Jiaqing Emperor | |||||||||||||||||
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7th Emperor of the Qing Dynasty | |||||||||||||||||
Reign | 9 February 1796 – 2 September 1820 | ||||||||||||||||
Coronation | 9 February 1796 | ||||||||||||||||
Predecessor | Qianlong Emperor | ||||||||||||||||
Successor | Daoguang Emperor | ||||||||||||||||
Regent | Qianlong Emperor (1796–1799) | ||||||||||||||||
Born |
Old Summer Palace, Beijing |
13 November 1760||||||||||||||||
Died | 2 September 1820 Chengde Summer Palace, Hebei |
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Burial | Western Qing Tombs | ||||||||||||||||
Empress |
Empress Xiaoshurui Empress Xiaoherui |
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Issue |
Prince Mu Heshuo Princess Zhuangjing Mianning, Prince Zhi Gulun Princess Zhuangjing Heshuo Princess Hui'an Miankai, Prince Dun Mianxin, Prince Rui Mianyu, Prince Hui Gulun Princess Huimin five other unnamed daughters |
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House | Aisin Gioro | ||||||||||||||||
Father | Qianlong Emperor | ||||||||||||||||
Mother | Empress Xiaoyichun |
Full name | |
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Chinese: Aixin-Jueluo Yongyan (愛新覺羅·永琰), later Yongyan (顒琰) Manchu: Yong Yan (ᠶᠣᠩ ᠶᠠᠨ) |
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Era name and dates | |
Chinese: 嘉慶 (Jiāqìng) Manchu: ᠰᠠᡳᠴᡠᠩᡤᠠ ᡶᡝᠩᡧᡝᠨsaicungga fengšen Mongolian: ᠰᠠᠶᠢᠰᠢᠶᠠᠯᠲᠤ ᠢᠷᠦᠭᠡᠯᠲᠦ Сайшаалт ерөөлт: 1796–1821 |
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Posthumous name | |
Emperor Shòutiān Xìngyùn Fūhuà Suīyóu Chóngwén Jīngwǔ Guāngyù Xiàogōng Qínjiǎn Duānmǐn Yīngzhé Ruì 受天興運敷化綏猷崇文經武光裕孝恭勤儉端敏英哲睿皇帝 Manchu: sunggiyen hūwangdi (ᠰᡠᠩᡤᡳᠶᡝᠨ ᡥᡡᠸᠠᠩᡩᡳ) |
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Temple name | |
Chinese: Rénzōng (仁宗) Manchu: žindzung (ᡰᡳᠨᡯᡠᠩ) |
Jiaqing Emperor | |||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 嘉慶帝 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 嘉庆帝 | ||||||||||
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Mongolian name | |||||||||||
Mongolian | ᠰᠠᠶᠢᠰᠢᠶᠠᠯᠲᠤ ᠢᠷᠦᠭᠡᠯᠲᠦ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ Сайшаалт ерөөлт хаан |
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Manchu script | ᠰᠠᡳᠴᡠᠩᡤᠠ ᡶᡝᠩᡧᡝᠨ ᡥᡡᠸᠠᠩᡩᡳ |
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Romanization | saicungga fengšen hūwangdi |
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Jiāqìng Dì |
Wade–Giles | Chia1-ch'ing4 Ti4 |
IPA | [tɕjátɕʰîŋ tî] |
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SASM/GNC | sayishiyaltu yirugertu khaan |
The Jiaqing Emperor (13 November 1760 – 2 September 1820), personal name Yongyan, was the seventh emperor of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty, and the fifth Qing emperor to rule over China from 1796 to 1820. He was the 15th son of the Qianlong Emperor. During his reign, he prosecuted Heshen, the corrupt favourite of his father, and attempted to restore order within the Qing Empire and curb the smuggling of opium into China.
Yongyan was born in the Old Summer Palace, 8 km (5 mi) northwest of the walls of Beijing. His personal name, "Yongyan" (永琰), was later changed to "Yongyan" (顒琰) when he became the emperor. The Chinese character for yong in his name was changed from the more common 永 to the less common 顒. This novelty was introduced by the Qianlong Emperor, who believed that it was not proper to have a commonly used Chinese character in an emperor's personal name due to the longstanding practice of naming taboo in the imperial family.
Yongyan was the 15th son of the Qianlong Emperor. His mother was Noble Consort Ling, the daughter of Wei Qingtai (魏清泰), a Han Chinese official whose family had been long integrated into the Manchu Eight Banners as part of a Han Banner.
The Qianlong Emperor originally had two other sons in mind for succeeding him, but both of them died early from diseases, hence in December 1773 he secretly chose Yongyan as his successor. In 1789, the Qianlong Emperor instated Yongyan as "Prince Jia of the First Rank" (嘉親王; or simply "Prince Jia").
In October 1795, the 60th year of his reign, the Qianlong Emperor announced his intention to abdicate in favour of Prince Jia. He made this decision because he felt that it was disrespectful for him to rule longer than his grandfather, the Kangxi Emperor, who was on the throne for 60 years. Prince Jia ascended the throne and adopted the era name "Jiaqing" (Chinese: 嘉慶; Manchu: ᠰᠠᡳᠴᡠᠩᡤᠠ ᡶᡝᠩᡧᡝᠨ saicungga fengšen) in February 1796, hence he is historically known as the Jiaqing Emperor. For the next three years however, the Jiaqing Emperor was emperor in name only because decisions were still made by his father, who became a Taishang Huang (emperor emeritus) after his abdication.