Changling (Qing dynasty)

Changling (simplified Chinese: 长龄; traditional Chinese: 長齡; Manchu: ᠴᠠᠩᠯᡳᠩ cangling; December 18, 1758 – January 26, 1838)[1] born in Sartuk clan (薩爾圖克氏), was a Qing dynasty official of Mongol descent. He began life in 1775 as a secretary of the Grand Council, after taking the Xiu cai degree at the Manchu examination. In 1787 he fought in Taiwan, and in 1792—95 against Nepaul. In 1800 he was in command of the expeditionary force sent against insurgent bands in Hubei, and subsequently in various operations undertaken from time to time against disturbances caused by the evil influence of secret societies. He became successively Governor of Anhui and Shandong, and in 1807 Viceroy of Shaan-Gan. In 1808 he was impeached on several charges and stripped of his rank, and then banished to Ili. A few months later he was once more employed, and gradually rose again to the highest posts. In 1825 he was General of Ili. In 1826, when the rebel Jahangir Khoja crossed the frontier and began his depredations, capturing Kashgar, Yangihissar, Yarkand and Khoten, he was appointed Generalissimo; and by the end of 1827 had captured Jehangir and put an end to the rebellion. The prisoner was sent to Beijing in a cage, and brained in the presence of the Daoguang Emperor, who conferred on Changling a triple-eyed peacock's feather. He was canonised as Wenxiang, and admitted into the Temple of Worthies.[2]

Changling
Chief Grand Councillor
In office
1823–1824
Preceded byCao Zhenyong
Succeeded byCao Zhenyong
Grand Secretary of the Wenhua Hall
In office
1822–1838
Assistant Grand Secretary
In office
1821–1822
General of Ili
In office
1825–1827
Preceded byDeying'a
Succeeded byDeying'a
In office
1815–1817
Preceded bySongyun
Succeeded byJinchang
Viceroy of Shaan-Gan
In office
1825–1825
Preceded byNayancheng
Succeeded byOšan (acting)
In office
1817–1822
Preceded byHening (acting)
Succeeded byZhu Xun (acting)
In office
1813–1814
Preceded byNayancheng
Succeeded bySiyanfu
In office
1807–1809
Preceded byFang Weidian
Succeeded byCai Tingheng
Viceroy of Yun-Gui
In office
1825–1825
Preceded byHan Kejun (acting)
Succeeded byZhao Shenzhen
Personal details
Born(1758-12-18)December 18, 1758
Beijing, China
DiedJanuary 26, 1838(1838-01-26) (aged 79)
Beijing, China

References

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  1. ^ Fang, Chao-ying (1943). "Ch'ang-ling" . In Hummel, Arthur W. Sr. (ed.). Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period. United States Government Printing Office.
  2. ^ Ch'ang Ling, A Chinese Biographical Dictionary by Herbert A. Giles

This article incorporates text from entry Ch'ang Ling in A Chinese Biographical Dictionary by Herbert A. Giles (1898), a publication now in the public domain.