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Lekdehun: Prince Shuncheng and Early Qing Conquest Commander

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Lekdehun was the second son of Sahaliyan and a grandson of Daišan, making him a member of a prominent branch of the Qing imperial lineage. After the conviction of his elder brother Adali, he briefly suffered collective punishment and loss of imperial-clan registration. In 1644 he…

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Descent and restoration

Lekdehun was the second son of Sahaliyan and a grandson of Daišan, making him a member of a prominent branch of the Qing imperial lineage. After the conviction of his elder brother Adali, he briefly suffered collective punishment and loss of imperial-clan registration. In 1644 he was restored to the clan and granted the rank of beile. In 1645 he received an expeditionary appointment as a general charged with pacifying the south, replacing Dodo in the Jiangning command.

Southern campaigns

Lekdehun resisted forces associated with the Southern Ming Prince of Lu in Zhejiang and subsequently entered Huguang, conducting operations near Yuezhou, Shishou, Jingzhou, and Xiangyang. Some former followers of Li Zicheng submitted during these campaigns. In 1648 he was elevated to Prince Shuncheng of the Second Rank and accompanied other commanders, including Jirgalang, in operations toward Hunan and Guangxi. The actions in Xiangtan and Quanzhou belonged to this continuing struggle for Qing control over southern China.

Offices and succession

In 1651 Lekdehun was also assigned business connected with the Board of Punishments; he died in 1652. In 1671 the court awarded him the posthumous name Gonghui. Prince Shuncheng was an imperial-clan title, the southern generalship a field commission, and work for the Board of Punishments a central administrative assignment. His son Lerjin inherited the princely title but undertook his own military career during the later Three Feudatories Revolt. The two generations should not be represented as one commander's decades-long campaign.

Sources and Bibliography

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