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| Clan name: | Aixin-Jueluo (愛新覺羅) Aisin-Gioro |
| Given name: | Yizhu (奕詝) (Manchu name to be added) |
| Dates of reign: | Mar. 9, 1850–Aug. 22, 1861 |
| Era name: | Xianfeng (咸豐 ; Hsien-feng) Gubci Elgiyengge |
| Era dates: | Feb. 1, 1851–Jan. 29, 1862 |
| Temple name: | Wenzong (文宗) (Manchu name to be added) |
| Posthumous name: | Emperor Xian¹ (顯皇帝) (Manchu name to be added) |
| Posthumous name: | Emperor Xietian Yiyun Zhizhong Chuimo Maode Zhenwu Shengxiao Yuangong Duanren Kuanmin Zhuangjian Xian 協天翊運執中垂謨懋德振武聖孝淵恭端仁寬敏莊儉顯皇帝 |
| General note: Names given in Chinese, then in Manchu (full posthumous name in Chinese only). 1. Cheng means "the Completer" (i.e. he who puts down uprisings and perfects the foundation of the state).
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The Xianfeng Emperor ( July 17, 1831 - August 22, 1861) was the seventh emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to rule over China ( 1850 to 1861).
He was born at the Old Summer Palace, 8km./5 miles northwest of the walls of BeijingBeijing Sh Abbreviation: ( pinyin: Jing The Forbidden City Origin of Name bei north jing capital put together: northern capital Pronounced''Bay-jing (J as in joy Area Total % of national Ranked 29th 16,808 km² 0. 175% Population Total ( 2001) % of nationa, and was given the name Yizhu (奕詝).
He was the fourth son of Emperor Daoguang. His mother was the concubine of the 2nd rank Quan (全貴妃), of the ( Manchu) Niohuru clan, who was made empress in 1834, and is known posthumously as Empress Xiaoquan Cheng (孝全成皇后).
He died on August 22, 1861 at the Rehe Traveling Palace (熱河行宫), 230 km./140 miles northeast of Beijing, where the imperial court had fled in the wake of the Second Opium War. He was survived by his empress, who became Empress Dowager Ci'an (慈安太后), and by the concubine of the second rank Yi (懿貴妃), who became Empress Dowager Cixi (慈禧太后) and went on to rule China as its de facto leader for the next 47 years.
He was interred amidst the Eastern Qing Tombs (清東陵), 125 kilometers/75 miles east of Beijing, in the Dingling (定陵 - meaning "Tomb of quietude") mausoleum complex.
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| Preceded by: Daoguang Emperor |
Qing Dynasty | Succeeded by: Tongzhi Emperor |
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