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Volume 215 Biographies 2: Princes 1: Jing Zuzhuzi, Wu Gong Jun Wang Li Dun Sun : Se Lei, Hui Zhe Jun Wang E Er Gun, Xuan Xian Jun Wang Zhai Kan, Ke Gong Bei Le Ta Cha Pian Gu, Xian Zong Zhu Zi, Cheng Yi Yong Zhuang Bei Le Mu Er Ha Qi son: Xiang Min Bei Zi Wu Da Hai, Zhuang Qin Wang Shu Er Ha Qi son: A Min, A Min son: Wen Jian Bei Zi Gu Er Ma Hui, Gu Er Ma Hui son: Zhen Guo Xiang Min Gong Wa San, Zheng Xian Qin Wang Ji Er Ha Lang, Ji Er Ha Lang son: Jian Chun Qin Wang Ji Du, Ji Du son: La Bu Jian Xiu Qin Wang Ya Bu, Ya Bu Cong Sun : Jian Yi Qin Wang De Pei, Ji Er Ha Lang son: Fu Guo Wu Xiang Gong Ba Er Kan, Ba Erkan son: Fu Guo Xiang Min Gong Ba Sai, Ji Er Ha Lang son: Jing Ding Bei Le Fei Yang Wu, Fei Yangwu son: Shang Shan, Hui Xian Bei Zi Fu La Ta, Shu Er Ha Qi Sun, Fu Guo Gong Pin Ji, Zha Ka Na, Zhen Guo Gong Pin Ji Tun Qi, Zhen Guo Jiang Jun Luo Tuo, Tong Da Jun Wang Ya Er Ha Qi, Du Yi Gang Guo Bei Le Ba Ya La

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Table of contents.
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During the Ming, imperial clansmen were enfeoffed without receiving territorial fiefs, granted noble ranks without governing commoners, and drew stipends without holding administrative duties; the histories call this arrangement a good one. At the founding of the Qing, the emperor's sons and brothers bore only the titles taiji and beile; Later they adopted the Ming practice of enfeoffing imperial kinsmen as princes, followed in rank by beile and beizi, then dukes, and finally a separate class not admitted to the Eight Privileges. The design preserved Manchu custom while multiplying ranks so that the dynasty's bulwark grew wider still. Beneath these ranks stood generals but not commandery princes—a further slight departure from Ming practice; Qing princes likewise received no territorial fiefs; their titles were purely honorific, without appanage to a commandery or state, which was judged superior even to the Ming system. Yet within the court they shared in the foundations of government, and without they led armies—precisely the opposite of the Ming ideal of princes who neither governed the people nor handled affairs.
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In the dynasty's founding years, the emperors endured hardship and won the empire in a century of warfare, relying above all on the princes. Under Kangxi they campaigned against the Three Feudatories; though fortune seesawed, they ultimately brought the rebellion to a full end. Later, campaigns in the northwest were again entrusted to princes as commanders. At the outset of the Yongzheng and Qianlong reigns, when great ministers held the premiership, princes likewise led those offices. Early in Jiaqing a prince was appointed to the Grand Council, but soon removed because the appointment violated ancestral precedent. When Tongzhi came to the throne, the mandate to assist the ruler was set aside and a Prince Regent was installed; shortly afterward government reverted to the direct Grand Council. Thereafter, down to the dynasty's closing years, the imperial clan wielded authority—rule began under a regent and ended under one. Observers called this the working of Heaven; in truth it forms a whole thicket of what one age gained and lost.
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Here, following precedent in the various histories, imperial sons form the main line, and descendants who inherit noble titles are included as well; so too are descendants who later won distinction and received new enfeoffments. Hereditary titles are recorded in full; non-hereditary ranks are given in detail in the tables. The tables speak of "imperial sons" while the biographies speak of "the various princes"—a deliberate alternation of wording to clarify the distinction. From the rank of duke downward, those separately enfeoffed or removed when facts warrant it, and collateral clansmen posthumously elevated for famous deeds, are interleaved in order among the other ministers. The Qing corrected Ming mistakes by employing both imperial clansmen and commoners, following earlier historiographic practice to preserve what actually happened.
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Emperor Jingzu had five sons: by Empress Yi he fathered Emperor Xianzu; His other sons were Li Dun, Prince of Military Merit; Ergun, Prince of Sagacious Wisdom; Zhaikan, Prince of Exalted Offering; and Tachapiangu, Prince of Reverent Respect—their mothers are not recorded.
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Li Dun, Prince of Military Merit, was the eldest son of Emperor Jingzu. From the Founding Ancestor the line becomes detailed, though deeds are still incomplete; four generations later came Emperor Xingzu. Emperor Xingzu had six sons: the eldest, Deshiku; the second, Liuchan; the third, Suochang'a; the fourth, Emperor Jingzu; the fifth, Baolang'a; the sixth, Baoshi, known as the "Ningguta Beile." Emperor Jingzu took over the Founding Ancestor's patrimony and resided at Hetu Ala. Deshiku lived at Jue'ercha, Liuchan at Ahaheluo, Suochang'a at Heluogashan, Baolang'a at Nimara, and Baoshi at Zhangjia. They built settlements around Hetu Ala, the nearest five li distant and the farthest twenty, lending one another mutual support. Baoshi's son Ahanawojige quarreled with Kezhebayan, chief of the Donggo tribe, who raided them again and again. Suochang'a's son Wutai, who had married a daughter of Wan Khan of Hada, sought Hada's help, attacked the Donggo, captured several forts, and Donggo forces ceased to appear. The "Ningguta" line likewise grew somewhat weaker from this point. When Taizu raised his armies, the descendants of Deshiku, Liuchan, Suochang'a, Baoshi, and the rest envied his martial brilliance and more than once sought his life; but as he grew ever stronger their schemes at last subsided. Descendants of Suochang'a and Baoshi followed him in battle; Baolang'a's great-grandson Baishan distinguished himself especially and has a separate biography. Once the imperial enterprise was secured, Emperor Jingzu's brothers received no posthumous enfeoffments.
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Li Dun was valiant from youth. When Emperor Jingzu subdued the Shuosena and Naihu tribes, Li Dun's service stood foremost and he was hailed as "Baturu." By the time Taizu took up arms, Li Dun had been dead for many years. After Taizu secured the Eastern Capital he interred Emperors Jingzu and Xianzu at Yanglu Mountain and had Li Dun buried beside them. In the eighth month of Chongde 4 he was posthumously raised to Prince of Military Merit and granted joint sacrifice in the Imperial Ancestral Temple. His son Beiheqi, when Taizu campaigned against the Ming and attacked Guangning, stayed behind to guard Liaoyang.
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His grandson Sele served Taizu and was appointed niru ejen. Under Taizong he advanced from among the Sixteen Ministers to the Eight Ministers and was made gushan ejen of the Plain Blue Banner. He followed Taizong in the siege of Dalinghe, encamped south of the city, and repeatedly routed Ming forces. He again followed Taizong in raids on Xuanfu and Datong, and with Prince Degui entered Dushikou, defeated Ming troops at Chang'an Ridge, attacked Chicheng, and took its outer suburbs. Soon after, for an offense he was demoted to meiren ejen of the Bordered Yellow Banner. Early in Chongde he joined the Korean campaign. King Li Jong sent his wife and children to Jianghua Island and held out in Namhansanseong. Prince Dorgon pressed the siege hard; when Korean relief forces approached, Sele and jalan ejen Arjin defeated them. Troops were split to attack Jianghua Island; Sele led the right wing across the sea, sprang over enemy vessels, boarded the island at close quarters, routed the garrison, and seized Jong's family. After Jong submitted, Sele was rewarded with the hereditary office of niru janggin and concurrently appointed right vice-president of the Board of Personnel. In Shunzhi 1 he was promoted to inner minister. Li Dun's grandsons Xisai, Ajisai, Asai, and others were all granted the rank of baitalaburu hafan. Sele rose to first-class ashan i hafan, then to second-class jingkini hafan, and was promoted to leading palace guard inner minister. He died and received the posthumous title Qinque. Asai's son Jihali has a separate biography.
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Ergun, Prince of Sagacious Wisdom, was Emperor Jingzu's second son. In Shunzhi 10 he received posthumous enfeoffment and joint sacrifice in the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
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Zhaikan, Prince of Exalted Offering, was Emperor Jingzu's third son. When clansmen feuded with Taizu, Zhaikan and Ergun stood apart. In Shunzhi 10 he too received posthumous enfeoffment and joint sacrifice in the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
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Tachapiangu, Prince of Reverent Respect, was Emperor Jingzu's fifth son. During Shunzhi he received posthumous enfeoffment and a posthumous title. An edict directed that the descendants of Deshiku and the rest take "Gioro" as their surname and wear the red sash. Another edict instructed the Historiographical Bureau: "Place the biographies of Li Dun and his line ahead of all other ministers, to distinguish them from princes of the imperial clan."
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Emperor Xianzu had five sons: by Empress Xuan he fathered Taizu, Prince of Zhuang Shu'erhachi, and Prince of Tongda Ya'erhaqi; by the secondary consort of the Nara clan, Bayala, Prince of Sincere Righteousness and Bold Achievement; by the concubine of the Li clan, Mo'erhaqi, Prince of Sincere Resolve, Brave Strength, and Martial Valor.
