Arigūn Explained

Honorific Prefix:First Class Duke Guoyi
Arigūn
Office:Grand Councillor
Term Start:1760
Term End:1768
Term1:1756
Office2:Assistant Grand Secretary
Term Start2:1764
Term End2:1769
Office3:Minister of Revenue
Term Start3:12 December 1764
Term End3:4 December 1769
Alongside3:Liu Lun (until 1766), Yu Minzhong (since 1766)
Predecessor3:Zhaohui
Successor3:Guanbao
Term Start4:7 November 1755
Term End4:1 April 1757
Alongside4:Jiang Pu
Predecessor4:Haiwang
Successor4:Zhaohui
Office5:Minister of War
Term Start5:4 January 1759
Term End5:12 December 1764
Alongside5:Liang Shizheng (until 1761), Liu Lun (1761–1763), Chen Hongmou (1763), Peng Qifeng (since 1763)
Predecessor5:Dulai
Successor5:Tondo
Office6:Viceroy of Liangguang
Term Start6:14 November 1751
Term End6:24 February 1753
Predecessor6:Chen Dashou
Successor6:Bandi
Office7:Viceroy of Huguang
Term Start7:1750
Term End7:1751
Predecessor7:Yongxing
Successor7:Yongchang
Office8:Governor of Shanxi
Term Start8:1748
Term End8:1750
Predecessor8:Zhuntai
Successor8:Asha
Term Start9:1743
Term End9:1746
Predecessor9:Liu Yuyi
Successor9:Bandi (acting)
Office10:Governor of Shandong
Term Start10:1746
Term End10:1748
Predecessor10:Selengge
Successor10:Zhuntai
Birth Date:1712
Death Place:Kingdom of Burma
Father:Yende
Relations:Ebilun (grandfather), Alingga (uncle), Empress Xiaozhaoren (aunt), Noble Consort Wenxi (aunt), Ts'ereng (elder brother), Necin (elder brother), Fengšengge (son), Yonglin (son-in-law), Empress Xiaomucheng (granddaughter)
Occupation:politician, general
Blank1:Clan name
Data1:Niohuru
Blank2:Courtesy name
Data2:Songya (松崖)
Blank3:Art name
Data3:Yunyan (雲巖)
Blank4:Posthumous name
Data4:Xiangzhuang (襄壯)
Allegiance:Qing dynasty
Branch:Manchu Plain Yellow Banner
Battles:Amursana rebellion
Revolt of the Altishahr Khojas
Sino-Burmese War

Arigūn (Manchu: ᠠᡵᡳᡤᡡᠨ,, 1712–1769), courtesy name Songya (松崖), was a Qing dynasty official and general from the Manchu Niohuru clan and the Plain Yellow Banner of the Eight Banners.

Arigūn was the fourth son of Yende. He was also a younger brother of Necin. In 1737, he was promoted from a second rank imperial guard (二等侍衛) to the Minister for the Chancery of the Imperial Household Department (總管內務府大臣).[1] Later, he had served as the Junior Vice Minister of War (兵部右侍郎), Junior Vice Minister of Revenue (戶部右侍郎), Governor of Shanxi, Governor of Shandong and other positions. He was appointed the Viceroy of Huguang in 1750, and transferred to Liangguang in the next year. In 1753 his mother died, he resigned and went home to perform filial mourning. Three years later, just after the mourning period, he returned to serve as the Junior Vice Minister of Revenue. He was promoted to the Minister of Revenue in 1755 then transferred to the Minister of War in 1757.[2] He had participated in putting down the Revolt of the Altishahr Khojas, thus his portrait was painted in the Hall of Military Merits, known as Ziguangge (紫光閣).

In 1768, after the defeat of Maymyo, Arigun and Agui were appointed assistant commanders (副將軍) to attack Burma, accompanied with Fuheng. On the way he became seriously ill as his body became suppurated. Fuheng asked him to stay in Yongchang-fu (永昌府, present-day Baoshan, Yunnan) to take a rest, but he refused. In the next year he took part in a fierce battle despite being ill, took the lead, and died of wound.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: 化家為國: 清代中期內務府的官僚體制 . 黃麗君 . 國立臺灣大學出版中心 . 2020 . 87–88 . 9789863504016 .
  2. Web site: (鈕祜祿)阿里袞 .
  3. (Draft History of Qing Volume 313)
  4. Web site: (鈕祜祿)尹德 .