and Emperor Guangxu, also came from this clan.

Two other powerful members of the clan were Eidu and Alechi, both of whom were Nurhaci's noblemen.

Niu Shi Zhong, a 20th-century watercolor artist also derives from this clan.