Changling (Qing dynasty)

First Class Duke Weiyong Changling
Chief Grand Councillor
In office 1823–1824
Preceded by	Cao Zhenyong
Succeeded by	Cao Zhenyong
Grand Secretary of the Wenhua Hall
In office 1822–1838
Assistant Grand Secretary
In office 1821–1822
General of Ili
In office 1825–1827
Preceded by	Deying'a
Succeeded by	Deying'a
In office 1815–1817
Preceded by	Songyun
Succeeded by	Jinchang
Viceroy of Shaan-Gan
In office 1825–1825
Preceded by	Nayancheng
Succeeded by	Ošan (acting)
In office 1817–1822
Preceded by	Hening (acting)
Succeeded by	Zhu Xun (acting)
In office 1813–1814
Preceded by	Nayancheng
Succeeded by	Siyanfu
In office 1807–1809
Preceded by	Fang Weidian
Succeeded by	Cai Tingheng
Viceroy of Yun-Gui
In office 1825–1825
Preceded by	Han Kejun (acting)
Succeeded by	Zhao Shenzhen
Personal details
Born	(1758-12-18)December 18, 1758 Beijing, China
Died	January 26, 1838(1838-01-26) (aged 79) Beijing, China

Changling (simplified Chinese: 长龄; traditional Chinese: 長齡; Manchu: ᠴᠠᠩᠯᡳᠩ cangling; December 18, 1758 – January 26, 1838) born in Sartuk clan (薩爾圖克氏), was a Qing dynasty official of Mongol descent. He began life in 1775 as a secretary of the Grand Council, after taking the Xiu cai degree at the Manchu examination. In 1787 he fought in Taiwan, and in 1792—95 against Nepaul. In 1800 he was in command of the expeditionary force sent against insurgent bands in Hubei, and subsequently in various operations undertaken from time to time against disturbances caused by the evil influence of secret societies. He became successively Governor of Anhui and Shandong, and in 1807 Viceroy of Shaan-Gan. In 1808 he was impeached on several charges and stripped of his rank, and then banished to Ili. A few months later he was once more employed, and gradually rose again to the highest posts. In 1825 he was General of Ili. In 1826, when the rebel Jahangir Khoja crossed the frontier and began his depredations, capturing Kashgar, Yangihissar, Yarkand and Khoten, he was appointed Generalissimo; and by the end of 1827 had captured Jehangir and put an end to the rebellion. The prisoner was sent to Beijing in a cage, and brained in the presence of the Daoguang Emperor, who conferred on Changling a triple-eyed peacock's feather. He was canonised as Wenxiang, and admitted into the Temple of Worthies.

References

This article incorporates text from entry Ch'ang Ling in A Chinese Biographical Dictionary by Herbert A. Giles (1898), a publication now in the public domain.