Qing · Imperial Clansman and General

Yishan 奕山

Attested AD 1842 - AD 1858

Passages
2
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

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

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Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yishan 奕山 Yishan
Title imperial prince 天潢貴冑
Personal Yishan 奕山 Yìshān

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • General
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

Origins and identity

Career and standing

  • Status: imperial-clansman · Label: noble imperial kin / 天潢貴冑
    Explicit · qingshigao:373:s0172

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: abandoned-army · Label: abandoned his army / 棄師
    Explicit · qingshigao:373:s0172
  • Kind: diplomatic · Role: official · Action: abandoned-territory · Place: northeastern frontier / 東北邊地 · Label: later abandoned the northeastern frontier lands / 後復棄東北邊地 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 後 · Western Year: AD 1858
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:373:s0174

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: left especially deep harm · Label: the harm he left was especially deep / 其貽患尤深 · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · qingshigao:373:s0174
  • Assessment: mediocre and ignorant · Label: mediocre and dim / 庸闇 · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · qingshigao:373:s0173
  • Assessment: unversed in military affairs · Label: knew nothing of war / 不諳軍旅 · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · qingshigao:373:s0172

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 373Volume 373 Biographies 160: Zong Shiyishan, Long Wen, Zong Shiyijing, Wen Wei, Te Yi Shun, Yu Buyun · 2 passages
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