Amurlingkui (1886 – 29 May 1930),
courtesy name
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China, officially the People's R ...
Yimang (意莽), Chinese name Se Enfu (), was a
Khorchin Mongol nobleman. He was the 13th
jasagh
A jasagh ( засаг, or засаг ноён; ; lit. Power, Authority) was the head of a Mongol banner or khoshun during the Qing dynasty and the Bogd Khanate. The position was held by hereditary succession by certain Mongol princes, most of whom ...
(prince) of the
Horqin Left Rear Banner
Horqin Left Rear Banner ( Mongolian: ; , original Mongolian name ''Büve vang qosigu'') is a banner of southeastern Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China, bordering Liaoning province to the south. It is under the administration of Ton ...
and the last holder of the peerage.
Family
Amurlingkui was a
Borjigin
A Borjigin, ; ; russian: Борджигин, Bordžigin; English plural: Borjigins or Borjigid (from Middle Mongolian);''Histoire des campagnes de Gengis Khan'', p. 119. Manchu plural: is a member of the Mongol sub-clan, which started with ...
descended from
Qasar
Qasar (also spelled Hasar or Khasar, and also known as Jo'chi Qasar; Mongolian: Жочи Хасар) was one of Genghis Khan's three full brothers. According to the ''Jami' al-Tawarikh'', his given name was Jo'chi and he got the nickname Khasar ...
, the younger brother of
Genghis Khan
''Chinggis Khaan'' ͡ʃʰiŋɡɪs xaːŋbr /> Mongol script: ''Chinggis Qa(gh)an/ Chinggis Khagan''
, birth_name = Temüjin
, successor = Tolui (as regent) Ögedei Khan
, spouse =
, issue =
, house = Borjigin ...
. He was the great grandson of
Sengge Rinchen
Sengge Rinchen (1811 – 18 May 1865) or Senggelinqin ( mn, Сэнгэринчен, ᠰᠡᠩᠭᠡᠷᠢᠨᠴᠢᠨ) was a Mongol nobleman and general who served under the Qing dynasty during the reigns of the Daoguang, Xianfeng and Tongzhi em ...
.
In 1891, Amurlingkui was only six years old when he succeeded his grandfather
Buyannemekü. He received higher education and was able to write in
Classical Chinese
Classical Chinese, also known as Literary Chinese (古文 ''gǔwén'' "ancient text", or 文言 ''wényán'' "text speak", meaning
"literary language/speech"; modern vernacular: 文言文 ''wényánwén'' "text speak text", meaning
"literar ...
. He was good at writing poems, prose and calligraphy. After reaching adulthood, he was put in charge of his own fief in Horqin.
During the
Xinhai Revolution
The 1911 Revolution, also known as the Xinhai Revolution or Hsinhai Revolution, ended China's last Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty, the Manchu people, Manchu-led Qing dynasty, and led to the establishment of the Republic of Chi ...
, Amurlingkui and other Mongol noblemen organized the league of Mongol princes supporting the house of
Aisin-Gioro
The House of Aisin-Gioro was a Manchu people, Manchu clan that ruled the Later Jin (1616–1636), Later Jin dynasty (1616–1636), the Qing dynasty (1636–1912), and Manchukuo (1932–1945) in the history of China. Under the Ming dynasty, member ...
. However, after
Yuan Shikai
Yuan Shikai (; 16 September 1859 – 6 June 1916) was a Chinese military and government official who rose to power during the late Qing dynasty and eventually ended the Qing dynasty rule of China in 1912, later becoming the Emperor of China. ...
took over the power, the Mongol noblemen turned their support to Yuan instead.
With the fall of the Qing dynasty, he became a senator in the provisional senate of the
Republic of China
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northea ...
and a member of the political council. He also participated in the second congress of Republic of China. He died in the year of 1930. His son
Heshig inherited the Jasagh status but lost the title of prince.
The later years of Amurlingkui were troubled by economic crisis of his family. Taxes could no longer be collected from the peasants of his fief, and salaries from the congress were not sufficient to support his many relatives. He eventually had to sell his mansion in Beijing in order to relieve himself from the plight.
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Borjigin
Chinese people of Mongolian descent
1886 births
1930 deaths