Yuntang
| Yuntang | |
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| Portrait of Yuntang | |
| Spouse | Primary spouse: Lady Donggo Concubines: Lady Liu Lady Lang Lady Zhou Lady Zhu Lady Tong Lady Joogiya Lady Wanyan Lady Chen |
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| Eldest daughter Second daughter Third daughter Fourth daughter Fifth daughter Hongzheng Hongzhang Sixth daughter Hongxiang Hongkuang Hongding Dongxi Sibao | |
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| Aisin-Gioro Yuntang (愛新覺羅·允禟) or Aisin-Gioro Yintang (愛新覺羅·胤禟) | |
| House | House of Aisin-Gioro |
| Father | Kangxi Emperor |
| Mother | Consort Yi |
| Born | 17 October 1683 |
| Died | 22 September 1726 (aged 42) |
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| Chinese | 允禟 | ||||||
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Yuntang (17 October 1683 – 22 September 1726), born Yintang, was a Manchu prince of the Qing Dynasty.
Biography
Yuntang was born Yintang of the Manchu Aisin Gioro clan as the ninth son of the Kangxi Emperor. His mother was Consort Yi (宜妃) from the Gorolo (郭絡羅) clan.
Yintang was one of the Kangxi Emperor's most loved sons even though he never held any important posts during his father's reign. During the power struggle between the Kangxi Emperor's sons for succession to the throne, Yintang supported the eighth prince Yinsi initially, but after Yinsi fell from grace he switched allegiance towards the 14th prince Yinti. The Kangxi Emperor died in 1722 and was succeeded by his fourth son Yinzhen, who became known as the Yongzheng Emperor. Yintang changed his name to "Yuntang" to avoid naming taboo because the Chinese character for "Yin" (胤) in "Yintang" is the same as the one in the Yongzheng Emperor's personal name "Yinzhen" (胤禛).
In the same year the Yongzheng Emperor was enthroned, Yuntang was summoned back to the capital Beijing by the emperor and subsequently sent to the military garrison at Xining. Two years later in 1724, Yongzheng stripped Yuntang off his beise (貝子) title. The following year, Yongzheng accused Yuntang and Yunsi (Yinsi) of political incompetence, banished them from the imperial household, and forced them to change their names respectively to "Sesihei" (塞思黑; means "dog" in Manchu) and "Akina" (阿其那; means "pig" in Manchu). The Yongzheng Emperor then ordered Hu Shili (胡什禮) to escort Yuntang and Yunsi to Baoding, where they were imprisoned under the supervision of the Viceroy of Zhili, Li Fu (李紱).
Yuntang reportedly died from an abdominal illness in 1726 during his incarceration. He was posthumously rehabilitated during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor.
Family
- Father: Kangxi Emperor
- Mother: Consort Yi (宜妃; d. 1733), from the Gorolo (郭絡羅) clan, daughter of Zuoling (佐領; a type of military commander) Sanguanbao (三官保).
- Spouses:
- Primary spouse: Lady Donggo (棟鄂氏), daughter of Qishi (七十).
- Concubines:
- Lady Liu (劉氏), daughter of Liu Da (劉大).
- Lady Lang (郎氏), daughter of Lang Tu (郎圖).
- Lady Zhou (周氏), daughter of Zhou Da (周大).
- Lady Zhu (朱氏), daughter of Zhu Da (朱大).
- Lady Tong (佟氏), daughter of Tong Da (佟大).
- Lady Joogiya (兆佳氏), daughter of Manaha (瑪納哈).
- Lady Wanyan (完顏氏), daughter of Wangda (王達).
- Lady Chen (陳氏), daughter of Chen Da (陳大).
Sons
| # | Name | Birth date | Death date | Mother | Wife | Concubine | Issue | Notes |
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| 1 | Hongzheng (弘晸) | 12 December 1706 | 26 December 1787 | Lady Liu | Lady Nara (納喇氏), daughter of Imperial Secretary (尚書) Sheng'an (盛安) | Lady Yang (楊氏), daughter of Yang Da (楊大) | Eldest son: Shuosui (碩綏) Second son | Served as a Minister of Miscellaneous Affairs (散秩大臣) |
| 2 | Hongzhang (弘暲) | 29 March 1709 | 4 July 1756 | Lady Liu | Lady Gorolo (郭絡羅氏), daughter of Genteyi (根特宜) | Son: Shitai (世泰) | ||
| 3 | Hongxiang (弘相) | 20 February 1710 | 21 April 1739 | Lady Joogiya | Lady Zhang (張氏), daughter of Zhang Da (張大) | Unnamed son | ||
| 4 | Hongkuang (弘曠) | 15 December 1711 | 20 February 1737 | Lady Lang | ||||
| 5 | Hongding (弘鼎) | 19 December 1711 | 28 November 1782 | Lady Wanyan | 1. Lady Balinnamu (巴林訥穆氏), daughter of Chahar Province Administrator (察哈爾總管) Butan (布坦) 2. Lady Joogiya (兆佳氏), daughter of Qiwei (騎尉) Tanggutu (唐古圖) | Lady Liu (劉氏), daughter of Balang (巴朗) | Eldest son: Jixing (吉興) Second son: Yanrui (延瑞) Third son: Yanheng (延恆) Fourth son: Yingfu (穎福) Fifth son: Gengfu (庚福) Sixth son: Yongde (永德) Seventh son: Yonghui (永輝), Second Class Imperial Guard (二等侍衛) | Served as a Third Class Imperial Guard (三等侍衛) |
| 6 | Dongxi (棟喜) | 24 July 1719 | 19 January 1791 | Lady Zhu | Lady Penggiya 彭佳氏 | Eldest son: Zongyu (宗餘) Second son: Fucuntai (福存泰) Third son: Fubaotai (福保泰) Fourth son: Fuyouzhu (福佑住) Fifth son: Fuchen (福琛) | ||
| 7 | Sibao (四保) | 22 October 1719 | 12 April 1771 | Lady Zhou | Lady Jin (金氏), daughter of Chengzhu (誠住) | Eldest son: Guoxing'a (國星阿) Second son: Zhu'erhang'a (祝爾杭阿) | Served as an Imperial Guard (侍衛) but was stripped off his post. |
Daughters
The personal names of Yuntang's daughters are unknown.
| # | Birth date | Death date | Mother | Spouse | Notes |
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| 1 | 1701 | 1725 | Lady Wanyan | Sebutengwangbu (色卜騰旺布) of the Elutechuoluosi (厄魯特綽絡斯) clan, a Prince of the Second Rank (m. 1718) | |
| 2 | 1702 | 1741 | Lady Joogiya | Kanbu (侃布) of the Balin Borjigit (巴林博爾濟吉特) clan, a Prince of the Second Rank (m. 1719) | |
| 3 | 1704 | 1727 | Lady Wanyan | Yongfu (永福), an Imperial Guard (侍衛) (m. 1720) | |
| 4 | 1705 | 1726 | Lady Donggo | Zhao Shiyang (趙世揚) (m. 1721) | |
| 5 | 1706 | 1742 | Lady Joogiya | Sebuteng (色卜騰) (m. 1739) | |
| 6 | 1719 | 1767 | Lady Chen | Chen Bu (陳布; d. 1744) | Chen Bu died before they married, but she was regarded as Chen Bu's widow for the rest of her life. |
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See also
- Qing Dynasty nobility
- Ranks of Imperial Consorts in China#Qing