Geng Jimao

Geng Jimao or Keng Chi-mao (Chinese: 耿繼茂; pinyin: Gěng Jìmào; died 1671) was a Chinese prince and military leader, inheriting the title of "Jingnan Prince" (Jingnan wang [靖南王] meaning "Prince who pacifies the South") from his father Geng Zhongming, along with his lands, and passing it on, in his turn to his son Geng Jingzhong.

Geng Jimao
Prince of Jingnan
Reign1651-1671
PredecessorGeng Zhongming
SuccessorGeng Jingzhong
IssueGeng Jingzhong
Geng Zhaozhong
Geng Juzhong
Shang Zhixin's wife

He led an army from the time of his father's suicide, fighting the Southern Ming, on behalf of the Qing dynasty.[1]

The "Dolo efu" 和碩額駙 rank was given to husbands of Qing princesses. Geng Jingmao managed to have both his sons Geng Jingzhong and Geng Zhaozhong 耿昭忠 become court attendants under the Shunzhi Emperor and married Aisin Gioro women, with Prince Abatai's granddaughter marrying Geng Zhaozhong 耿昭忠 and Haoge's (a son of Hong Taiji) daughter marrying Geng Jingzhong.[2] A daughter 和硕柔嘉公主 of the Manchu Aisin Gioro Prince Yolo 岳樂 (Prince An) was wedded to Geng Juzhong who was another son of Geng Jingmao.[3]

References

  1. Wakeman, Frederic (1985), The Great Enterprise: The Manchu Reconstruction of Imperial Order in Seventeenth-Century China, Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London: University of California Press, p. 1017, ISBN 0-520-04804-0
  2. FREDERIC WAKEMAN JR. (1985). The Great Enterprise: The Manchu Reconstruction of Imperial Order in Seventeenth-century China. University of California Press. pp. 1017–. ISBN 978-0-520-04804-1.
  3. FREDERIC WAKEMAN JR. (1985). The Great Enterprise: The Manchu Reconstruction of Imperial Order in Seventeenth-century China. University of California Press. pp. 1018–. ISBN 978-0-520-04804-1.
Royal titles
Preceded by
Geng Zhongming
Prince of Jingnan
16491671
Succeeded by
Geng Jingzhong


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