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Prince Gong

Prince Gong (Àixīnjuéluó Yìxīn, called "First Prince Gong") (born January 11, 1833 in Beijing , † May 29, 1898 ibid) was the sixth son of the Chinese Emperor Daoguang . His mother was a second-class concubine who was later honored with the title of Empress Yia Jingcheng . He was the younger half-brother of Emperor Xianfeng and the older half-brother of Prince Chun I.

Prince Gong was one of the closest confidants of the empress widows Cixi and Ci'an and with them ruler of the youthful emperor Tongzhi . After the dismissal and execution of the former regent Sushun, in which Gong played an intensive role, Cixi and Ci'an left him with considerable influence on imperial politics. After Emperor Tongzhi died unexpectedly at the age of only 18, Ci'an wanted a son of Gongs to be raised to the new emperor, but the co-regent Cixi prevented this. Instead, the son of his younger half-brother became the new emperor under the name Guangxu . Prince Gong got into final conflict with Cixi in 1880 and was dismissed because he is said to have insulted her. In 1891 she called him back into politics after the death of Prince Chun I.

literature

  • Wolfram Eberhard : History of China. From the beginnings to the present (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 413). 3rd, expanded edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-520-41303-5 .
  • John King Fairbank : History of Modern China. 1800–1985 ( dtv 4497). (Original title: The Great Chinese Revolution, translated by Walter Theimer) Translated by Walter Theimer. Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-423-04497-7 (2nd edition, 9th – 12th thousand. Ibid 1991).
  • Jacques Gernet : The Chinese World. The history of China from its beginnings to the present (= Suhrkamp-Taschenbuch. Vol. 1505). 1st edition, reprint. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1997, ISBN 3-518-38005-2 .
  • Gisela Gottschalk : China's great emperor. Their history - their culture - their achievements. The Chinese ruling dynasties in pictures, reports, etc. Documents. Pawlak, Herrsching 1985, ISBN 3-88199-229-4 .
  • Manfred Just: The Empress-Widow Cixi. Duncker and Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-08981-2 .
  • Jonathan D. Spence : China's Path to Modernity. Hanser, Munich et al. 2001, ISBN 3-446-16284-4 .

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personal data
SURNAME Yixin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Yìxīn; Prince gong; Gong; 奕訢 (Chinese); Àixīnjuéluó Yìxīn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION sixth son of the Chinese Emperor Daoguang
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH Beijing
DATE OF DEATH May 29, 1898
Place of death Beijing