Yuntang

Yuntang
Beizi
Portrait of Yuntang
Beizi
Tenure1709–1725
BornAisin Gioro Yintang
(愛新覺羅·胤禟)
(1683-10-17)17 October 1683
Died22 September 1726(1726-09-22) (aged 42)
ConsortsLady Donggo
IssueHongzheng
Hongzhang
Hongxiang
Hongkuang
Hongding
Dongxi
Sibao
Douxixin
Names
Aisin Gioro Yuntang (愛新覺羅·允禟)
HouseAisin Gioro
FatherKangxi Emperor
MotherConsort Yi
Yuntang
Chinese name
Chinese允禟
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYǔntáng
Yintang
Chinese胤禟
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYìntáng
Manchu name
Manchu scriptᠶᡡᠨ ᡨᠠᠩ

Yuntang (17 October 1683 – 22 September 1726), born Yintang, was a Manchu prince of the Qing dynasty. He was the ninth son of the Kangxi Emperor and an ally of his eighth brother Yunsi, who was the main rival to their fourth brother Yinzhen in the power struggle over the succession. In 1722, Yinzhen succeeded their father and became historically known as the Yongzheng Emperor, after which he started purging his former rivals. In 1725, the Yongzheng Emperor stripped Yuntang off his beizi title, banished him from the Aisin Gioro clan, and imprisoned him in Baoding. Yuntang died under mysterious circumstances later. In 1778, the Qianlong Emperor, who succeeded the Yongzheng Emperor, posthumously rehabilitated Yuntang and restored him to the Aisin Gioro clan.