Yongrong
Yongrong (28 January 1744 – 13 June 1790) was a Manchu prince and calligrapher of the Qing dynasty in China. He was born in the Aisin Gioro clan as the sixth son of the Qianlong Emperor; his mother was Imperial Noble Consort Chunhui.
Yongrong 永瑢 | |||||||||
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Prince Zhi of the First Rank 質親王 | |||||||||
Prince Zhi of the First Rank | |||||||||
Tenure | 1789–1790 | ||||||||
Predecessor | Yunxi | ||||||||
Successor | Mianqing | ||||||||
Born | 28 January 1744 | ||||||||
Died | 13 June 1790 46) | (aged||||||||
Consorts | Lady Fuca Lady Niohuru | ||||||||
Issue | Miancong Mianqing, Prince Zhike of the Second Rank Princess of the Fourth Rank | ||||||||
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House | Aisin Gioro | ||||||||
Father | Qianlong Emperor | ||||||||
Mother | Imperial Noble Consort Chunhui |
Yongrong | |||||||||
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Chinese | 永瑢 | ||||||||
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In 1759, he was adopted into the lineage of his granduncle Yunxi (允禧; 1711–1758) as Yunxi's grandson, because Yunxi had no son to inherit his Prince Shen peerage. Yongrong was made a beile in the same year. In 1772, he was promoted to junwang (second-rank prince) as "Prince Zhi of the Second Rank" (質郡王). In 1789, he was further promoted to qinwang (first-rank prince), as "Prince Zhi of the First Rank" (質親王). He died in 1790 and was posthumously honoured as "Prince Zhizhuang of the First Rank" (質莊親王).
Yongrong is best known for his work as a general editor of the Siku Quanshu, and for his calligraphy in the manuscript Twenty-One Hymns to the Rescuer Mother of Buddhas (二十一種救度佛母贊). He was also a poet and painter, with knowledge of astronomy and mathematics.[1]
Yongrong was succeeded by his fifth son, Mianqing.
Family
- Father: Hongli, the Qianlong Emperor (高宗 弘曆; 25 September 1711 – 7 February 1799)
- Grandfather: Yinzhen, the Yongzheng Emperor (世宗 胤禛; 13 December 1678 – 8 October 1735)
- Grandmother: Empress Xiaoshengxian, of the Niohuru clan (孝聖憲皇后 鈕祜祿氏; 12 January 1692 – 2 March 1777)
- Mother: Imperial Noble Consort Chunhui, of the Su clan (純惠皇貴妃 蘇氏; 13 June 1713 – 2 June 1760)
- Grandfather: Zhaonan (召南)
- Consorts and Issue:
- Primary consort, of the Fuca clan (嫡福晉 富察氏)
- Miancong (綿聰; 22 March 1766 – 15 August 1780), first son
- Second daughter (5 February 1768 – 8 February 1768)
- Mian'ai (綿愛; 22 February 1769 – 8 September 1771), second son
- Fourth daughter (3 October 1770 – 20 September 1779)
- Primary consort, of the Niohuru clan (嫡福晉 鈕祜祿氏)
- Mianxin (綿信; 14 August 1775 – 25 November 1777), fourth son
- Princess of the Fourth Rank (縣主; b. 1 September 1776), fifth daughter
- Married Deqin (德欽) of the Aohan in January/February 1793
- Mianqing, Prince Zhike of the Second Rank (質恪郡王 綿慶; 17 June 1779 – 27 November 1804), fifth son
- Secondary consort, of the You clan (側福晉 尤氏)
- First daughter (20 March 1766 – 27 November 1769)
- Third daughter (23 July 1769 – 7 July 1770)
- Mianci (綿慈; 21 December 1770 – 23 May 1773), third son
- Mistress, of the Geng clan (耿氏)
- Mianyi (綿意; 12 May 1787 – 12 June 1792), sixth son
- Primary consort, of the Fuca clan (嫡福晉 富察氏)
In fiction and popular culture
- Portrayed by Zhou Yicheng in Story of Yanxi Palace (2018)
- Portrayed by Zhang Jinze in Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace (2018)
See also
- Prince Shen
- Royal and noble ranks of the Qing dynasty#Male members
- Ranks of imperial consorts in China#Qing
References
- "Manuscript of a Mongolian Sūtra". World Digital Library. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
External links
- "Prince Yongrong (Chinese, 1743–1790) Past Auction Results". Artnet. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
- Zhao, Erxun (1928). Draft History of Qing (Qing Shi Gao). Volume 221. China.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)