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Mo'erhaqi, Prince of Sincere Resolve, Brave Strength, and Martial Valor, was Emperor Xianzu's second son. Fierce and skilled in war, he was always first to scale walls and smash enemy formations. In the yiyou year he followed Taizu against the Zhecheng tribe. Heavy floods forced his recall, but eighty men remained—fifty in cotton armor and thirty in iron—to carry out a reconnaissance. Suku laihum of the Jiaha people secretly warned them, whereupon the five towns of Tuomohe, Zhangjia, Ba'erda, Sa'erhu, and Jiefan united their troops to oppose the Qing force. Rear-guard janggin Nenggude galloped back with word; the ruler took another path and avoided contact. Taizu pressed deeper in and from a distance saw more than eight hundred enemy soldiers drawn up from the Hun River to the southern hills. Zhaqin Sanguli, grandson of Baolang'a, feared the foe, stripped off his armor and gave it away; the ruler sharply rebuked him. Mo'erhaqi with Yanbulu and Wujingga at his side charged with the ruler to the enemy front, dismounted, and fought fiercely, shooting down more than twenty men before the foe fled across the Hun River. Mo'erhaqi again followed in pursuit to Jilin Cliff, where fifteen enemy soldiers were seen approaching along a side path. The ruler doffed his helmet plume, hid, and waited; he shot the foremost man clean through the spine and killed him. Mo'erhaqi shot another dead; the rest plunged from the cliff and perished. The ruler said, "Today four men routed eight hundred—Heaven has aided us!" Mo'erhaqi campaigned repeatedly and was granted the title Qing Baturu, meaning "sincere resolve." In the ninth month of Tianming 5 he died at the age of sixty. The ruler went in person to offer sacrifice at his tomb. In Shunzhi 10 he received posthumous enfeoffment and a posthumous title.
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He had eleven sons; six held noble titles: Da'ercha, Wudahai, Handai, Tahai, Hushita, and Lashita. Da'ercha, Tahai, Hushita, and Lashita were all made dukes of the state; Da'ercha received the posthumous title Gangyi and Lashita Gexi.
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Wudahai, Prince of Xiang and Keen Sensitivity, was Mo'erhaqi's fourth son. He served Taizong and was appointed niru janggin. In Chongde 1 he followed Prince Dorgon against the Ming, attacking Shahe, Nanhe, Linming Pass, and Weixian, distinguishing himself in each. In the third year he was made left vice-president of the Board of Punishments. He followed Prince Yuetuo in defeating Ming forces at Kaiping, and with gushan ejen Hohor and others routed Ming troops at Shahe and Sanhe, beat them again on the Hun River, and pushed on to Zhaozhou. He campaigned again in Shandong, taking Linqing, Anqiu, and Linzi. On the return march he halted at Miyun and took more than four thousand prisoners. In the fifth year he was appointed Manchu meiren ejen of the Bordered White Banner. He joined the assault on Jinzhou and by night raided Xingshan and Tashan. In the seventh year he was promoted to president of the Board of Punishments. He joined the Ming campaign and sent a detachment against Dengzhou, but turned back before it arrived; his spoils were seized for the treasury as punishment. In Shunzhi 1 he helped secure Beijing, pursued Li Zicheng to Yan'an, and routed a night sortie from the city garrison. He again followed Prince Dorgon in the conquest of Jiangnan. In the third year he campaigned again against Tengjisi of the Sunite and defeated the relief armies of Tuxie Khan and Shuolei Khan. In the fifth year he garrisoned Hanzhong alongside gushan ejen Alai and others. His rank rose step by step from third-class assistant prince of the state to beizi. In the sixth year he and Princes Tunqiha and Babutai took over from Prince of Ying Ajige to suppress the rebel Jiang Xiang. In the eighth year he served as acting head of the Censorate. In the eleventh year he joined Prince of Zheng's heir Jidu against Zheng Chenggong, but fell ill en route and was recalled. He died in the twelfth year and received the posthumous title Xiangmin.
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Wudahai's son Toktohui was enfeoffed as a prince of the state. Toktohui's son Yangfu served Kangxi as general of Heilongjiang for many years, won repeated praise, and was ordered to inherit the rank of prince of the state outside the Eight Privileges. He died and received the posthumous title Xiangyi. Yangfu's son Sanguanbao won Kangxi's praise for filial devotion and was at once ordered to succeed his father as acting general of Heilongjiang and to inherit the title.
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Handai was Mo'erhaqi's fifth son. Under Taizong he and Wudahai were both appointed niru janggin. In Chongde 6 he joined the siege of Songshan and defeated Ming generals Wu Sangui and Wang Pu. In the seventh year he followed Prince Abatai against the Ming, took Jizhou, Hejian, and Jingzhou, captured Yanzhou, and was appointed president of the Board of War in the field. In Shunzhi 1 he entered the passes against Li Zicheng and again followed Dorgon west, defeating Zicheng at Tong Pass. In the second year he and meiren ejen E'erd marched from Nanyang toward Guide and took one prefecture and four counties; then crossed the Huai and captured Yangzhou. He received twenty-five taels of gold and 1,300 taels of silver as reward. In the third year he became Manchu gushan ejen of the Bordered White Banner and with Prince Boluo took Hangzhou, pushed on to Taizhou, and fought the Ming Prince of Lu Zhu Yihai. A detachment overran Fujian, stormed Fenshui Pass, defeated the Ming Prince of Tang's general Shi Fu, entered Chong'an, executed Grand Coordinator Yang Wenying and others, and seized Xinghua, Zhangzhou, and Quanzhou. In the fifth year he followed Prince Tunqi to suppress Muslim rebels in Shaanxi. After order was restored he joined Prince of Ying Ajige against the rebel Jiang Xiang. In the sixth year he followed Prince of Xun Mandahai in taking Shuozhou and Ningwu. He then turned on Liaozhou and captured Changliu, Xiangyuan, Yuzhe, and Wuxiang. In the seventh year he became Minister of Personnel and Manchu gushan ejen of the Plain Blue Banner. In the eighth year he was moved to the Board of Punishments. His rank rose from first-class bannerman of the state to prince of the state. In the ninth year he returned to the Board of Personnel. He followed Far Pacification General Nikan into Hunan; when Nikan was killed in battle Handai lost his title for shared responsibility. In the twelfth year he was reappointed Minister of Personnel, made Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent, and granted the rank of general of the state. In the fourth month of the thirteenth year he lost office and title for currying favor and covering up wrongdoing. He died.
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Handai's sons Hailan, Xibuxilun, and Songbutu were all made dukes of the state. Hailan received the posthumous title Quehou, Xibuxilun Daomin, and Songbutu Huaisi.
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Shu'erhachi, Prince of Zhuang, was Emperor Xianzu's third son. He was first made a beile. Cemuhutai, chief of Feiyoucheng, lamented Ula's oppression and sought to submit. Taizu sent Shu'erhachi with Prince Chuying, Prince Daishan, generals Fiyanggū, Yangguli, and Changshu, and guards Hurhan and Naqibu—three thousand men in all—to receive them. Marching by night they saw light on the banners. Shu'erhachi said, "I have campaigned with the ruler many times and never seen such a portent—can it be auspicious?" He wanted to withdraw, but Chuying and Daishan refused. At Feiyou they collected five hundred households from the surrounding stockades and returned. Ula beile Bujantai sent ten thousand men to ambush them; Chuying and Daishan fought hard and routed them. Shu'erhachi held five hundred men at the mountain foot with Changshu and Naqibu commanding another hundred. After Chuying and Daishan broke the enemy they pressed around the mountain and took few heads. On the army's return he received the title Dalhan Baturu. Then Changshu and Naqibu were judged for holding the foothills without fighting hard—capital crimes. Shu'erhachi said, "Executing these two men is the same as killing me." The ruler spared them, fining Changshu one hundred taels of gold and confiscating Naqibu's followers. After that Taizu never again sent Shu'erhachi to command armies. Shu'erhachi grew despondent and told his eldest son Altong'a and third son Zasaktu, "Must I be tethered by food and clothing and live at another's whim?" He moved his residence to Heichemu. In anger the ruler executed two of his sons; only then did Shu'erhachi come back. He died in the eighth month of the xinhai year. In Shunzhi 10 he received posthumous enfeoffment and a posthumous title. He had nine sons; five held noble titles: Amin, Tulun, Zaisangwu, Jirhalang, and Feiyangwu.
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Amin was Shu'erhachi's second son. In the wushen year he and Chuying attacked Ula, took Yihan Mountain City, and returned with prisoners. In the guichou year Taizu attacked Ula; Bujantai met him with thirty thousand men. The generals wanted battle; Taizu restrained them. Amin said, "Bujantai is already out—if we refuse battle now, what then?" Taizu then gave battle and destroyed Ula. In Tianming 1 he, Daishan, Manggu'ertai, and the future Taizong were all made princes of the state—the "Four Great Princes"—and shared government. By seniority Amin was styled Second Prince. In the fourth year Ming Grand Secretary Yang Hao invaded in strength; Amin followed Taizu in defeating Ming forces at Mount Sarhu. He met Ming commander Liu Ting on the Dong'e road; Daishan and others pressed the attack and Liu Ting was killed in the field. Turning back he struck Ming general Qiao Yiqi, who fled to Gulakuyai Cliff and joined the Korean general Jiang Honglie. Amin attacked them and Honglie submitted. Yiqi hanged himself. Soon after he followed Taizu in the destruction of Yehe. In the sixth year he followed Taizu in capturing Shenyang and Liaoyang. Zhenjiang garrison commander Chen Liangce defected to Ming general Mao Wenlong; Amin relocated the populace inland. Wenlong encamped on the Korean frontier; Amin crossed Zhenjiang by night, killed the garrison commander, and Wenlong fled. In the eleventh year he raided the Barin tribe of Khalkha and seized their dependent stockades. He attacked the Jarut tribe and took captives.
