Yinti, Prince Xun
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Yinti, the Prince Xun (Chinese: 恂郡王胤禵; Pinyin: Yìntí; Wade-Giles: Yin-t'i; Posthumous name: Qín 勤; born Yìnzhēn 胤祯; Yunti 允禵 to avoid Yongzheng's taboo) (1688 — 1767) of the Aisin-Gioro clan was the Kangxi Emperor's fourteenth son, and the one who was said to be the favourite to succeed him. The names Yinzheng and Yinti were used interchangeably during his lifetime, with family records containing references to both names.
He was the brother of Yinzhen born to the same mother, the De Concubine of the Wuya Clan (i.e. the Empress Xiaogong Ren (孝恭仁皇后).
He was a long-time political ally of Yinsi, and served as Border Pacification General-in-Chief under the Kangxi Emperor in the last few years of his reign, an appointment Yinzhen had supported.
At the time of his father's death in 1722, Yinti was away on military duties in Xinjiang, and after he heard the news immediately returned to the Capital. The throne had been inherited by Yinzhen, who took on the Reign title of Yongzheng. Yongzheng had never trusted Yinti, and appointed him to the official post of watching over the Imperial Mausoleum, living in total seclusion in the outskirts of Beijing. Yinti was released after Yongzheng died (1735).
