Yue Zhongqi

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yue.
Third Class Duke Weixin
Yue Zhongqi
岳鍾琪
Viceroy of Chuan-Shaan
In office
1725–1731
Preceded byNian Gengyao
Succeeded byJalangga (as Viceroy of Shaanxi)
Provincial military commander of Gansu
In office
1724–1725
Preceded byYang Qiyuan (acting)
Succeeded byWangsong
Provincial military commander of Sichuan
In office
1720–1724
Preceded byKang Tai
Succeeded byZhou Ying
Personal details
Born(1686-11-08)November 8, 1686
Zhuanglang, Liangzhou, Qing China (present-day Jingtai County, Gansu, China)
DiedApril 2, 1754(1754-04-02) (aged 67)
Zizhou, Qing China (present-day Zizhong County, Sichuan, China)
ChildrenYue Jun (son)
Parent
  • Yue Denglong (father)
Military service
AllegianceQing dynasty
RankGeneral
Battles/warsJinchuan campaigns
Gyurme Namgyal Rebellion
Yue Zhongqi
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese岳鍾琪
Simplified Chinese岳锺琪
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYuè Zhōngqí
Courtesy name
Traditional Chinese東美
Simplified Chinese东美
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDōngměi
Art name
Traditional Chinese容齋
Simplified Chinese容斋
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinRóngzhāi
Posthumous name
Chinese襄勤
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiāngqín
Manchu name
Manchu scriptᠶᠣᡠ ᠵᡠᠩ ᡴᡳ
Romanizationyoo jung ki

Yue Zhongqi (Chinese: 岳鍾琪; 1686–1754) was a Chinese military commander of the Qing dynasty. He was a descendant of the Song dynasty general Yue Fei,[1] and served as Minister of War and Viceroy of Chuan-Shaan during the reign of the Yongzheng Emperor.[2][3]

Yue succeeded Nian Gengyao as Viceroy of Chuan-Shaan from 1725 to 1732. Zeng Jing, a xiucai in Hunan, sent his student Zhang Xi (張熙) to Xi'an in 1728, attempted to incite Yue to organize a plot to overthrow the Manchu-led Qing dynasty. Yue refused him and exposed his plot.[4] Yue was commended by Yongzheng Emperor; Zeng Jing was easily caught and transported to Beijing.

Yue Zhongqi, much like the man who preceded him as Governor-General of Sichuan-Shaanxi (川陝總督), Nian Gengyao, acted as an important advisor and intermediary with regards to Tibetan affairs, which included navigating the Tibetan civil war of 1727-28.

Yue also participated in the Dzungar–Qing Wars. He conquered Tibet and seized Lhasa with the 2,000 Green Standard soldiers and 1,000 Manchu soldiers of the "Sichuan route" in 1720.[5] He was accused of "arrogancy and unlawful act" (驕蹇不法) by Jalangga (查郎阿) and was stripped of official position in 1733. He didn't return to politics until 1748. He participated in Jinchuan campaigns, and later put down the rebellion of Gyurme Namgyal together with Ts'ereng (策楞).

  1. ^ Hummel, Arthur W. Sr., ed. (1943). "Yüeh Chung-ch'i" . Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period. United States Government Printing Office.
  2. ^ Peter C Perdue (30 June 2009). China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia. Harvard University Press. pp. 253–. ISBN 978-0-674-04202-5.
  3. ^ Peter C Perdue (30 June 2009). China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia. Harvard University Press. pp. 331–332. ISBN 978-0-674-04202-5.
  4. ^ T., Rowe, William (2009). China's last empire : the great Qing. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 69. ISBN 9780674066243. OCLC 316327256.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Yingcong Dai (2009). The Sichuan Frontier and Tibet: Imperial Strategy in the Early Qing. University of Washington Press. pp. 81–82. ISBN 978-0-295-98952-5.