Mingliang

Mingliang
Portrait
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)
Relations
ClanFuca
Posthumous nameWenxiang (文襄)
Military service
Allegiance Qing dynasty
Branch/serviceBordered Yellow Banner
RankGeneral
Battles/wars

Mingliang (Manchu: ᠮᡳᠩᠯᡳᠶᠠᠩ, Möllendorff: Mingliyang; Chinese: 明亮; pinyin: Míngliàng; 1736–1822), courtesy name Yinzhai (寅齋), was a Qing dynasty official and general from the Fuca clan of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner.[1]

Mingliang was a nephew of Empress Xiaoxianchun and married a daughter of Yuntao, Prince Lü of the First Rank,[2] in 1753. He had served as deputy lieutenant-general of the Han 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 bodyguards (內大臣), general of Chengdu, lieutenant-general of Ürümchi (烏魯木齊都統), ministerial attache of Ili (伊犁參贊大臣), ministerial attache of Uqturpan, ministerial attache of Kashgar, general of Heilongjiang, general of Ili, lieutenant-general of the Han 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 in other positions.[3][2] As a general, he participated in the Jinchuan campaigns, and in putting down the White Lotus Rebellion and the Miao Rebellion.[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".