Fuquan
Prince Yu of the First Rank (裕親王)
Prince Yu of the First Rank
Reign1671–1703
PredecessorNone
SuccessorBaotai
Born(1653-09-08)8 September 1653
Died10 August 1703(1703-08-10) (aged 49)
ConsortsLady Siluk
IssueBaotai, Prince Yu of the First Rank
Baoshou, Prince Yudao of the First Rank
Princess of the Third Rank
Princess of the Third Rank
Names
Aisin Gioro Fuquan (愛新覺羅 福全)
Posthumous name
Prince Yuxian of the First Rank (裕憲親王)
HouseAisin Gioro
FatherShunzhi Emperor
MotherConsort Ningque
ReligionBuddhism , converts on his qing dynasty's special throne Confucianism
Fuquan
Chinese福全

Fuquan (Manchu: ᡶᡠᠴᡳᠣᠸᠠᠨ, Möllendorff: fuciowan, Abkai: fuqiuwan (8 September 1653 – 10 August 1703), formally known as Prince Yu, was a Manchu prince of the Qing dynasty. He was the second son of the Shunzhi Emperor and a half-brother of the Kangxi Emperor.

Life

Fuquan was born in the Manchu Aisin Gioro clan as the second son of the Shunzhi Emperor. His mother was Consort Ningque (寧愨妃) from the Donggo (董鄂) clan.[1] Fuquan was conferred the title of "Prince Yu of the First Rank" (裕親王) on February 6, 1671.[2] In August 1690, the Kangxi Emperor granted Fuquan the title of "Generalissimo Who Pacifies Distant Lands" (撫遠大將軍) and sent him to lead a campaign against Galdan Boshugtu Khan, leader of the Dzungar Khanate. Assisted by the Kangxi Emperor's eldest son Yinzhi, Fuquan took his army north through the Gubeikou pass while his brother Changning led his troops through another pass, planning to converge on Galdan's position.[3] Fuquan met and attacked Galdan at Ulan Butung (350 kilometers north of Beijing) on September 3, 1690.[4] Galdan's troops protected themselves from Qing artillery by hiding behind rows of camels and by finding refuge in a nearby forest.[5] Although Galdan suffered losses, the battle was a standstill, yet Fuquan reported it as a victory.[6] He returned to the capital on December 22.[7] The Qing commanders who let Galdan escape were punished. Fuquan himself was stripped of his military post and dismissed from the council of princes and high officials.[8] He then retired from political life and later spent most of his time in literary circles.[9]

Family

Primary Consort

Secondary Consort

Concubine

Ancestry

Taksi (1543–1583)
Nurhaci (1559–1626)
Empress Xuan (d. 1569)
Hong Taiji (1592–1643)
Yangginu (d. 1584)
Empress Xiaocigao (1575–1603)
Shunzhi Emperor (1638–1661)
Manggusi
Jaisang
Empress Xiaozhuangwen (1613–1688)
Boli (d. 1654)
Fuquan (1653–1703)
Consort Ningque (d. 1694)

In fiction and popular culture

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Fang (1943), 251.
  2. ^ Qingshi gao, ch. 6, p. 174, Kangxi 6.1.己丑 (14th).
  3. ^ Fang (1943), 251.
  4. ^ Fang (1943), 251; Perdue (2005), 155.
  5. ^ Perdue (2005), 155.
  6. ^ Fang (1943), 251; Perdue (2005), 155.
  7. ^ Fang (1943), 251.
  8. ^ Fang (1943), 251; Perdue (2005), 159.
  9. ^ Fang (1943), 252.

Bibliography

  • Fang, Chao-ying (1943). "Fu-ch'üan" . In Hummel, Arthur W. Sr. (ed.). Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period. United States Government Printing Office. pp. 251–52.
  • Perdue, Peter C. (2005). China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia. Cambridge, Mass.; London, England: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
  • Qingshi gao 清史稿 ["Draft History of the Qing"]. Edited by Zhao Erxun 趙爾巽 et al. Completed in 1927. Citing from 1976-77 edition by Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, in 48 volumes with continuous pagination.
Categories