Ortai | |
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| Chief Grand Councillor | |
| In office 1733–1745 | |
| Preceded by | Fupeng |
| Succeeded by | Necin |
| In office 1732–1733 | |
| Preceded by | Zhang Tingyu |
| Succeeded by | Fupeng |
| Grand Secretary of the Baohe Hall | |
| In office 1732–1745 | |
| Viceroy of Yun-Gui & Guangxi | |
| In office 1728–1731 | |
| Preceded by | Himself as the Viceroy of Yun-Gui |
| Succeeded by | Gao Qizhuo |
| Viceroy of Yun-Gui | |
| In office 1726–1727 | |
| Preceded by | Yang Mingshi |
| Succeeded by | Himself as the Viceroy of Yun-Gui & Guangxi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 1680 |
| Died | April 1745 |
| Relations | Orki (brother), Oyonggo (son), Oning (son), Oši (son), Ocang (nephew)[1] |
| Parent |
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| Education | juren degree in the Imperial Examination (1699) |
| Clan name | Sirin Gioro |
| Courtesy name | Yi'an (毅庵) |
| Art name | Xilin (西林) |
| Posthumous name | Wenduan (文端) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Qing dynasty |
| Branch/service | Manchu Bordered Blue Banner |
| Battles/wars | Miao Rebellion (1735–1736) |
Ortai (Manchu: ᠣᡵᡨᠠᡳ, Möllendorff: ortai; Chinese: 鄂爾泰; pinyin: È'ěrtài) (1680–1745) was the first Earl Xiangqin.[2] He was an eminent Manchu[3] official from the Sirin Gioro clan, belonging to the Bordered Blue Banner, during the Qing dynasty (1644–1911).[2] He served both the Yongzheng Emperor (reign 1722–1735) and the Qianlong Emperor (reign 1735–1796).[2] Ortai governed the southwestern region of the Qing empire, Yun-Gui (modern day Yunnan and Guizhou), from around 1726–1731, and was responsible for putting down several Miao uprisings.[4] He fell ill and died in 1745.[2]
- ^ a b "(錫林覺羅)鄂爾泰".
- ^ a b c d Fang, Chao-ying (2017) [1943]. "Ortai". In Hummel Sr., Arthur (ed.). Eminent Chinese of the Qing Period. Introduction by Pamela Kyle Crossley (Revised ed.). United States: Berkshire Publishing Group. pp. 454–456. ISBN 9781614728498.
- ^ Elliott, Mark (2009). Emperor Qianlong: Son of Heaven, Man of the World. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education. p. 3.
- ^ Guy, R. Kent (2010). Qing Governors and Their Provinces: The Evolution of Territorial Administration in China, 1644-1796. ProQuest Ebook: University of Washington Press. p. 335.