Jiaqing Emperor

Jiaqing Emperor
嘉慶帝
Emperor of the Qing dynasty
Reign9 February 1796 – 2 September 1820
PredecessorQianlong Emperor
SuccessorDaoguang Emperor
RegentQianlong Emperor (1796–1799)
Prince Jia of the First Rank
Tenure1789 – 9 February 1796
Born(1760-11-13)13 November 1760
(乾隆二十五年 十月 六日)
Imperial Gardens, Beijing
Died2 September 1820(1820-09-02) (aged 59)
(嘉慶二十五年 七月 二十五日)
Mountain Estate, Jehol
Burial
Chang Mausoleum, Western Qing tombs
Consorts
(m. 1774; died 1797)
(m. 1790)
Issue
Names
Aisin-Gioro Yongyan (愛新覺羅·顒琰)
Manchu: Yong yan (ᠶᠣᠩ ᠶᠠᠨ)
Era dates
Jiaqing (嘉慶): 9 February 1796 – 2 February 1821
Manchu: Saicungga fengšen (ᠰᠠᡳᠴᡠᠩᡤᠠ ᡶᡝᠩᡧᡝᠨ)
Mongolian: Сайшаалт ерөөлт (ᠰᠠᠶᠢᠰᠢᠶᠠᠯᠲᠤ ᠢᠷᠦᠭᠡᠯᠲᠦ)
Posthumous name
Emperor Shoutian Xingyun Fuhua Suiyou Chongwen Jingwu Guangyu Xiaogong Qinjian Duanmin Yingzhe Rui (受天興運敷化綏猷崇文經武光裕孝恭勤儉端敏英哲睿皇帝)
Manchu: Sunggiyen hūwangdi (ᠰᡠᠩᡤᡳᠶᡝᠨ
ᡥᡡᠸᠠᠩᡩᡳ
)
Temple name
Renzong (仁宗)
Manchu: Žindzung (ᡰᡳᠨᡯᡠᠩ)
HouseAisin-Gioro
DynastyQing
FatherQianlong Emperor
MotherEmpress Xiaoyichun
Seal[a]
Jiaqing Emperor
Traditional Chinese嘉慶帝
Simplified Chinese嘉庆帝

The Jiaqing Emperor (13 November 1760 – 2 September 1820), also known by his temple name Emperor Renzong of Qing, personal name Yongyan, was the sixth emperor of the Qing dynasty and the fifth Qing emperor to rule over China proper. He was the 15th son of the Qianlong Emperor. During his reign, he prosecuted Heshen, the corrupt favorite of his father and attempted to restore order within the empire while curbing the smuggling of opium into China. Assessments of his reign are mixed, either seen as the "beginning of the end" of the Qing dynasty, or as a period of moderate reform that presaged the intellectual movements of the 1860s.[1]


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  1. ^ Ricarda Brosch, "The Jiaqing Emperor" in Jessica Harrison-Hall and Julia Lovell (eds) Creators of Modern China: 100 Lives from Empire to Republic 1796–1912 (Thames & Hudson, 2023) pp14 -16

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