Nian Gengyao
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Viceroy of Chuan-Shaan | |
In office 1721–1725 | |
Preceded by | himself as the Viceroy of Sichuan |
Succeeded by | Yue Zhongqi |
Viceroy of Sichuan | |
In office 1718–1721 | |
Preceded by | Ohai (as the Viceroy of Chuan-Shaan) |
Succeeded by | himself as the Viceroy of Chuan-Shaan |
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Born | 1679 |
Died | 1726 (aged 46–47) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Qing dynasty |
Branch/service | Han Chinese Bordered White Banner Han Chinese Bordered Yellow Banner |
Rank | General |
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Manchu script | ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠨ ᡤᡝᠩ ᠶᠣᡠ | ||||||
Romanization | niyan geng yoo |
Nian Gengyao (1679 – January 13, 1726), courtesy name Lianggong, was a Chinese military commander of the Qing dynasty. He was born a member of the Han Chinese Bordered Yellow Banner and had extensive military experience on the western frontier of the Qing Empire.[1] Nian became commander-in-chief of the Qing armies in the northwest; and helped to incorporate the region of what is now Qinghai into the Qing Empire.
Life[edit]
Nian's father, Nian Xialing (
In October 1709, Nian was appointed Governor of Sichuan[2] and gradually came to the notice of the Kangxi Emperor. During the 16 years of his administration, he quelled several uprisings of the aborigines west of Sichuan. In 1718, he was made Governor-General of Sichuan and was given power to direct military affairs. Following the appointment of Yinti, another of the Kangxi Emperor's sons, as Border Pacification General-in-chief, there were suggestions about Nian's loyalty to Yinzhen. As General Who Secures the West (
In December 1722, the Kangxi Emperor died and Yinzhen ascended the throne as the Yongzheng Emperor. He granted an audience to Nian Gengyao early in 1723 and awarded him a minor hereditary rank and the title of Grand Guardian, and made his elder brother Nian Xiyao (
In 1723, Nian became commander-in-chief of the forces sent to quell the uprising of the Khoshotes of Qinghai under Lobdzan Dandzin. With the help of the general Yue Zhongqi (a descendant of Yue Fei), Nian won several victories over the rebels and in a few months quelled the revolt, adding Qinghai to the Qing Empire. Nian was thereupon raised to a Duke of the First Class. When Nian made a visit to Beijing in late 1724, and paid his respects to the Yongzheng Emperor, he was given additional honours and privileges normally granted to a Prince of the First Rank. His attitude, however, aroused hatred and jealousy, and many officials submitted memorials hostile to Nian.
Nian himself was not slow to discover that he had lost imperial favour, for on his return to Xi'an in January 1725 he submitted a memorial of his own, protesting his loyalty and imploring the Yongzheng Emperor's mercy. Meanwhile; it was discovered that Nian had engaged in secret correspondence with Yintang, the emperor's brother and political rival. His plea for leave being denied, Nian was, at the end of May, transferred to the post of Tartar General at Hangzhou. The armies he once commanded went under the control of Yue Zhongqi. As accusations accumulated from his former friends and officials, Nian was in a few months progressively degraded in rank until he became merely a bannerman-at-large. In November, he was arrested and taken under escort to Beijing. Early in 1726, his crimes were enumerated under 92 heads, and Nian was sentenced to be executed. The Yongzheng Emperor granted him the privilege of committing suicide but his eldest son, Nian Fu (
Nian is credited with three works on military tactics: General Nian's Art of War (Chinese:
He was married to the Imperial Duke Who Assists the State (
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References[edit]
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- Zhao, Erxun (1928). Draft History of Qing (Qing Shi Gao). China.
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