Ortai
Ortai | |
|---|---|
| Chief Grand Councillor | |
| In office 1733–1745 | |
| Preceded by | Fupeng |
| Succeeded by | Necin |
| In office 1732–1733 | |
| Preceded by | Zhang Tingyu |
| Succeeded by | Fupeng |
| Grand Secretary of the Baohe Hall | |
| In office 1732–1745 | |
| Viceroy of Yun-Gui & Guangxi | |
| In office 1728–1731 | |
| Preceded by | Himself as the Viceroy of Yun-Gui |
| Succeeded by | Gao Qizhuo |
| Viceroy of Yun-Gui | |
| In office 1726–1727 | |
| Preceded by | Yang Mingshi |
| Succeeded by | Himself as the Viceroy of Yun-Gui & Guangxi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 1680 |
| Died | April 1745 |
| Relations | Orki (brother), Oyonggo (son), Oning (son), Oši (son), Ocang (nephew) |
| Parent |
|
| Education | juren degree in the Imperial Examination (1699) |
| Clan name | Sirin Gioro |
| Courtesy name | Yi'an (毅庵) |
| Art name | Xilin (西林) |
| Posthumous name | Wenduan (文端) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Qing dynasty |
| Branch/service | Manchu Bordered Blue Banner |
| Battles/wars | Miao Rebellion (1735–1736) |
Ortai (Manchu: ᠣᡵᡨᠠᡳ, Möllendorff: ortai; Chinese: 鄂爾泰; pinyin: È'ěrtài) (1680–1745) was the first Earl Xiangqin. He was an eminent Manchu official from the Sirin Gioro clan, belonging to the Bordered Blue Banner, during the Qing dynasty (1644–1911). He served both the Yongzheng Emperor (reign 1722–1735) and the Qianlong Emperor (reign 1735–1796). Ortai governed the southwestern region of the Qing empire, Yun-Gui (modern day Yunnan and Guizhou), from around 1726–1731, and was responsible for putting down several Miao uprisings. He fell ill and died in 1745.