Yongrong

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).

In fiction and popular culture

• Portrayed by Zhou Yicheng in Story of Yanxi Palace (2018)
• Portrayed by Zhang Jinze in Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace (2018)

See also

• Prince Shen
• Royal and noble ranks of the Qing dynasty#Male members
• Ranks of imperial consorts in China#Qing

References

External links

• "Prince Yongrong (Chinese, 1743–1790) Past Auction Results". Artnet. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
• Zhao, Erxun (1928). Draft History of Qing (Qing Shi Gao). Volume 221. China.