Mingliang

Mingliang
Grand Councillor
In office
1776
Grand Secretary of the Wuying Hall
In office
1817–1821
Assistant Grand Secretary
In office
1814–1817
In office
1810–1811
Minister of War
In office
26 September 1814 – 15 July 1817
Serving with Chu Pengling (until 1815), Wu Jing (1815–1817), Lu Yinpu (since 1817)
Preceded byHūturi
Succeeded byHening
In office
16 December 1813 – 12 May 1814
Serving with Liu Xuanzhi
Preceded byFuking
Succeeded byHening
In office
17 July 1804 – 25 July 1811
Serving with Liu Quanzhi (until 1805; 1807–1811), Chen Dawen (1805), Zou Bingtai (1805–1807), Liu Xuanzhi (since 1811)
Preceded byChanglin
Succeeded byGūnggala
General of Ili
In office
1798–1799
Preceded byBaoning
Succeeded byBaoning
In office
June – July 1784
Preceded byIletu
Succeeded byHailu
General of Heilongjiang
In office
1791–1794
Preceded byDu'erjia
Succeeded byShuliang
Minister of Justice
In office
30 September 1790 – 20 January 1791
Serving with Hu Jitang
Preceded byKaning'a
Succeeded bySuringga
Personal details
Born1736
Died1822 (aged 85–86)
Beijing
RelationsEmpress Xiaoxianchun (aunt)
Fuheng (uncle)
Fucing (uncle)
Kuilin (brother)
Mingrui (cousin)
Yuntao, Prince Lü (father-in-law), Yongfu, Prince of the Fourth Rank (son-in-law)
Educationxiucai degree in the Imperial Examination
Clan nameFuca
Courtesy nameYinzhai (寅齋)
Posthumous nameWenxiang (文襄)
Military service
AllegianceQing dynasty
Branch/serviceManchu Bordered Yellow Banner
Years of service17?–1821
RankGeneral
Battles/warsJinchuan campaigns
White Lotus Rebellion
Miao Rebellion (1795–1806)

Mingliang (Chinese: 明亮, Manchu: ᠮᡳᠩᠯᡳᠶᠠᠩ mingliyang, 1736–1822), courtesy name Yinzhai (寅齋), born in Fuca clan, was a Qing dynasty official and general from the Manchu Plain Yellow Banner.[1]

Mingliang was a nephew of Empress Xiaoxianchun. He married a daughter of Yuntao, the Prince Lü of the First Rank[2] in 1753. He had served as deputy lieutenant-general of the Han Chinese Plain White Banner (正白旗漢軍副都統), deputy lieutenant-general of Jilin (吉林副都統), deputy lieutenant-general of Ningguta, Commander of the Guards Division (護軍統領), General of Guangzhou (廣州將軍), deputy commander of the imperial bodyguard (內大臣), General of Chengdu, lieutenant-general of Ürümchi (烏魯木齊都統), Ili Ministerial Attache (伊犁參贊大臣), Uqturpan Ministerial Attache, Kashgar Ministerial Attache, General of Heilongjiang, General of Ili, lieutenant-general of the Han Chinese Plain Red Banner (正紅旗漢軍都統), lieutenant-general of the Manchu Bordered Blue Banner (鑲藍旗滿洲都統), General of Xi'an, Minister of War and other position.[3][2] As a general, he participated in putting down the rebellion of Jinchuan Hill Peoples, the White Lotus Rebellion, and the Miao Rebellion (1795–1806).[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Hummel, Arthur W. Sr., ed. (1943). "Ming-liang" . Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period. United States Government Printing Office.
  2. ^ a b Works related to 清史稿/卷330 at Wikisource (Draft History of Qing Volume 330)
  3. ^ "(富察)明亮".