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In Tiancong 1 Taizong sent him with Prince Yuetuo and others against Korea and ordered them also to destroy Wenlong. The army took Uiju and detached forces against Tieshan, Wenlong's base; Wenlong fled. They advanced to Dingzhou, crossed the Jiashan River, and took Anzhou and Pyongyang. They pressed on to Zhonghe; King Li Jong sent envoys to welcome the army. Amin and the princes answered with a letter listing seven crimes and firmly refused. The army advanced to Huangzhou and Jong sent envoys again. Amin wanted to storm the capital immediately; the other princes urged waiting for Korean ministers to come swear peace. Commander Li Yongfang said, "We march under the ruler's righteous mandate and have promised withdrawal once ministers swear the covenant—to break that promise is unrighteous." Amin angrily dismissed him and marched to Pingshan. Jong fled to Jianghua Island and sent the Lord of Jinchang; Amin ordered trumpets sounded to urge the advance. Yuetuo and Jirhalang halted at Pingshan and sent Vice Commander Liu Xingzuo to Jianghua Island to rebuke Jong. Jong sent his kinsman the Lord of Yuanchang Jue and others; a banquet was held. After the feast Yuetuo urged withdrawal; Amin said, "I have long envied the Ming emperor's and the Korean king's walled palaces—now that we are here, why hurry away? I mean to leave troops to farm and settle; Dudu and I, uncle and nephew, will live here together." Dudu flushed and said, "The ruler is my uncle—why should I live apart from him? Why dwell with you?" Jirhalang also objected firmly; the princes then agreed to let Jong swear peace. Amin allowed three days of plunder and then withdrew. Taizu welcomed them at Wujing Camp, rewarded them, and granted a suit of imperial robes. He again followed Taizu against the Ming, besieged Jinzhou, attacked Ningyuan, and slew more than a thousand Ming foot soldiers.
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In the fourth year the army took Yongping, Luanchuan, Qian'an, and Zunhua; Taizu ordered Amin and Prince Shuotuo to garrison with five thousand men. Amin held Yongping, posted generals to the other three cities, and induced Zhenzi Town to surrender. Ming Grand Secretary Sun Chengzong attacked Luanchuan; Amin sent several hundred reinforcements and pulled the Qian'an garrison into Yongping. Ming pressure on Luanchuan grew unbearable; gushan ejen Turg and the garrison fled to Yongping; Ming troops cut them down and more than four hundred soldiers perished. Amin ordered Zunhua's gushan ejen Chahala and others to abandon their city as well; he then slaughtered surrendered Ming officers and soldiers, massacred the townspeople, seized gold and silk, and fled east by night through Lengkou.
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Taizu sent Prince Dudu to relieve the garrisons; when he learned that Amin and the others had abandoned the four cities and withdrawn, he took the throne, assembled princes and ministers, proclaimed their guilt, and arraigned Amin and his associates. When Amin's party arrived he made them camp fifteen li from the city and again publicly rebuked them. Mourning soldiers lost to the enemy, the ruler wept. Three days later he gathered princes and ministers at the palace gate and had Prince Yuetuo announce to all: "Amin's wickedness goes back many years. Under Taizu he urged his father to relocate to Heichemu; Taizu punished father and son, then pardoned them. After his father's death Taizu reared Amin like his own son and made him a prince of the state. When Taizong came to the throne he treated Amin with the same honor as before. On the Korean campaign, after peace and hostages, he refused to withdraw and wanted to settle with Dudu in the royal capital; only Jirhalang's firm opposition stopped him. This was the first clear sign of Amin's disloyal intent. He offered a beautiful captive to the ruler, then demanded her back. Seeing his resentment, the ruler said, "How can one woman come between brothers?" He gave her to Commander Lenggeli. On campaign against Chakhar, son-in-law Tuxie broke treaty and made overtures; the ruler angrily cut ties. Amin sent him armor and horse gear and repeated to him everything the ruler had said. Princes had to report children's marriages to the throne; Amin privately married his daughter to Mongol beile Setter, and when the ruler skipped the feast he nursed resentment. Under Taizu frontier posts had fixed boundaries; he crossed them and moved his garrison to Heichemu. The ruler accused him of willfully abandoning the defense line and disloyal designs; Amin had no reply. When the ruler marched out he left Amin in charge; Amin idled in pleasure and hunted repeatedly. When Yuetuo and Hooge returned early from campaign he accepted their bows as though he were sovereign. As Yongping garrison commander he said rashly, "We have taken the city—why spare its people?" He told the soldiers openly, "Now that I am here, how can I send you home empty-handed?" He plundered Zhenzi Town, seized its wealth, and distributed surrendered people as slaves among the Eight Banners. Ming forces besieged Luanchuan for three days and nights while he held back from personal relief, massacred Yongping and Qian'an, and returned laden with goods and livestock. He wrecked what we had built and brought casualties on our army." He ordered his crimes debated. All said, "He deserves death." He ordered him imprisoned. He allowed six estates, two gardens, twenty slaves, five hundred sheep, and twenty cattle; the rest went to Jirhalang. In the eleventh month of Chongde 5 he died in confinement.
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Amin had six sons; five held titles: Aierli, Gu'ermahui, Gong'a, Guogai, and Guolai. Aierli, Guogai, and Guolai became princes of the state; Aierli was executed for crime, and Guogai received the posthumous title Duanchun.
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Gu'ermahui, Prince of Warm Simplicity, followed Dorgon against the Ming in Chongde, entered Shanxi from Beijing, turned east to Jinan, and took more than forty cities, earning the rank of duke of the state. When Amin fell, his title was stripped and he was struck from the clan register. In Shunzhi 5 he was re-enfeoffed as duke of the state. Finding him impoverished, the court granted three thousand taels of silver. He followed Jirhalang in pacifying Huguang and defeated He Tengjiao. Advancing on Yongxing he stormed the gates, routed Ming forces, and was raised to beizi. He died in Kangxi 20 and received the posthumous title Wenjian.
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Wasan, Prince of the State Xiangmin, was Gu'ermahui's son. Under Kangxi he was first made assistant prince of the state. He followed Yuetuo in pacifying Huguang and inherited the ducal title. In the twenty-first year he became right director of the Imperial Clan Court. Later he was judged for hesitating at Changsha, lost office, but kept his title. He was again made Manchu gushan ejen of the Bordered Blue Banner. When Russia seized Albazin, Kangxi sent Wasan with Vice President Guobi and General Sabusu of Heilongjiang to investigate. Soon gushan ejen Pengchun and others were sent to attack; Wasan commanded Heilongjiang troops. He died in the twenty-fourth year and received the posthumous title Xiangmin. Wasan's son Qiketaha inherited the ducal rank. Under Kangxi he campaigned against Galdan. He held posts as right clan director, commandant-in-chief, and leading palace guard minister. For an offense he lost his title. Gu'ermahui's grandson Efei inherited. He too campaigned against Galdan. He died and his son Eqi inherited. Under Yongzheng he served as envoy to Tibet to address the Dalai Lama and was raised to prince of the state. As commandant of the Tianjin navy he lost his title for failing to control his men. Reappointed commandant-in-chief, he lost his title again for taking bribes.
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Gong'a, implicated with Amin, was punished with Gu'ermahui and soon restored to the clan rolls. In Shunzhi 5 he too pacified Huguang, took more than sixty cities, and was made prince of the state. He died in the field in the sixth year.
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Jirhalang, Prince of Exalted Offering, was Shu'erhachi's sixth son. Taizu raised him from childhood. He was made a prince of the state. In Tianming 11 he campaigned against Khalkha's Barin and Jarut tribes with distinction. In Tiancong 1, on the Korean campaign, after King Li Jong sued for peace Amin still wanted to storm the capital. Yuetuo consulted Jirhalang, who said, "We should not advance deep but hold at Pingshan and wait." They finally made peace and withdrew. In the fifth month he followed the ruler against the Ming, besieged Jinzhou, and with Manggu'ertai routed Ming forces. At Ningyuan they met Ming commander Man Gui; though wounded, Jirhalang fought hard and crushed the foe. In the fifth month of the second year he and Hooge destroyed Mongol leader Gututabun and brought his people in. In the eighth month of the third year he raided Jinzhou and Ningyuan and burned their granaries. In the tenth month the ruler entered through Hongshan Pass; Jirhalang and Yuetuo took Daankou, broke the water gate by night, and hit Ming relief for Malanying. At dawn Ming forces held two hill camps; Jirhalang pursued, won five fights, and received the surrender of Malanying, Malankou, and Daankou. He marched on Shimen Stockade, destroyed Ming relief, and the garrison submitted. Rejoining the main force at Zunhua they pressed Beijing and overran Tongzhou and Zhangjiawan. In the first month of the fourth year he besieged Yongping, killed rebel Liu Xingzuo, and captured his brother Xingxian. After Yongping fell he and Prince Sahalian garrisoned it, inspected stores and troops, appointed officials, and issued summons to Luanchuan and Qian'an. In the third month Amin relieved him and he withdrew.
