Yongzheng Emperor

Yongzheng Emperor

The Yongzheng Emperor (Chinese: 雍正帝みかど; pinyin: yōngzhèngdì) (13 December 1678–8 October 1735), born Yinzhen (胤たね禛), was the fifth emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, from 1722 to 1735.

Quotes

• The seditious rebels claim that we are the rulers of Manchuria and only later penetrated central China to become its rulers. Their prejudices concerning the division of their and our country have caused many vitriolic falsehoods. What these rebels have not understood is the fact that Manchuria is for the Manchus the same as the birthplace is for the people of the central plain. Shun belonged to the Eastern Yi, and King Wen to the Western Yi. Does this fact diminish their virtues? (在ざい逆ぎゃく贼等之の意い，徒と谓本朝あさ以满洲しゅう之の君きみ入にゅう为中国こく之の主おも，妄生此疆彼かれ界かい之の私わたし，遂とげ故こ为讪谤诋讥之说耳，不知ふち本朝ほんちょう之の为满洲しゅう，犹中国こく之の有ゆう籍せき贯，舜しゅん为东夷之えびすの人じん，文ぶん王おう为西夷之えびすの人じん，曾何损于圣德乎。)
  • 大だい义觉迷录 [Record of how great righteousness awakens the misguided], 近代きんだい中国ちゅうごく史料しりょう丛刊 [Collectanea of materials on modern Chinese history] (Taipei: 文海ぶんかい出版しゅっぱん社しゃ, 1966), vol. 36, 351–2, 1: 2b–3a

Misattributed

• "朕ちん以外いがい國之くにゆき君くん,主しゅ中國ちゅうごく之の事こと." (I am a barbarian foreign monarch, ruling China)
  • A forged quote by anti-Qing Han nationalists posted on internet forums. This cannot be found in any Qing document by Yongzheng.

Manipulated

• ...谓本朝あさ以满洲しゅう之の君きみ，入にゅう为中国こく之の主おも... (I am an emperor of Manchu, become the master of all China.)
  • Quote taken out of context by cutting off the first and last parts of the sentence to deliberately alter the meaning. In actuality, the complete quote is Yongzheng's rejection of this point of view and says 在ざい逆ぎゃく贼等之の意い，徒と谓本朝あさ以满洲しゅう之の君きみ入にゅう为中国こく之の主おも，妄生此疆彼かれ界かい之の私わたし (The seditious rebels claim that we are the rulers of Manchuria and only later penetrated central China to become its rulers. Their prejudices concerning the division of their and our country have caused many vitriolic falsehoods.) The quote was manipulated by anti-Qing Han nationalists posted on internet forums.