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Nikan: The Qing Prince Jingjin Killed at Hengzhou

Historical service, banner offices, and hereditary distinctions

Nikan was a prince and military commander of the early Qing imperial family, a son of Cuyen (Cuying) and grandson of Nurhaci. This entry concerns the man later granted the.

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Background and Banner Affiliation

Nikan was a prince and military commander of the early Qing imperial family, a son of Cuyen (Cuying) and grandson of Nurhaci. This entry concerns the man later granted the princely title Jingjin; other people of the same name in Qing sources must be distinguished by their fathers and titles. The hereditary grades qinwang, junwang, beile and beizi were different levels in the imperial clan's rank system, and an individual's title could change through appointment, military service or discipline.

Career, Campaigns, and Offices

Under Hong Taiji, Nikan was made a beizi and participated in campaigns against the Ming. Following the Qing entry into China proper in 1644, he joined the pursuit of Li Zicheng's forces and fought in Shandong, Shaanxi and Jiangnan, gaining promotion to beile. He later served in Hooge's campaign into Sichuan and acquired successively higher princely titles. He was also involved with the Board of Rites and the Imperial Clan Court, the latter administering matters such as imperial lineage records, hereditary titles and related clan affairs.

Hereditary Honors and Source Limits

In Shunzhi's ninth year, Nikan was appointed Great General for the Stabilization of Distant Regions and marched into Hunan. He was killed fighting Li Dingguo's forces at Hengzhou, a Qing prefectural center in the area of present-day Hengyang. His death belongs to the continuing struggle for southern China after 1644, not to a Ming-period episode or the biography of another Nikan. The precise forms and sequence of his earlier promotions should be checked against the reign annals. Source: compiled Qing imperial-clan and historical records represented in the Chinese master.

Sources and Bibliography

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References reproduce links supplied with the Chinese research manuscript. Individual historical claims have not all been independently verified against the primary sources.