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In the seventh month of the fifth year the Six Ministries were founded; Jirhalang headed Punishments. At the siege of Dalinghe he took nearby towers and stockades. In the fifth month of the sixth year he campaigned against Chakhar and on the return swept Guide City, gathering more than a thousand people. In the third month of the seventh year he fortified Xiuyan. In the fifth month Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming defected from Dengzhou; Huang Long and Korean allies tried to block them; Jirhalang and Prince Ajige met the defectors at Zhenjiang and Ming ships withdrew.
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In the fourth month of Chongde 1 he was made Prince of Exalted Offering. In the fifth month of the third year he attacked Ningyuan and pressed Zhonghou Fort while Ming troops stayed inside. He then took Molong Pass and the Wulibao tower stockade. In the fifth month of the fourth year he raided Jinzhou and Songshan, won nine fights, and took more than two thousand prisoners. In the third month of the fifth year he repaired Yizhou. Subanai and Arbatai of Mongolia's Dorot tribe, Ming allies at Xingshan Wulitai, offered to defect with thirty households. The ruler sent him with fifteen hundred men to receive them, warning that Ming forces would attack if they saw a small column and ordering the march in three divisions." By night they passed Jinzhou and reached Xingshan, secretly instructing Subanai's group to move with their baggage. At dawn Liu Zhouzhi of Xingshan with Jinzhou and Songshan commanders brought seven thousand men; Jirhalang charged the line, won a great victory, and received an imperial horse. In the ninth month he besieged Jinzhou, ambushed south of the city, and when the enemy hung back he pursued and routed them. In the third month of the sixth year he again besieged Jinzhou with eight camps, trenches, and ramparts to trap Zu Dashou. Dashou put Mongols on the outer wall; taiji Nomuci tried to open the east gate, was discovered, and fought. Jirhalang pressed the wall; Mongols were lowered in by rope and took the outer suburbs. More than six thousand Mongols were resettled at Yizhou and over eighty Ming officers surrendered. The ruler proclaimed victory at the Dugong Hall. In the fourth month he defeated Ming relief. In the fifth month he beat them again and took two thousand heads. In the sixth month, the army withdrew. In the ninth month, the forces once more laid siege to Jinzhou. In the twelfth month, Hong Chengchou dispatched troops from Songshan in a night attack on the Qing forces. The Qing army fired from behind their trenches, routed the enemy, and prevented them from breaking in; the entire force surrendered. In the seventh year, Jinzhou was besieged again. In the third month, Zu Dashou surrendered. Songshan, Tashan, and Xingshan were razed and restored to Qing control, and Dashou received one saddle horse and a hundred python-patterned silks.
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In the eighth year, after the Shunzhi Emperor took the throne, Jirhalang was appointed to serve as co-regent alongside Prince Rui Dorgon. In the ninth month, the army attacked Ningyuan, seized Zhonghousuo, and took Zhongqiansuo as well. In Shunzhi 1, the prince was instructed to consult Prince Rui Dorgon before acting on policy and to list his own name ahead of Dorgon's on joint documents. In the fifth month, Prince Rui Dorgon marched through Shanhaiguan and established control over Beijing. In the tenth month, he was created Prince Uncle of Faithful Righteousness Assisting the Regency and rewarded with a thousand taels of gold, ten thousand taels of silver, and a thousand bolts of silk. In the second month of the fourth year, his mansion was found to violate building regulations; he was fined two thousand taels of silver and dismissed from the regency. In the third month of the fifth year, Beizi Tunqi, Shangshan, Tunqika, and others accused the prince of multiple offenses, charging that at Hong Taiji's death he had failed to reveal a senior ministers' scheme to enthrone Prince Su Hooge. Jirhalang was called in to face interrogation; the court judged him deserving of death and opened a major purge. The sons and nephews of the meritorious ministers Eidu, Feiyingdong, and Yangguli were drawn into the case as well; all were sentenced to death and their estates were confiscated. The punishments were later mitigated. Jirhalang was reduced to commandery-prince rank, and Prince Su Hooge was left to die in secret imprisonment.
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In the intercalary fourth month, he was restored to princely rank. In the ninth month, he was named Grand General Defending the Distance and sent to lead an expedition into Huguang. In the tenth month, the army paused in Shandong, where the turncoat general Liu Zeqing was put to death for treason. In the first month of the sixth year, the army encamped at Changsha. Ming Governor-General He Tengjiao, generals Ma Jinzhong and Tao Yangyong, and Li Zicheng's surviving follower known as the One Tiger jointly held Hunan. Jirhalang split his forces and pressed the attack, took Xiangtan, and captured He Tengjiao. In the fourth month, the army stopped at Chenzhou. The One Tiger escaped, Baoding fell, and twenty-eight enemy camps along the Nanshanpo, Dashui, and Hongjiang routes were overrun. In the seventh month, Jingzhou was captured and Hengzhou besieged; Tao Yangyong was executed. Driving the enemy as far as Quanzhou in Guangxi, he detached columns to seize Daozhou, Liping, and the Wusa native domain, taking more than sixty towns in succession. In the first month of the seventh year, the army returned home, and he received two hundred taels of gold and twenty thousand taels of silver.
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In the second month of the eighth year, he joined Princes Mandahai, Boluo, and Nikan in a memorial calling for the posthumous stripping of Prince Rui Dorgon's titles; the full account appears in Dorgon's biography. In the third month, on account of his advanced age, the prince was excused from attending congratulatory and thanksgiving audiences. In the second month of the ninth year, he was promoted to Uncle Prince of the First Rank and Prince of Zheng. In the second month of the twelfth year, he submitted a memorial stating: "When Taizu first founded the dynasty, he daily debated policy with the Four Great Beile and Five Great Ministers, sought out the people's grievances, and kept court and country in close accord with few barriers to truth. That is how he cleared away his rivals and laid the foundations of the state. Taizong, inheriting the throne, also held constant counsel with the princes and beile, rewarded the loyal and outspoken, weighed merit above fault, and drafted every edict to win the people's trust and stand the test of time. Fearing that martial discipline might slacken, he still went hunting from time to time; meanwhile the princes and beile held lavish banquets and amused themselves with comic performances. Taizong angrily said: "When our dynasty first arose, we kept our bows strung, maintained our armor, and treated our troops like our own children. That is why men fought to the death for us and every battle ended in victory. I have always feared that our descendants would abandon our plain, hardy ways, adopt Han habits, and sink into indulgence. If you now waste yourselves in such pleasures, how can the realm ever prosper?" He dispatched the senior minister Sonin again and again to deliver the warning. Now that Your Majesty has invited officials at every level to speak openly, I believe that nothing matters more in governing the empire than credibility. When Your Majesty recently showed concern for Manchu officials and commoners, the announcement was met with widespread rejoicing. Yet when corvée was levied to repair the Qianqing Palace, the earlier pledge lost the people's trust. How can subjects be ruled when edicts are not believed? I beg Your Majesty to follow Taizu and Taizong's example: consult senior ministers often, refine policy in full deliberation, and only then promulgate edicts, so that law may be enforced, the people may believe, and the achievements of the two founding sages may be carried forward. I have one further request: to transmit exemplary rule and display virtue, nothing precedes the keeping of history. The sage kings of antiquity promoted the worthy, kept flatterers at bay, brought the realm to peace, and left their names for ten thousand generations—always with the historiographers as their support. Your Majesty should appoint diarists to attend at court, so that every word and deed may be preserved for posterity. That too would strengthen good government." The memorial was submitted and warmly approved.
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In the fifth month, as his illness turned grave, the Emperor visited him in person. Jirhalang replied: "I have received boundless favor across three reigns and have not yet repaid it. My only wish is to see Yunnan and Guizhou taken, the Prince of Gui destroyed, and the four seas united under one rule." The Emperor wept and said: "Why will Heaven not grant my uncle a long life!" Having spoken, he was overcome with grief. The Emperor ordered artists to paint Jirhalang's portrait. He died the following day, at the age of fifty-seven. Court was suspended for seven days of mourning. Ten thousand taels of silver were granted, ten households were assigned to maintain his tomb park, and a stele was erected to commemorate his achievements. In the sixth month of Kangxi 10, a posthumous title was conferred upon him. In the first month of Qianlong 43, an edict granted him posthumous worship in the Imperial Ancestral Temple and restored the hereditary princely title of Prince of Zheng.
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Jirhalang had eleven sons, of whom four held noble titles: Furdan, Jidu, Ledu, and Barkhan.
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Furdan, Jirhalang's eldest son, was created heir apparent. He died in Shunzhi 8 and was posthumously titled Sincere and Generous.
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Jidu, Prince Jianchun, was Jirhalang's second son. He was first created Commandery Prince of Jian. After Furdan's death, he was made heir apparent. In the eleventh month of the eleventh year, he was named Grand General Defending the Distance and sent to lead an expedition against Zheng Chenggong. In the ninth month of the twelfth year, the army encamped at Fuzhou. After some time, he moved forward and encamped at Quanzhou. In the sixth month of the thirteenth year, Zheng Chenggong's generals Huang Wu, Su Ming, and Zheng Chun defected from Haicheng, and the army shifted camp to Zhangzhou. Soon afterward Zheng Chenggong attacked Fuzhou. Jidu sent Meile Ejen Akshan and others to reinforce the city, routed the enemy, and killed more than two hundred men. In a further engagement he killed the enemy general Lin Zulan and others and captured fourteen of their vessels. He also sent detachments against Huian, Min'an, and Zhangpu, seizing several hundred boats and killing more than two thousand men. In the third month of the fourteenth year, the army returned. The Emperor dispatched senior ministers to welcome him at Lugou Bridge, where Jidu first learned of Prince Jirhalang's death. He was ordered to enter the capital for the mourning rites, and the Emperor visited his residence in person to offer condolences. In the fifth month, he succeeded to the title and was redesignated Prince of Jian. He died in the seventeenth year.
