Yinreng

Qing prince

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In Kangxi: Administration of the empire
He nominated the second son, Yinreng, crown prince in 1675, at the age of little more than a year and a half; this was against the Manchu tradition of giving all sons equal rights of succession, and it resulted in vicious fights among Kangxi’s sons. The hapless Yinreng was deposed…
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In China: Political institutions
…emperor’s designated heir, his son Yinreng, was a bitter disappointment, and the succession struggle that followed the latter’s demotion was perhaps the bloodiest in Qing history. Many Chinese historians still question whether the Kangxi emperor’s eventual successor, his son Yinzhen (reign title Yongzheng), was truly the emperor’s deathbed choice. During…
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