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In November 1861, a triumvirate consisting of Prince Gong (the Xianfeng Emperor's brother) and the two empress dowagers staged the Xinyou Coup, establishing themselves as the only rightful regents of the Tongzhi Emperor. All the members of the eight-men council were arrested and Sushun was beheaded in public in 1861 on charges of treason.
Prince Gong had suggested that Sushun, Zaiyuan and Duanhua be executed by the most painful method, known as slow slicing ("death by a thousand cuts"), [5] but Cixi declined the suggestion and ordered that Sushun be beheaded, while the other two also marked for execution, Zaiyuan and Duanhua, were given pieces of white silk for them to hang ...
Prince Gong had suggested that Sushun and others be executed by the most painful method, known as slow slicing, but Dowager Cixi declined the suggestion and ordered that Sushun be beheaded, while the other two also marked for execution, Zaiyuan and Duanhua, were given white silk scarves and allowed to commit suicide. The other five regents were ...
In November 1861, a triumvirate consisting of Prince Gong (the Xianfeng Emperor's brother) and the two empress dowagers staged the Xinyou Coup, establishing themselves as the only rightful regents of the Tongzhi Emperor. All the members of the eight-men council were arrested and Sushun was beheaded in public in 1861 on charges of treason.
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Yixin is the pinyin romanisation of the Mandarin pronunciation of his Manchu name I-hin. He shared his surname Aisin Gioro with the other members of the Qing imperial family. His courtesy or art namewas "Master of the Yuedao Hall" or "Hall of the Way of Music". Kung is the Wade-Giles romanisation of Mandarin pronunciation of the same Chinese charac...
Early life
Yixin was born in the Aisin Gioro clan, the imperial clan of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty, as the sixth son of the Daoguang Emperor. He was the third son of his mother, Imperial Noble Consort Jing, who was from the Khorchin Mongol Borjigit clan. He studied in the imperial library and practised martial arts with his fourth brother, Yizhu. He created 28 qiang (spear) movements and 18 dao (sword)movements, which were respectively named "Lihua Xieli" (棣華協力) and "Bao'e Xuanwei" (寶鍔宣威) by his father...
Under the Xianfeng Emperor
Yizhu ascended the throne in 1850 after the death of the Daoguang Emperor and adopted the regnal title "Xianfeng"; he is thus historically known as the Xianfeng Emperor. In accordance with their father's secret edict, the newly enthroned Xianfeng Emperor granted Yixin the title "Prince Gong of the First Rank" (恭親王) in the same year. In 1851, the Xianfeng Emperor established an office for Prince Gong, gave him permission to enter the inner imperial court, assigned him to be in charge of patrol...
Second Opium War
In September 1860, during the Second Opium War, as British and French forces closed in on the capital Beijing, the Xianfeng Emperor ordered Zaiyuan and Muyin (穆廕) to negotiate for peace at Tongzhou with British and French officials. An Anglo-French delegation sent to negotiate with Chinese officials, which included Harry Smith Parkes and Henry Loch, was taken prisoner by soldiers led by Mongol general Sengge Rinchen during the negotiations. Rinchen then led mounted Mongol troops to attack a F...
Primary Consort 1. Imperial Princess Consort Gongzhong, of the Gūwalgiya clan (恭忠亲王妃 瓜爾佳氏; 1834 – 29 June 1880) 1.1. Princess Rongshou of the First Rank (榮壽固倫公主; 28 February 1854 – 24 December 1924), first daughter, later adopted by Empress Xiaoqinxian 1.1.1. Married Zhiduan (志端; d. 1871) of the Manchu Fucaclan on 15 October 1866 1.2. Zaicheng, Pri...
Prince Gong's former residence in Xicheng District, Beijing is now open to the public as a museum and garden park. It was previously the residence of the notoriously corrupt official Heshen. In 2006, Prince Gong's life was adapted into a Chinese television series, Sigh of His Highness, starring Chen Baoguoas the prince.
Bibliography
1. Fang, Chao-ying (1943). "I-hsin" . In Hummel, Arthur W. Sr. (ed.). Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period. Vol. I. United States Government Printing Office. pp. 380–384. 2. Wang, Zhonghan, ed. (1987). Qing Shi Liezhuan (Historical Biographies of Qing). China: Zhonghua Book Company. 3. Zhao, Erxun (1928). Draft History of Qing (Qing Shi Gao). China.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Nov 7, 2021 · On August 27, 1861, the Xianfeng Emperor died of overwork, and before his death, he made his six-year-old son Zaichun crown prince, and the will of Prince Zaiyuan of Yi, Duanhua the Prince of Zheng, and Shushu Hubu co-founded the university scholar Sushun...
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May 27, 2021 · If the regents were incapable, the situation would be the same as well, such as in the case of regent Sushun during the reign of the Qing dynasty’s Xianfeng Emperor, who was killed by Prince Gong and Empress Dowager Cixi. As can be seen, regency was not a stable third-party enforcement mechanism.