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Jidu had five sons; Labu, Desai, and Yabu each inherited the title of Prince of Jian in turn.
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Labu was Jidu's second son. When Jidu first died, his third son Desai succeeded to the title. Desai died in Kangxi 9 and was posthumously titled Hui. That same year, Labu succeeded to the title. After Wu Sangui rebelled, Labu was appointed Grand General Displaying Might in the ninth month of the thirteenth year and stationed his army at Jiangning. In the ninth month of the fourteenth year, he transferred his forces to Jiangxi, garrisoned Nanchang, repeatedly sent troops to relieve Dongxiang, attacked Poyang, and captured Jinxi and Wannian. Wu Sangui's generals Gao Dejie and Han Daren took Ji'an, and the court urgently ordered Labu to advance. Labu stayed in Nanchang and failed to march against Ji'an. He encamped at Luozi Mountain; when the enemy attacked, his army was routed. The Emperor sent Vice Minister Bandi to investigate the defeat, after which Labu at last took personal command of the siege of Ji'an. In the third month of the sixteenth year, the enemy withdrew. Labu entered Ji'an and reported that Han Daren and others at Ningdu were offering surrender; the court approved. Soon afterward Han Daren sallied from Ningdu and raided Wan'an and Taihe, and Labu again asked for more troops. The Emperor rebuked him: "Since Prince of Jian Labu reached Jiangxi, he has won not a single achievement. He has remained shut up in the provincial capital, wasting grain and pay. When he finally moved on Ji'an, he invested the city with a large army yet let Han Daren escape, hold Ningdu, and resume raids on Wan'an and Taihe without being able to destroy him. The troops under Labu's command are hardly insufficient; that he could not eliminate even Han Daren warrants severe punishment, to be decided once the campaign is over." In the first month of the seventeenth year, Guard Commander Hakesan and others defeated Han Daren at Laohudong, destroyed his fortifications, and killed six thousand men. Han Daren fled to Fujian and surrendered to Prince Kang Jieshu's army. In the second month, Labu transferred his army to Hunan and garrisoned Chaling. In the eighth month, Wu Sangui died at Hengzhou, and an edict ordered Labu to advance from Anren. In the first month of the eighteenth year, he advanced and recaptured Hengzhou. In the second month, he sent detachments to retake Qiyang, Leiyang, and Baoding. In the ninth month, he moved into Guangxi and garrisoned Guilin. In the first month of the nineteenth year, Ma Chengyin rebelled at Liuzhou. In the fifth month, he advanced against Liuzhou, and Ma Chengyin surrendered. In the eighth month, he shifted his garrison to Nanning. In the tenth month, an edict detached part of his force and placed it under Grand General Laita for the campaign against Yunnan. In the eighth month of the twentieth year, he was recalled to Beijing. He died in the tenth month. In the twenty-first year, he was posthumously condemned for missing the opportunity at Ji'an and stripped of his title.
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Yabu was Jidu's fifth son. He succeeded to the title in the twenty-second year. In the twenty-seventh year, he was ordered to Sunite to guard against Galdan. In the twenty-ninth year, when Galdan pushed deep into Ujimchin territory, Prince Gong Changning was appointed Grand General Pacifying the North, with Yabu and Prince Xin Ezhai as his deputies; the army marched out through Xifengkou. The expedition was soon called off, and he was ordered to join Prince Fuquan's army as a staff officer for military affairs. In the eighth month they defeated Galdan at Ulan Butong; Galdan escaped, and the enemy was not pursued to extinction. After the army came home, failure to pursue the enemy was debated and would normally have cost him his title; instead an edict reduced his stipend for three years. In the thirty-fifth year he accompanied the emperor on campaign in person. In the thirty-eighth year he was placed in charge of the Imperial Clan Court. He died in the fortieth year and was given the posthumous name Xiu. He had fifteen sons; Yarjiang'a and Shen Baozhu inherited the princedom in turn.
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Yarjiang'a was Yabu's eldest son. He was first made heir to the princedom. In the forty-second year he succeeded to the title. In the fourth year of the Yongzheng reign an edict condemned Yarjiang'a for heavy drinking and neglect of office and removed his title. Shen Baozhu was Yabu's fourteenth son. He was first granted the rank of Defender General of the State. When Yarjiang'a was removed, the Yongzheng Emperor ordered Shen Baozhu to succeed to the princedom. In the thirteenth year of the Qianlong reign an edict condemned Shen Baozhu for reckless conduct that left him blind in both eyes and for abusing his elder brother's daughter, and his title was taken away. The succession passed to De Pei, a great-great-grandson of Jirhalang's younger brother, Prince Feiyangwu.
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De Pei, whose style was Jizhai, was the son of Beizi Fucun. In the thirteenth year of the Yongzheng reign he was made Defender General of the State. Recommended by Prince Guo Yunli, he was summoned by the Yongzheng Emperor, who asked what post he wanted; he answered that he would be satisfied with a humble share of the sacrificial meat apportioned at the temple slaughter stalls. The emperor was deeply impressed. He was appointed vice minister of war. In the first year of the Qianlong reign he was made commander at Gubeikou. In the second year he became governor of Gansu and reported that most Gansu districts lay in rugged mountains, so when famine struck peasants had to travel far into walled towns for grain, which was impractical. He proposed setting up rural granaries and letting local officials disburse aid at once on verified petition. Soon promoted to governor-general of Huguang, he urged that the Miao country be settled by promoting farming, founding schools, and requiring tree planting. In the fourth year he was transferred to the Fujian–Zhejiang governor-generalship. Censor Zhu Xupu accused Fujian governor Wang Shiren of graft; the throne doubted the case and sent Zhu Xupu to sit in joint inquiry. De Pei confessed to lax oversight, backed Zhu Xupu, and removed Wang Shiren from office, winning public respect for his impartiality. He impeached and dismissed the Fuzhou general Long Sheng for greed and license. He also urged that frontier garrisons be redeployed with care to prevent clashes before they arose. In the twelfth month of the fifth year the throne declared that De Pei, who had served repeatedly on the frontiers, was outspoken in counsel; that though coastal society was rife with armed feuds, he remained scrupulously honest, took no gifts, and still sank so deep in debt that he had to part with his family holdings. Ten thousand taels from the Fujian treasury were bestowed on him as a model for officials. In the sixth year he additionally acted as governor of Zhejiang. In the seventh year he was moved to the Liangjiang governor-generalship. When the Huai–Yang region flooded, he opened local granaries and secured a hundred thousand taels from land tax, customs, and salt revenues for relief. He soon clashed with Gao Bin over hydraulic policy. In the eighth year he was made vice minister of personnel. In the fifth month of the twelfth year he served as acting governor of Shanxi. In the twelfth month he was promoted to minister of personnel. In the seventh month of the thirteenth year he retired on grounds of illness. When Shen Baozhu was removed, the emperor singled out De Pei for his steady character and made him prince, posthumously raising his great-grandfather Feiyangwu, grandfather Fulata, and father Fucun to Prince Jian. He died in the seventeenth year and was posthumously named Yi. The title passed to Qitong'a, a great-great-grandson of Jirhalang.
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Qitong'a was the son of Assistant Duke Basai. He was first made Assistant General of the State. He succeeded to the rank of assistant duke. In the first year of the Qianlong reign he was made commander of the Plain Red Banner Manchus. In the third year he was appointed grand minister of the imperial bodyguard. In the seventeenth year he succeeded to the princedom. His grandfather Ba'erkan and father Basai were posthumously raised to Prince Jian. In the twenty-first year he was placed in charge of the Imperial Clan Court. He died in the twenty-eighth year and was posthumously named Qin. His son Fengneheng succeeded him. Fengneheng was first made a third-rank imperial bodyguard. Under the Qianlong Emperor he campaigned against the Zunghars and commanded a thousand Elite Vanguard troops posted at Hurman. When Hojijan attacked with five thousand men, Fengneheng joined the allied forces, repulsed them, and chased them northward for more than ten li. In the advance the foe fought from trenches until they were stormed; his horse was hit, he remounted and pressed on, routing the enemy at the Qindar River ford and again on the Yarkand River. The throne commended his bravery, promoting him to second-rank bodyguard and deputy lieutenant-general of the Bordered White Banner. When the army shifted to Ili he was made a column commander. He broke the Mahajin and Kazakh forces and captured their horses. In the twenty-seventh year, on the army's return, he received the double-eyed peacock plume. He was made commander of the guards and placed over the Elite Vanguard. In the twenty-eighth year he succeeded to the princedom. He was appointed banner commander and head of the Imperial Clan Court. He died in the fortieth year and was posthumously named Ke. His son Jihana succeeded him. In the first month of the forty-third year the house was again styled Prince of Zheng. He died in the forty-ninth year and was posthumously named Gong. His son Wergong'a inherited the title.
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Wergong'a was originally named Fo'erguochong'e; when he succeeded, an edict changed his name. He died in the twenty-sixth year of the Daoguang reign and was posthumously named Shen.
