Mingliang (, mnc, ᠮᡳᠩᠯᡳᠶᠠᠩ ''mingliyang'', 1736–1822),

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Yinzhai (寅齋), born in

Fuca clan Fuca (Manchu: ; ) was a clan of Manchu nobility. After the demise of the dynasty, some of its descendants sinicized their clan name to the Chinese surnames '' Fu'' (富/傅) or '' Li'' (李). Notable figures Males * Arantai (; d. 1699), serve ...

, was a

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official and general from the Manchu Plain Yellow Banner. Mingliang was a nephew of

Empress Xiaoxianchun Empress Xiaoxianchun (28 March 1712 – 8 April 1748) of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner Fuca clan was an imperial consort of the Qing dynasty. She was the first wife of the Qianlong Emperor. Life Family background Empress Xiaoxianchun's p ...

. He married a daughter of Yuntao, the Prince Lü of the First Rank in 1753. He had served as deputy lieutenant-general of the Han Chinese Plain White Banner (正白旗漢軍副都統), deputy lieutenant-general of Jilin (吉林副都統), deputy lieutenant-general of Ningguta, Commander of the Guards Division (護軍統領), General of Guangzhou (廣州將軍), deputy commander of the imperial bodyguard (內大臣), General of Chengdu, lieutenant-general of Ürümchi (烏魯木齊都統), Ili Ministerial Attache (伊犁參贊大臣), Uqturpan Ministerial Attache, Kashgar Ministerial Attache, General of Heilongjiang, General of Ili, lieutenant-general of the Han Chinese Plain Red Banner (正紅旗漢軍都統), lieutenant-general of the Manchu Bordered Blue Banner (鑲藍旗滿洲都統), General of Xi'an, Minister of War and other position. (

Draft History of Qing The ''Draft History of Qing'' () is a draft of the official history of the Qing dynasty compiled and written by a team of over 100 historians led by Zhao Erxun who were hired by the Beiyang government of the Republic of China. The draft was publ ...

Volume 330) As a general, he participated in putting down the rebellion of Jinchuan Hill Peoples, the

White Lotus Rebellion The White Lotus Rebellion (, 1794–1804) was a rebellion initiated by followers of the White Lotus movement during the Qing dynasty of China. Motivated by millenarian Buddhists who promised the immediate return of the Buddha, it erupted out of ...

, and the

Miao Rebellion (1795–1806) The Miao Rebellion of 1795–1806 () was an anti-Qing uprising in Hunan and Guizhou provinces, during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor and Jiaqing Emperor. It was catalyzed by tensions between local populations and Han Chinese immigrants. Bloodi ...

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