Yongrong

Yongrong
永瑢
Prince Zhi of the First Rank
質親王
Prince Zhi of the First Rank
Tenure 1789–1790
Predecessor Yunxi
Successor Mianqing
Born (1744-01-28)28 January 1744
Died 13 June 1790(1790-06-13) (aged 46)
Spouse Dafu's daughter
Issue Mianqing
Full name
Aisin-Gioro Yongrong
(愛新覺羅·永瑢)
Posthumous name
Prince Zhizhuang of the First Rank
(質莊親王)
House Aisin Gioro
Father Qianlong Emperor
Mother Imperial Noble Consort Chunhui
Yongrong
Chinese 永瑢

Yongrong (28 January 1744 – 13 June 1790) was a Manchu prince and calligrapher of the Qing dynasty in China. He was born in the Aisin Gioro clan as the sixth son of the Qianlong Emperor; his mother was Imperial Noble Consort Chunhui. In 1759, he was adopted into the lineage of his granduncle Yunxi (允禧; 1711–1758) as Yunxi's grandson, because Yunxi had no son to inherit his Prince Shen peerage. Yongrong was made a beile in the same year. In 1772, he was promoted to junwang (second-rank prince) as "Prince Zhi of the Second Rank" (質郡王). In 1789, he was further promoted to qinwang (first-rank prince), as "Prince Zhi of the First Rank" (質親王). He died in 1790 and was posthumously honoured as "Prince Zhizhuang of the First Rank" (質莊親王).

Yongrong is best known for his work as a general editor of the Siku Quanshu, and for his calligraphy in the manuscript Twenty-One Hymns to the Rescuer Mother of Buddhas (二十一種救度佛母贊). He was also a poet and painter, with knowledge of astronomy and mathematics.[1]

Yongrong was succeeded by his fifth son, Mianqing, as "Prince Zhi of the Second Rank" (質郡王) from 1790 to 1804. Mianqing was born to Yongrong's secondary consort, who was the daughter of a military officer, Dafu (達福).

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References

  1. "Manuscript of a Mongolian Sūtra". World Digital Library. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
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