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His son Duanhua succeeded to the title. He was made a grand minister in attendance before the throne. On the Daoguang Emperor's death he was named to the regency council. Under the Xianfeng Emperor he was repeatedly named to inspect troops and to head the imperial clan commission. When Beijing was put under martial law he was charged with overseeing patrols and defenses. In the tenth year he escorted the emperor to Rehe and was made grand minister of the imperial bodyguard. While his younger brother Sushun dominated court affairs, the Xianfeng Emperor on his deathbed again named Duanhua to the regency, and together with Prince Yi Zaichun, Sushun, and others he was titled a 'Prince Assisting Government.' When the Tongzhi Emperor came back to Beijing, an edict condemned Duanhua and his fellows for overbearing abuse of power, and Duanhua was granted death. Sushun is treated in a separate biography. The rank was lowered to an assistant duke outside the Eight Privileges. In the second month of the first Tongzhi year Yueling, eighth in descent from Jirhalang, took the diminished title. In the seventh month of the third year, after Nanjing was retaken, the Prince of Zheng was restored and Chengzhi, fifth in descent from Qitong'a, succeeded.
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Chengzhi was the son of Assistant Duke Xilang'a. He had first held only the rank of assistant duke. On becoming prince he had his forebears Jingneheng, Yifeng'e, and Xilang'a posthumously raised to Prince of Zheng, and Yueling was moved down to the assistant dukedom. In the second month of the fourth year Censor Liu Qing accused Chengzhi of bad character, and the throne told him to mend his ways. In the eleventh year he lost his title and was placed under house arrest for having his guard Yushou kill the director Fu Xun. The succession went to Qingzhi, grandson of Jihana. Qingzhi was the adopted heir of Banner General Songde. When Qingzhi became prince, Songde was posthumously made Prince of Zheng. Qingzhi died in the fourth year of the Guangxu reign and was posthumously named Shun. His son Kaitai succeeded him. He died in the twenty-sixth year. He was posthumously named Ke. His son Zhaoxu inherited the title.
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Ledu was the third son of Jirhalang. He was created Prince of Min. He died and was given the posthumous name Jian. He left no heir, and the title lapsed.
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Barkhan, posthumously Duke of State Assistance and Martial Achievement, was Jirhalang's fourth son. He was first made an assistant duke of the third rank. In Kangxi 13 Wu Sangui controlled Hunan; Barkhan was sent with troops to Yanzhou and named acting meiren ejen. As he moved up to Jiangning, Geng Jingzhong sent forces against Huizhou, and Barkhan was ordered to march against them. In the ninth month he reached Jingde; learning that Jixi had fallen, he raced over Huiling Pass and routed the enemy. Jiangning general Echu came up, and their united force drove the enemy north, killing more than three thousand and recapturing Huizhou. He again defeated the foe at Dongting Bridge in Yi County and pressed on toward Wuyuan. After further victories at Qitai Ridge and Huangmao Xin Ridge, he retook Wuyuan. He captured Leping, smashed the rebel general Chen Jiujie, and pressed on to take Raozhou. In the fourteenth year he assaulted Shitoujie in Wannian, where forty thousand defenders held the crossing. Striking by land and water together, he destroyed fifty-seven camps, killed five thousand men, captured Jiujie, took Anren, and drove the enemy to burn their boats and flee. In the fifth month he retook Guixi, pushed into Yiyang, and attacked Yongfeng. In the first month of the sixteenth year he was defeated at Luozi Mountain, and officials debated stripping him of rank. With Echu he campaigned through Guangdong. In the ninth month at Lianhua Mountain in Shaozhou he plunged into the enemy ranks, took an arrow, bound his wound, and fought on until he had shattered the foe. In the eighth month of the nineteenth year, as Labu's army reached Guangxi, the emperor ordered Barkhan to join him. When his illness took hold he told gushan ejen Ehena and the others: "I was denied death on the battlefield; now my wounds have reopened—do not let my family claim the honors due to one killed in action." He died in camp soon after. When his body was returned, the emperor sent Inner Court minister Huise to offer libations and ordered the ministries to determine posthumous honors. In Yongzheng 1 he received posthumous enfeoffment and a posthumous title. His son Basai inherited the title.
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Basai, posthumously Duke of State Assistance and Mournful Loyalty, served Kangxi and was made vice lieutenant-general of the Bordered Blue Banner Han Army. On campaign against Galdan he rose to Mongol lieutenant-general of the Plain Red Banner and served as acting general of Heilongjiang. When Yongzheng took the throne, he was made general of Ningguta. He then inherited his father's title and was recalled to court. In Yongzheng 4 he was named General Who Quells Martial Foes and posted to Altai. In the fifth year, when he was due to rotate home, Khalkha Prince Danjindorji praised Basai's tight discipline, and he was kept on garrison duty. In the seventh year Furdan, Grand General Who Pacifies the Border, marched against Galdan Tsering, and Basai was made deputy commander. In the eighth year, when Furdan went to audience at court, Basai held the grand commander's seal. In the ninth year he and Furdan camped at Kobdo. In the sixth month Galdan Tsering attacked with thirty thousand men; Furdan, trusting a rumor that the enemy was weak, marched out and halted at Kuletu Ridge. The enemy held the high ground; the assault failed, and the army withdrew to Hotong Hurhanor. The enemy ambushed from the valleys and cut off the fight; the Mongol troops broke, but four thousand Manchu soldiers were formed into a square to protect the baggage and fell back across the Kharkha River. When the enemy pressed to the river, Furdan withdrew to Kobdo; Basai and Deputy Commander Zhabina led the survivors over the ridge to hold the riverbank and were killed in action. Galdan Tsering's men waved a yellow sash before our army and cried: "We have killed your imperial kinsmen!" Posthumous honors were granted, and he was enshrined in the Shrine of Manifest Loyalty. His son Qitong'a inherited the title. He soon inherited instead as Prince of Simple Directness, and the ducal title was set aside. Because Barkhan and Basai had served with distinction across generations, the Qianlong emperor had Qitong'a's second son Jingneheng inherit the line. Four generations later, when the title passed to great-great-grandson Chengzhi, it reverted to the Prince of Zheng.
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Feiyangwu, Beile of Settled Tranquility—also known as Fenggu—was Shu'erhachi's eighth son. In Tiancong 5 he was made gushan ejen of the Bordered Blue Banner. On campaign against the Ming he joined the assault on Dalinghe; Feiyangwu led his banner in the siege of the southwest quarter. When the ruler visited Ajige's camp, the garrison sallied out and Feiyangwu drove them back. The ruler had the armies ride toward Jinzhou with banners streaming as though Ming reinforcements had come, to frighten Zu Dashou. Feiyangwu met and repulsed them; Dashou fled into the city and never again dared sally forth. In the eighth year he again joined the Ming campaign; the army entered Dushikou, seized Chang'an Ridge, attacked Chicheng, and took its outer suburbs. In the ninth year, as the army entered Shanxi, the ruler ordered Feiyangwu and others to strike Ning and Jin to pin down Ming forces. Dashou's army lay west of Dalinghe; Feiyangwu defeated it. In Chongde 1, on campaign against the Ming, ten cities were captured. That winter the army invaded Korea. For his service he was enfeoffed as gushan beizi. In the fourth year he was stripped of rank for taking bribes from Mongol tributaries. He was soon restored as duke who assists the state. In the seventh year, campaigning against the Ming, he routed Ming commander Bai Tengjiao at Jizhou and captured the city. In the eighth year he took over the Jinzhou garrison. He died in the twelfth month. In Shunzhi 10 he received posthumous enfeoffment and a posthumous title.
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Feiyangwu had seven sons, three of whom held titles: Shangshan, Fulata, and Nusai. Nusai was made beizi and posthumously titled Mournful Lament.
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Shangshan first inherited as duke who assists the state. In Shunzhi 1 he was raised to beizi. In the second year he followed Dodo south against Li Zicheng; when three hundred enemy horsemen charged the army, Shangshan beat them back. He helped pacify Henan and conquer Jiangnan, earning rewards of a round-collared gauze robe, a hundred taels of gold, five thousand taels of silver, and a saddle horse. In the fifth year he garrisoned Datong. In the sixth year he was raised to beile, put in charge of the Court of Colonial Affairs, and made a deliberative minister. In the fifteenth year he joined Duoni's Yunnan campaign. When the Ming Prince of Gui, Youlang, fled to Yongchang, Shangshan pushed into Zhennan Prefecture, routed Bai Wenxuan at Yulong Pass, crossed the Lancang, and took Yongchang. Youlang escaped ahead of him; Shangshan then seized Tengyue, pushed to Nandian, and withdrew from Mengcun. In the sixteenth year he received a python robe, an exquisite knife, and a saddle horse. In the seventeenth year he was demoted to beizi on retrospective review of his withdrawal of the Yongchang garrison, which had allowed troops entering the city to harm civilians. In Kangxi 11 his rank was restored and he was named right director of the Imperial Clan Court. Illness forced his retirement.
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Wu Sangui rose in rebellion. He was named Grand General Who Pacifies the Distant and Quells Bandits and marched on Yuezhou. When Shangshan reached the front, he wrote Wu Sangui: "Your Highness, a remnant of a fallen dynasty, begged our court for arms, helped destroy the bandits, avenged your father, and wiped away national disgrace. You were showered with imperial favor, enfeoffed, and granted a fief; for more than thirty years you have lived in wealth and honor— yet in your last years you have chosen self-destruction. I confess I cannot fathom your reasoning. You now claim to restore the Ming, yet when our armies entered the Pass no one asked that a Ming heir be enthroned; when the realm was settled you still helped us root out the Ming line—where was loyalty to your old sovereign then? If you meant to build an empire for your sons, why did you not rebel when the princess and her consort entered Yunnan? You then sent your son to serve at court, only to take up arms again and bring him to the execution ground—is that filial love toward a child? If you claim to honor your ancestors, your submission once won them titles and rewards; now their graves are desecrated and their bones lie on the roads—is that filial piety? As a subject you have served two dynasties and been faithful to neither—is that righteousness? Guilty of all four sins, you still seek to test strength against us and imagine you can win hearts—like stacking firewood on a blaze and calling it safe, or weaving a nest in a tent flap and calling it firm. The court is merciful: sincere repentance may yet win pardon. Do not repeat the fate of Gongsun Shu and Peng Chong, who brought their clans to extinction and themselves to everlasting shame." Wu Sangui received the letter and did not answer.
