Yongrong


Yongrong was a Manchu prince and calligrapher of the Qing dynasty in China. He was born in the Aisin Gioro clan as the sixth son of the Qianlong Emperor; his mother was Imperial Noble Consort Chunhui.
In 1759, he was adopted into the lineage of his granduncle Yunxi as Yunxi's grandson, because Yunxi had no son to inherit his Prince Shen peerage. Yongrong was made a beile in the same year. In 1772, he was promoted to junwang as "Prince Zhi of the Second Rank". In 1789, he was further promoted to qinwang, as "Prince Zhi of the First Rank". He died in 1790 and was posthumously honoured as "Prince Zhizhuang of the First Rank".
Yongrong is best known for his work as a general editor of the Siku Quanshu, and for his calligraphy in the manuscript Twenty-One Hymns to the Rescuer Mother of Buddhas. He was also a poet and painter, with knowledge of astronomy and mathematics.
Yongrong was succeeded by his fifth son, Mianqing.

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