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Yangguli: Early Qing Commander

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Yangguli (also written Yanguli in romanization, with a variant written form in the Draft History of Qing) was an early Manchu commander of the Šumuru clan, affiliated with the Plain Yellow Banner. His father Langzhu was a leader among the Kurka who submitted to Nurhaci. Yangguli …

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Family and allegiance

Yangguli (also written Yanguli in romanization, with a variant written form in the Draft History of Qing) was an early Manchu commander of the Šumuru clan, affiliated with the Plain Yellow Banner. His father Langzhu was a leader among the Kurka who submitted to Nurhaci. Yangguli entered Nurhaci's service while young and subsequently married one of his daughters. His status as an efu, an imperial son-in-law, concerned marriage into the ruling family; it was not a comprehensive description of his military appointments or hereditary rank.

Campaigns and distinctions

He participated in campaigns preceding the Qing conquest of China proper, including the fighting at Sarhū and in the Shenyang–Liaoyang region, and at one stage commanded the army's left wing. He received a third-class ducal distinction during the Tianming era and exceptional honors under Hong Taiji in 1634. Such awards belonged to a developing early Qing hierarchy and cannot simply be translated into a later, fixed bureaucratic grade. Yangguli was killed during the Qing campaign against Korea in 1637, reportedly aged sixty-six, and was permitted burial alongside the Fuling imperial mausoleum.

Posthumous honors

The court subsequently honored him with the posthumous designation Prince Wuxun. In the Yongzheng period, the inherited family distinction was defined as first-class Duke Yingcheng. Neither the posthumous princely honor nor the name of the subsequently inherited dukedom means that Yangguli was an Aisin Gioro prince during his lifetime. These distinctions are essential when interpreting retrospective clan genealogies.

Sources and Bibliography

  1. Historical source 1 — zh.wikisource.org
  2. Historical source 2 — zh.wikisource.org
  3. Historical source 3 — zh.wikisource.org

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