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Shangshan asked that Jingzhou Green Standard troops and fifty Jingkou river boats be sent to assault Yuezhou. In the fourteenth year he sent a fleet to sever the enemy supply line. In the fifteenth year he routed the rebels at Dongting, seized Junshan, and detached forces to help besiege Changsha. In the fourth month of the sixteenth year Wu Sangui fled to Hengzhou, then reappeared at Xiangtan and sent columns to ravage Guangdong and Guangxi. In the seventeenth year the emperor rebuked Shangshan for lack of results, kept him at Changsha with his own troops, and put Yuele in command of the main force for Yuezhou. Shangshan offered to take Yuezhou with the fleet to redeem himself, and the emperor agreed. When Wu Sangui's general Du Hui attacked Liulinzui, Shangshan's land and river forces joined battle and drove Hui off. He died in camp in the eighth month. In the nineteenth year he was posthumously stripped of beile rank for having held back in battle. Mindful of Shangshan's earlier service, Kangxi granted his son Mendu a hereditary dukedom who assists the state.
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Fulata, Beizi of Gracious Offering, was Feiyangwu's fourth son. He was first made duke who assists the state. In Shunzhi 2 he followed Lekdehun through Huguang with distinction and received fifty taels of gold and a thousand taels of silver. In the fifth year he campaigned again in Huguang, chased the enemy into Guangxi, and received six hundred taels of silver. In the sixth year he was raised to beizi. In the sixteenth year he was demoted to duke who assists the state for a breach of court etiquette. In the eighteenth year his rank was restored.
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In Kangxi 13, when Geng Jingzhong rebelled, he was named general of Ninghai and served under Prince Kang Jieshu in the suppression. By the time the army reached Zhejiang, Wenzhou and Chuzhou had already fallen. Fulata pushed into Taizhou, killed Jingzhong's general Chen Peng at Huangrui Mountain, and routed the enemy again at Tiantai's Ziyun Mountain. In the fourteenth year, when Zeng Yangxing attacked Taizhou again, Fulata struck from the rear through Xianju, defeated him, and besieged Huangyan until Yangxing fled and the city surrendered. He then retook Taiping, Yueqing, Qingtian, and other counties, advanced on Wenzhou, and defeated the enemy at Nanjiang. In the fifteenth year forty thousand of Jingzhong's troops attacked by land and water; Fulata met them on several fronts, killing three hundred officers and more than twenty thousand men.
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At first Fulata claimed he was waiting for red-barrel cannon before assaulting Wenzhou; later he said he needed war junks. Jieshu reported the shifting excuses to court. The emperor rebuked the inconsistency and set a firm deadline for taking Wenzhou. Fulata wrote: "Prince Kang's repeated orders have left me anxious and confused, and my words have gone astray. When I held Taizhou, Your Highness said, 'After Taizhou falls, advance into Fujian.' After I took Huangyan, you said, 'Wenzhou must be taken first.' On those grounds alone I could offer no defense. Now that the court has set a deadline for Wenzhou, I will strive with all my strength; yet Wenzhou is ringed by water and our troops cannot rush in. The emperor ordered Prince Kang to keep troops besieging Wenzhou while Fulata marched from Quzhou toward Fujian. The emperor wrote: "You are both my close kinsmen, charged with crushing rebellion. Victory depends on unity—work together in full concert." Fulata likewise left a siege force at Wenzhou and personally led troops against Chuzhou, advancing upriver to Desheng Mountain. Yangxing anchored hundreds of boats in the river and built two camps on the far bank and at Guxi below Desheng Mountain to block the advance. Fulata sent men against Guxi with troops hidden in the woods; when the enemy broke, the ambush cut them down while cannon fire smashed their boats and the camp across the river. The army moved to Wenxi Ford and defeated Jingzhong's general Ma Chenglong. He soon joined Jieshu at Quzhou. At Yunhe's Shitang Ridge they attacked Jingzhong's encampment, stormed twenty-eight positions, and captured Yunhe. In the ninth month the army entered Fujian and Jingzhong surrendered. Rebel forces throughout Zhejiang were fully suppressed. He died in camp in the eleventh month. When his body was returned, the court granted funeral honors and the posthumous title Gracious Offering.
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His son Fushan inherited as beizi. He was appointed left director of the Imperial Clan Court. Illness forced him to resign. The court rebuked Fushan for misconduct and stripped his title. His younger brother Fucun inherited the line. At his death his son Depu inherited as duke who stabilizes the state. He was appointed left director of the Imperial Clan Court. At his death his son Henglu inherited as duke who assists the state. Under Qianlong he served as vice minister of Works, left director of the Imperial Clan Court, general of Suiyuan and Mukden, and Inner Court minister. At his death he received the posthumous title Reverent and Gracious. His son Xingzhao inherited as duke who assists the state. Under Qianlong he joined the Jinchuan campaign as a leading commander. He later served as right director of the Imperial Clan Court and general of Jingzhou. He fought at Dangala, Dehei, Rongbu Stockade, Kaka Corner, and elsewhere with distinction. When Jinchuan was pacified, his portrait was hung in the Hall of Purple Splendor. He later served as general of Xi'an and Suiyuan. Misconduct cost him his post. He was later restored as general of Jingzhou. When the Miao leaders Shi Liudeng, Wu Bansheng, and Wu Bayue rebelled, he joined provincial commander Hua Lianbu against Wu Bansheng, who submitted; with Inner Court minister Eledengbao he defeated Wu Bayue, then crushed Shi Liudeng, earning repeated imperial rewards. Early in Jiaqing, while campaigning against the White Lotus rebels Yao Zhifu and Qi Wangshi, prolonged failure brought dismissal and exile to Urumqi. He was later restored as an imperial guardsman and posted to Khotan and Tarbagatai. Further misconduct cost him his post again. His line still held the hereditary dukedom who assists the state in remembrance of Fulata's service.
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Of Shu'erhachi's grandsons, Zhakana, Tunqi, and Luotuo all served with distinction and received titles.
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Zhakana was Zhasaketu's son. In the eighth month of Chongde 3, Prince Regent Dorgon invaded the Ming, breached the border wall, reached Zhuozhou, and sent eight columns into China. Zhakana raced to Linqing, crossed the Grand Canal, captured Jinan, turned back to smash Tianjin Guard, and won success wherever he marched. When the army returned in the fourth year he received a camel, a horse, and two thousand taels of silver, and was enfeoffed duke who stabilizes the state. Ordered to pursue fleeing Mongols and Han, Zhakana turned back because of marshland and was demoted to duke who assists the state. In the sixth year he joined the siege of Jinzhou. When Ming governor-general Hong Chengchou attacked the Bordered Red Banner camp, Zhakana defeated him. After the battle the enemy struck the rear within a hundred paces; Zhakana wheeled and fought until they broke and fled. With Duke Feiyangwu he then pursued Wu Sangui, Bai Guangen, Wang Pu, and other Ming generals to Tashan. In the seventh year he garrisoned Jinzhou. Later it was judged that during mourning for Primary Consort Minhui Gonghe, Zhakana had joined Prince Wu Ying Ajige in song and dance—gross disrespect. He was stripped of rank, removed from the clan register, and imprisoned.
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At the start of Shunzhi he was freed. After helping Dorgon defeat Li Zicheng, he was restored to the clan register at duke-who-assists-the-state rank. With Duke Fulehe he garrisoned Jiangnan, then joined Pacifier of the South Lekdehun in the Huguang campaign. On return he received fifty taels of gold and a thousand taels of silver. In the fifth year he joined Prince Wakeda at Prince Ying Ajige's Datong garrison. In the sixth year he was raised to beizi. In the ninth year he joined Grand General Nikan in Hunan and received a python robe, saddle horse, and bow and arrows. At Hengzhou Nikan was killed in action; the emperor put Beile Tunqi and Zhakana in joint command of his army. They routed Ming forces at Zhoujiapo. In the eleventh year he was stripped of rank for the Hengzhou defeat. In the twelfth year he was restored to duke-who-assists-the-state rank. In the fifteenth year he joined Grand General Duoni in Yunnan and captured Yongchang. He died in camp in the intercalary third month of the sixteenth year. His son Makana inherited the title.
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Tunqi, a third-rank duke who stabilizes the state, was Tulun's son. Tulun, Shu'erhachi's fourth son, was posthumously made beile with the title Reverent and Joyful. Tunqi served Taizong and distinguished himself on Prince Ying Ajige's Ming campaigns. With Prince of Zheng Jirhalang he raided Jinzhou, Songshan, and Xingshan, winning nine battles in nine engagements. Wounded in service, he received an extra hundred taels of silver and was enfeoffed duke who assists the state. In the fifth year, during Dorgon's siege of Jinzhou, he repulsed a night attack on the Bordered Blue Banner camp. Because he failed to press the walls and sent troops home without leave, officials debated stripping his rank; he was fined a thousand taels of silver instead. In the sixth year he fought at Jinzhou and Tashan, defeated Ming forces, and returned to the Jinzhou siege under Dorgon.
