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Maci (Ma Qi): Qing Statesman of the Fuca Clan

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Maci (Ma Qi) was a Qing official of the Fuca clan, registered in the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner, and the son of Misihan. He entered government service through hereditary or family-based educational entitlement (yinsheng), rather than through attainment of the jinshi degree. Hi…

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Overview

Maci (Ma Qi) was a Qing official of the Fuca clan, registered in the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner, and the son of Misihan. He entered government service through hereditary or family-based educational entitlement (yinsheng), rather than through attainment of the jinshi degree. His early appointments included assistant director and director in the Ministry of Works and positions associated with the Grand Secretariat. These stages of service should not be collapsed into a single senior appointment.

Historical Background

In the twenty-fourth year of Kangxi, Maci became provincial administration commissioner of Shanxi and subsequently governor of that province. The commissioner participated in provincial revenue administration, whereas the governor had broader responsibilities for regional government. Returning to central service, he became left censor-in-chief of the Censorate, an institution concerned primarily with administrative surveillance. During discussions preparing for negotiations with Russia, he proposed measures concerning the use of Chinese writing in documentation and the selection of personnel knowledgeable about the matters at issue. These proposals do not establish that he personally signed the Treaty of Nerchinsk.

Sources and Interpretation

Maci later served as minister of War and of Revenue and took charge of matters in the Court of Colonial Affairs. In Kangxi's thirty-eighth year he was appointed a grand secretary with the Wuying Hall designation. The hall name identifies an honorific grand-secretarial title, not command of a military camp at that location. Accounts of Maci's career must likewise distinguish his own offices from the military exploits and appointments of other Fuca relatives.

Sources and Bibliography

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