Changling (Qing dynasty) explained

Honorific Prefix:First Class Duke Weiyong
Changling
Office:Chief Grand Councillor
Term Start:1823
Term End:1824
Predecessor:Cao Zhenyong
Successor:Cao Zhenyong
Office1:Grand Secretary of the Wenhua Hall
Term Start1:1822
Term End1:1838
Office2:Assistant Grand Secretary
Term Start2:1821
Term End2:1822
Office3:General of Ili
Term Start3:1825
Term End3:1827
Predecessor3:Deying'a
Successor3:Deying'a
Term Start4:1815
Term End4:1817
Predecessor4:Songyun
Successor4:Jinchang
Office5:Viceroy of Shaan-Gan
Term Start5:1825
Term End5:1825
Predecessor5:Nayancheng
Successor5:Ošan
Term Start6:1817
Term End6:1822
Predecessor6:Hening
Successor6:Zhu Xun
Term Start7:1813
Term End7:1814
Predecessor7:Nayancheng
Successor7:Siyanfu
Term Start8:1807
Term End8:1809
Predecessor8:Fang Weidian
Successor8:Cai Tingheng
Office9:Viceroy of Yun-Gui
Term Start9:1825
Term End9:1825
Predecessor9:Han Kejun
Successor9:Zhao Shenzhen
Birth Date:December 18, 1758
Birth Place:Beijing, China
Death Place:Beijing, China

Changling (; Manchu: cangling; December 18, 1758 – January 26, 1838)[1] born in Sartuk clan (Chinese: 薩爾圖克氏), was a Qing dynasty official of Mongol descent. He began life in 1775 as a secretary of the Grand Council, after taking the Xiu cai degree at the Manchu examination. In 1787 he fought in Taiwan, and in 1792—95 against Nepaul. In 1800 he was in command of the expeditionary force sent against insurgent bands in Hubei, and subsequently in various operations undertaken from time to time against disturbances caused by the evil influence of secret societies. He became successively Governor of Anhui and Shandong, and in 1807 Viceroy of Shaan-Gan. In 1808 he was impeached on several charges and stripped of his rank, and then banished to Ili. A few months later he was once more employed, and gradually rose again to the highest posts. In 1825 he was General of Ili. In 1826, when the rebel Jahangir Khoja crossed the frontier and began his depredations, capturing Kashgar, Yangihissar, Yarkand and Khoten, he was appointed Generalissimo; and by the end of 1827 had captured Jehangir and put an end to the rebellion. The prisoner was sent to Beijing in a cage, and brained in the presence of the Daoguang Emperor, who conferred on Changling a triple-eyed peacock's feather. He was canonised as Wenxiang, and admitted into the Temple of Worthies.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Ch'ang-ling. Fang . Chao-ying.
  2. Ch'ang Ling, A Chinese Biographical Dictionary by Herbert A. Giles