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In Shunzhi 1 he was raised to beizi. He then followed Prince Yu Dodo against the roving rebels, helped pacify Shaanxi and Henan, and received a round-collared gauze robe. When Dodo marched on Jiangning, the Ming Prince of Fu, Yousong, fled to Taiping; Tunqi and Beile Nikan chased him to Wuhu and took him. On return he received a hundred taels of gold, five thousand of silver, a saddle horse, and appointment as gushan ejen of the Bordered Blue Manchu Banner. In the third year he joined Prince Su Hooge in the west, defeated He Zhen, and lifted the siege of Hanzhong. When Yizhihu and Sun Shoufa took Xing'an, he advanced to Hanyin and drove them off. In the fifth year, amid the Hui uprising in Shaanxi, he was named Grand General Who Pacifies the West and sent to suppress it. Governor-general Meng Qiaofang had already killed the Hui leaders Mila Yin and Ding Guodong; Tunqi then rejoined Prince Ying Ajige's Datong garrison. In the sixth year he was raised to beile.
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Zhang Xianzhong's generals Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo submitted to the Ming Prince of Gui, Youlang, and ravaged Hunan. In the ninth year Tunqi joined Grand General Nikan's southern campaign. When Nikan was killed, Tunqi took command in his place. Li Dingguo and the separate commander Ma Jinzhong then held Yongzhou with more than forty thousand men. Hearing of the army's approach, Dingguo slipped away through Longhu Pass. Sun Kewang was at Jingzhou; the separate commander Feng Shuangli at Wugang. Tunqi marched on Baoqing to Zhoujiapo, where Shuangli and Jinzhong held the high ground. At dusk rain fell and the two armies faced each other across the field. That night Sun Kewang marched from Baoqing with reinforcements; their force was said to reach one hundred thousand. Tunqi split his command and won a crushing victory. In the eleventh year he was stripped of rank for the Hengzhou defeat. In the twelfth year he was restored to duke-who-stabilizes-the-state rank. In the fifteenth year he joined Duoni in Yunnan; Li Dingguo fled to Yongchang with Youlang, and the rest submitted. He then returned. He died in Kangxi 2.
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His son Wenqi was first made beizi, then served as right director of the Imperial Clan Court and lieutenant-general of the Bordered Blue Manchu Banner. When Wu Sangui rebelled, the emperor sent Grand General Dong'e from Shaanxi into Sichuan; Wenqi went with him. When Shaanxi commander Wang Fuchen joined Wu Sangui, the army halted at Hanzhong. In the fourteenth year he advanced to Longzhou, seized the Xianyi and Guanshan passes, retook Qinzhou and Li County, pursued the enemy to Xihe, and captured Qingshui and Fugiang. In the sixteenth year the emperor rebuked Dong'e for lack of progress; Wenqi was demoted to duke who assists the state and dismissed. When Wu Sangui took Hunan, Shangshan turned toward Yuezhou; the emperor sent the Forbidden Army under Wenqi to assist. In the seventeenth year he won victories at Liulinzui, Junshan, and Lushikou and captured Yuezhou. In the eighteenth year Wenqi pursued Wu Yingqi but turned back for lack of camp gear and falsely claimed five thousand enemy killed. By then Shangshan had died and Chani had taken command. When the report reached court, Chani was ordered to investigate; Wenqi lost his title.
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Luotuo was Zaisangwu's son. Zaisangwu, Shu'erhachi's fifth son, was posthumously made beile with the title Harmonious and Gracious.
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In Tiancong 8 Luotuo joined Taizong's Ming campaign. When the army camped on Datong's South Mountain west ridge, Luotuo tallied the captives and presented them. In Chongde 1 he was enfeoffed beizi. On the Korean campaign he joined Beile Dodo in besieging Namhansanseong. An eight-thousand-man Korean relief force was wiped out; when five thousand more came, he attacked and routed them. In the second year he joined the deliberative council. In the fourth year he joined Prince Ying Ajige in the sieges of Tashan and Lianshan. In the fifth year he garrison-farmed at Yizhou under Prince Regent Dorgon. When Jinzhou troops raided the Bordered Blue camp by night, he and Tunqi drove them off. In the sixth year, for failing to press the Jinzhou walls and sending men home without leave, officials debated stripping his rank; he was fined a thousand taels instead. When the ruler fought at Songshan, Hong Chengchou's army was shattered. Luotuo cut across the fleeing Ming troops at Tashan and returned to the Jinzhou siege. In the seventh year he helped Prince of Zheng Jirhalang take Tashan and was named censor-in-chief of the Censorate. With Boluo and Nikan he garrisoned Jinzhou. In the eighth year misconduct cost him his title and brought imprisonment.
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At the start of Shunzhi he was freed. In the eighth year he was restored as a third-rank duke who stabilizes the state. In the thirteenth year he became gushan ejen of the Bordered Blue Manchu Banner. In the fourteenth year, as Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, and Feng Shuangli ravaged Hunan, he was named General Who Pacifies the South, posted at Jingzhou, and assigned to assist coordinator Hong Chengchou. He seized Xintan Pass, severed the Badong crossing, and Kewang's generals Zhao Shichao, Tan Xinchuan, and Zhao Sancai submitted. Soon Kewang and Dingguo fell out, lost a battle, and Kewang surrendered as well. The emperor ordered him and Lieutenant-general Jixihai to advance from Hunan into Guizhou. In the fifteenth year he joined Chengchou at Changde and moved to Chenzhou. He retook Yuanling, Luxi, Mayang, Qianyang, and Xupu, and advanced to Yuanzhou. He ordered Bian-Yuan governor Yuan Kuoyu to operate through Jingzhou while his own force camped twenty li from Zhenyuan at Shankou to block the enemy. Feng Shuangli's officers Feng Tianyu and Yan Tinggui surrendered one after another from Pingyue. In the fourth month the army reached Guizhou; when Luo Dashun rallied broken troops against Xintian Guard they were beaten back, and Luotuo with Chengchou held Guiyang. The army returned in the sixteenth year. For his service he received the rank of tošan bahan and promotion to first-rank duke who stabilizes the state. In the seventeenth year, as General of Annan, he campaigned against Zheng Chenggong and won a great victory. He returned in the eleventh month. He died in Kangxi 4.
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His son Fudali inherited the hereditary rank of bataran bahan. The line soon shifted to recipient of imperial grace general. In the eighth year he was raised to first-rank assistant duke general. Flattery of Songgotu brought impeachment by Songgotu's cousin and loss of his title.
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Prince of Tongda Ya'erhaqi was Emperor Xianzu's fourth son and Taizu's younger uterine brother. His life is not recorded in detail. In the fifth month of Shunzhi 10 he received posthumous enfeoffment and was granted joint sacrifice in the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
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Bayala, Beile of Sincere Righteousness and Bold Achievement, was Emperor Xianzu's fifth son. He was first made taiji. In the first month of the wuxu year Taizu sent him with Cuying against the Antuchalu route; in a night assault they took twenty villages and subdued more than ten thousand people, earning the style Zhuolikeitu—"sincere righteousness." In the fifth month of the dingwei year he attacked the Eastern Sea Woji, seized the Hexihe, Emohesulu, and Fonehetuokesuo routes, and took two thousand captives. He died in Tianming 9. In Shunzhi 10 he received posthumous enfeoffment and a posthumous title.
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His son Baiyintu served Taizong as third-rank angbang janggin and gushan ejen of the Bordered Yellow Banner. In the fifth month of Chongde 1 he joined Prince Wu Ying Ajige in raiding Baoding, attacked Ansu, and captured it. In the tenth month he presented spoils in the Hall of Reverent Respect; the ruler praised him warmly for fighting without forgetting his sovereign. On the Korean campaign he rode into the city and seized its baggage. In the third year he joined Dorgon's Ming invasion; with gushan ejen Turgene he routed the enemy at Dongjiakou, broke through the border wall, and took the lower town at Qingshan Pass. In the sixth year his brother Gongadai, besieging Jinzhou with the main army, hung back in battle; princes and ministers were ordered to judge him. Baiyintu stormed out in protest; charged with shielding him, he faced death but was stripped of rank and fined instead. He soon led troops to help Dorgon at Jinzhou and joined Dodo in the Songshan siege. In the seventh year he was restored as gushan ejen. In Shunzhi 2 he followed Dodo west, routed the enemy at Tong Pass, was made first-rank duke who stabilizes the state, and received an embroidered robe. On the southern campaign he took Yangzhou, smashed enemy forces on the south bank with the fleet, and with Beizi Boluo captured Hangzhou. For his service he received eighty taels of gold, four thousand of silver, and a saddle horse. In the third year he was made a third-rank duke. In the fifth year he was raised to beizi. He garrisoned Datong under Ajige. After rebel general Jiang Xiang's death, his followers still held towns across the region. In the sixth year he seized Qin Prefecture, besieged Jiang's general Hu Guoding at Lu'an, destroyed his force, and was raised to beile. Gongadai served Dorgon and enjoyed his fullest trust, rising repeatedly to beizi. After Dorgon's death he was executed for factional loyalty to him. Baiyintu was implicated as well: stripped of rank, imprisoned, and removed from the clan register. In Jiaqing 4 Emperor Renzong restored the clan register and granted a red sash. Gongadai's descendant Yilibu is treated in a separate biography.
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