Fuk'anggan

In this Manchu name, the given name is Fuk'anggan. In accordance with Manchu custom, it should be used alone or with titles but not with the clan name Fuca.
Beile-ranked First Class Duke Jiayong
Jiayong Baturu
Fuk'anggan
Grand Councillor
In office
1783–1784
In office
1776–1777
In office
1772–1772
Grand Secretary of the Wuying Hall
In office
1792–1796
Serving with Agui
Preceded byAgui
Succeeded byAgui
Assistant Grand Secretary
In office
1786–1792
Minister of Personnel
In office
1786–1792
Serving with Liu Yong (until 1789), Peng Yuanrui (1789–1791), Sun Shiyi (since 1791)
Preceded byHeshen
Succeeded byJin Jian
Viceroy of Liangguang
In office
19 February 1789 – 14 September 1793
Preceded bySun Shiyi
Succeeded byChanglin
Personal details
Born1748
Died1796 (aged 47–48)
RelationsFuheng (father)
Empress Xiaoxianchun (aunt)
Qianlong Emperor (uncle-in-law and rumored biological father)
Yonglian (paternal first cousin)
Gurun Princess Hejing (paternal first cousin)
Yongcong (paternal first cousin)
Consort Shu (Qianlong) (maternal aunt)
Clan nameFuca
Courtesy nameYaolin (瑤林)
Posthumous nameWenxiang (文襄)
Military service
AllegianceQing Dynasty
Branch/serviceManchu Bordered Yellow Banner
Battles/warsJinchuan campaigns
Lin Shuangwen rebellion
Sino-Nepalese War
Miao Rebellion (1795–1806)

Fuk'anggan (Manchu:ᡶᡠᠺᠠᠩᡤᠠᠨ, Möllendorff: fuk'anggan;[1][2] Chinese: 福康安; pinyin: Fúkāng'ān; 1748–1796), courtesy name Yaolin (simplified Chinese: 瑶林; traditional Chinese: 瑤林; pinyin: Yáolín), was a Manchu noble and general of the Qing Dynasty. He was from the Fuca clan (Chinese: 富察) and the Bordered Yellow Banner of the Eight Banners.

Fuk'anggan's father, Fuheng, brother of the Empress Xiaoxianchun, served as a grand minister of state during the middle years of the reign of the Qianlong Emperor. Fuk'anggan held various offices throughout Qianlong's reign, including Governor-General, Viceroy of Liangjiang and Viceroy of Liangguang.

The Salar Jahriyya Sufi revolt in Gansu was put down by Fuk'anggan along with Agui and Li Shiyao in 1784,[3][4] while Heshen was recalled for his failure during the revolt.[5]

In 1787, 300,000 people took part in the Lin Shuangwen rebellion in Taiwan against the Qing government. Fuk'anggan commanded 20,000 troops and suppressed the rebellion.[6] In 1790, the Nepalese Gurkha army invaded Tibet and the 8th Dalai Lama, Jamphel Gyatso, escaped from Lhasa and appealed to the Qing government for help. The Qianlong Emperor appointed Fuk'anggan as commander-in-chief of the Tibetan campaign and Fuk'anggan attacked until they reach Nuwakot and being keen to protect their troops went for negotiation in the Sino-Nepalese War.[7]

  1. ^ Anonymous 1795, p. 84
  2. ^ Academia Sinica. "Fuk'anggan". Academia Sinica. Archived from the original on 2018-01-06. Retrieved 2018-01-05.(in Chinese)
  3. ^ Hummel, Arthur W. Sr., ed. (1943). "Fu-k'ang-an" . Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period. United States Government Printing Office.
  4. ^ Hummel, Arthur W. Sr., ed. (1943). "Li Shih-yao" . Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period. United States Government Printing Office.
  5. ^ Hummel, Arthur W. Sr., ed. (1943). "Ho-shên" . Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period. United States Government Printing Office.
  6. ^ Hummel, Arthur W. Sr., ed. (1943). "A-kuei" . Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period. United States Government Printing Office.
  7. ^ "Nepal and Tibetan conflict". Official website of Nepal Army. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2017-04-29.