Yinzhi, Prince Zhi

Yinzhi
Prince Zhi of the Second Rank
(直郡王)
Reign 1698 - 1708
Predecessor (None. Title created.)
Successor Hongfang
Born 1672
Died 1734 (aged 6162)
Spouse Primary spouses:
Lady Irgen-Gioro
Lady Zhangjia
Concubines:
Lady Wuya
Lady Guan
Lady Qian
Lady Ruan
Lady Guo
Lady Jin
Lady Fan
Lady Wang
Lady Gao
Lady Li
Lady Chao
Issue Sons:
Hongyu
Hongfang
Hongwei
Hongyao
Fifth son
Honghan
Hongdi
Eighth son
Ninth son
Tenth son
11th son
Hongxiang
Hongtong
Hongming
Hongtun
Daughters:
Eldest daughter
Second daughter
Third daughter
Fourth daughter
Fifth daughter
Sixth daughter
Seventh daughter
Eighth daughter
Ninth daughter
Tenth daughter
11th daughter
12th daughter
13th daughter
14th daughter
Full name
Aisin-Gioro Yinzhi
(愛新覺羅·胤禔)
or
Aisin-Gioro Yunzhi
(愛新覺羅·允禔)
House House of Aisin-Gioro
Father Kangxi Emperor
Mother Consort Hui
Yinzhi
Chinese 胤禔
Yunzhi
Chinese 允禔

Yinzhi (1672 1734), also known as Yunzhi, was a Manchu prince of the Qing dynasty.

Biography

Yinzhi was born of the Manchu Aisin Gioro clan as the fifth son of the Kangxi Emperor. His mother was Consort Hui (惠妃) from the Nara clan. As the first four sons of Kangxi died prematurely, and Yinzhi was the eldest son of Kangxi to survive into adulthood, he was therefore designated by his father as the eldest son and First Prince. He was granted the title of "Prince Zhi of the Second Rank" (直郡王) in 1698.

Yinzhi participated in the Qing dynasty's campaign against Galdan Boshugtu Khan of the Zunghar Khanate. In 1708 the Kangxi Emperor removed Yinreng from the position of crown prince after the latter fell out of his father's favour. Kangxi regarded Yinzhi highly and placed Yinreng under Yinzhi's custody. Yinzhi had long harboured the intention of seizing the succession to the throne, so he used the opportunity to urge his father to have Yinreng put to death, but that incurred the Kangxi Emperor's displeasure instead. Later, the Third Prince Yinzhi (胤祉) accused Yinzhi (First Prince) of using sorcery to unseat Yinreng from his position of crown prince. The Kangxi Emperor was furious with Yinzhi (First Prince), calling him as a "treacherous subject" and stripped him off his princely title and placed him under house arrest.

When the Kangxi Emperor died in 1722, his fourth son Yinzhen succeeded him and became known as the Yongzheng Emperor. Yinzhi changed his name to "Yunzhi" to avoid naming taboo because the Chinese character for "Yin" (胤) in "Yinzhi" is the same as the one in the Yongzheng Emperor's personal name "Yinzhen" (胤禛). Yunzhi died in 1734 and was given a funeral befitting his title of a beizi (貝子; two grades below a Prince of the Second Rank).

Family

Ancestry

See also

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