Yijing (prince) explained

Honorific Prefix:Second Class fuguo jiangjun
Yijing
Office:Assistant Grand Secretary
Term Start:1841
Term End:1842
Office1:Minister of Personnel
Term Start1:7 November 1836
Term End1:21 November 1842
Alongside1:Tang Jinzhao
Predecessor1:Keying
Successor1:Engui
Office2:General of Mukden
Term Start2:1835
Term End2:1836
Predecessor2:Baoxing
Successor2:Baoxing
Office3:General of Heilongjiang
Term Start3:1834
Term End3:1835
Predecessor3:Fusengde
Successor3:Baochang
Birth Date:1791
Birth Place:Beijing
Death Place:Xuzhou, Jiangsu
Father:Mianyi
Relations:Yongxing (grandfather)
Allegiance:Qing dynasty
Branch:Manchu Bordered Red Banner
Battles:First Opium War
Taiping Rebellion

Yijing (; 1793–1853) was a Manchu prince of the Qing Dynasty. He was a cousin[1] of the Daoguang Emperor. In 1826, he served at Kashgar as a junior officer in the campaign against Jahangir Khoja. During the First Opium War, after the British captured Zhenhai and Ningbo, the emperor ordered Yijing to go to Zhejiang on 18 October 1841 and take command of a counter-offensive.[2] In the Battle of Ningpo on 10 March 1842, Yijing's troops attempted to retake the city, but the British successfully repelled the attack.[3]

References

Notes and References

  1. The Cambridge History of China Volume 10 Late Ch'ing 1800-1911. Part 1. Page 204
  2. Waley, Arthur (1958). The Opium War Through Chinese Eyes. George Allen & Unwin. p. 158. .
  3. Hanes, W. Travis; Sanello, Frank (2002). The Opium Wars: The Addiction of One Empire and the Corruption of Another. Sourcebooks. p. 140. .