Yijing (奕經) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Yijing as a general and royal family member. This record brings together 8 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Yijing	奕經	Yijing
Personal name	Yijing	奕經	Yijing
Personal name	Yijing	奕經	Yìjīng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:378:s0050
Sex: male
Explicit · qingshigao:392:s0115

Roles

General
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 二十三年 · Western Year: AD 1843
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:378:s0104, qingshigao:378:s0097
Source Date: Text: 道光以來 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1840 · End: AD 1842
Explicit · qingshigao:392:s0115

Family

Descendant of Qianlong Emperor (清高宗)
Kinship Term: descendant / 裔 · Line: paternal

Career and standing

Label: Yarkand assistant commissioner / 葉爾羌幫辦大臣 · Action: appointed
Explicit · qingshigao:378:s0108

Places and affiliations

Polity: Qing / 清 · Relation: served
Explicit · qingshigao:378:s0002, qingshigao:392:s0115

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: coastal-defense
Explicit · qingshigao:392:s0115

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: failure through rashness · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · qingshigao:392:s0115

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 378Volume 378 Biographies 165: Huang Juezi, Jin Yinglin, Chen Qingyong, Su Tingkui, Zhu Qi · 7 passages

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於是辱國之將軍奕山、奕經，參贊文蔚，總督牛鑑，提督餘步雲，先後就逮，步雲伏法。 The disgraced generals Yishan and Yijing, staff officer Wenwei, Governor-General Niu Jian, and Provincial Commander Yu Buyun were arrested in turn; Buyun was executed.

'皇上之於琦善，殆其類是，而今且以三品頂戴用為熱河都統矣，且用奕經為葉爾羌幫辦大臣，文蔚為古城領隊大臣矣。 Perhaps the Emperor's treatment of Qishan was of that kind—yet now he was appointed Rehe lieutenant-general with third-rank insignia, Yijing was made Yarkand assistant commissioner, and Wenwei leading commissioner at Gucheng.

奕經之罪，雖較琦善稍減，文蔚之罪，較奕經又減。 Yijing's guilt was somewhat less than Qishan's, and Wenwei's somewhat less than Yijing's.

奕經頓兵半載，曾未身歷行間，騁其虛憍之氣，自詭一鼓而復三城； Yijing kept his army idle for half a year without ever seeing battle, boasted emptily that one assault would recover three cities,

臣亦知奕經為高宗純皇帝之裔，皇上親親睦族，不忍遽加顯戮。 I know that Yijing is a descendant of the Qianlong Emperor, and that Your Majesty, cherishing imperial kin, is reluctant to execute him outright.

倘俯採輿論，孰不切齒琦善為罪魁，誰不疾首於奕山、奕經、牛鑑、文蔚，而以為投畀之不容緩？ If Your Majesty heeded public opinion, who would not denounce Qishan as the chief culprit, or demand that Yishan, Yijing, Niu Jian, and Wenwei be cast out without delay?

疏上，宣宗嘉之，諭曰：「朕無知人之明，以致琦善、奕經、文蔚諸人喪師失律，惟有反躬自責，不欲諉罪臣工。 When the memorial reached the throne, the Daoguang Emperor praised it and said: "I lacked the wisdom to judge men, and so Qishan, Yijing, Wenwei, and others lost armies and broke discipline. I can only blame myself and will not shift guilt onto my officials.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 392Volume 392 Biographies 179: Sai Shang A, Ne Er Jing E · 1 passage

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其後禧恩之徵瑤，奕山、奕經之防海，或以驕侈召謗，或以輕率僨事。 After that, Xi'en's campaign against the Yao and the coastal defense efforts of Yishan and Yijing brought censure through arrogance and extravagance in some cases and failure through rashness in others.