Yongrong
Yongrong was a Manchu prince and calligrapher of the Qing dynasty in China. He was born in the Aisin Gioro clan as the sixth son of the Qianlong Emperor; his mother was Imperial Noble Consort Chunhui.
Biography
In 1759, he was adopted into the lineage of his granduncle Yunxi as Yunxi's grandson, because Yunxi had no son to inherit his Prince Shen peerage. Yongrong was made a beile in the same year. In 1772, he was promoted to junwang (second-rank prince) as "Prince Zhi of the Second Rank". In 1789, he was further promoted to qinwang (first-rank prince), as "Prince Zhi of the First Rank". He died in 1790 and was posthumously honoured as "Prince Zhizhuang of the First Rank".He was succeeded by his fifth son, Mianqing.
Artist
Yongrong is best known for his work as a general editor of the Siku Quanshu, and for his calligraphy in the manuscript Twenty-One Hymns to the Rescuer Mother of Buddhas. He was also a poet and painter of Chinese paintings with landscape painting as his focus, with knowledge of astronomy and mathematics.Family
Primary Consort- Imperial Princess Consort Zhizhuang, of the Fuca clan
- * Miancong, first son
- * Second daughter
- * Mian'ai, second son
- * Fourth daughter
- Step Imperial Princess Consort Zhizhuang, of the Niohuru clan
- *Mianxin, fourth son
- * Princess of the Fourth Rank, fifth daughter
- ** Married Deqin of the Aohan in January/February 1793
- * Mianqing, Prince Zhike of the Second Rank, fifth son
- Secondary consort, of the You clan
- * First daughter
- * Third daughter
- * Mianci, third son
In fiction and popular culture
- Portrayed by Zhou Yicheng in Story of Yanxi Palace
- Portrayed by Zhang Jinze in ''Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace''