Yimo
| Yimo | |
|---|---|
| beile-ranked beizi 貝勒銜貝子 | |
| Born | 22 May 1850 |
| Died | 17 August 1905 (aged 55) |
| Spouse | Lady Tatara |
| Father | Mianyu |
| Mother | Lady Yang |
Yimo (奕謨; 22 May 1850 – 17 August 1905) was a Qing dynasty imperial prince as Mianyu's sixth son and Jiaqing Emperor's grandson. Yimo belonged to lesser members of the Prince Hui of the First Rank peerage.
Life
[edit]Yimo was born to Mianyu's secondary princess consort, lady Yang.[1] Yimo shared a close relationship with Prince Chun of the First Rank Yixuan.[2]
In 1856, he was made a buru bafen zhenguo gong as a son of the Prince of the First Rank and was given a right to wear peacock feathers.[3] In 1864, he was promoted to feng'en zhenguo gong together with his brother, Yixun.[4] In 1872, Yimo was promoted to the Prince of the Fourth Rank[5] and given a status of Prince of the Third Rank in 1889.[6] In 1875, Yimo was entrusted with commanding Bordered White Banner Mongolian forces.[7] In 1877, when Yimo was ordered to make sacrifices at the Imperial Ancestral Temple, he sent a eunuch Lu Defu.
Controversy with Yimo's painting
[edit]Empress Dowager Cixi could not accept Yimo's relationship with his wife.[8] Yimo was displeased with that fact and created a painting depicting himself running at the tower away from the leg. The repressing leg symbolised Empress Dowager's interference in family affairs. The painting included the following lines:
“老生避脚实堪哀,
Older man tried to escape from strong leg
竭力经营避脚台,
And decided to build a tower so as to hide from it.
避脚台高三百尺,
The tower is three hundred chi high
离三百尺脚仍来。
But the leg doesn't leave alone[9]
The text enraged Empress Dowager Cixi who ordered to burn the picture.[10]
Succession and death
[edit]Yimo's nephew Zaiji (son of Prince Huijing of the Second Rank Yixiang) was adopted in 1886. In 1897, Empress Dowager Cixi adopted son of Prince Chun of the First Rank Zaitao into the peerage. When Yimo saw Zaitao for the first time, he was so pleased as if he had had a son.[11] In 1903, Zaitao was transferred to Prince Zhong peerage following the deposition of Zaiying,[12] Yihe's adoptive son.[13] Yimo died together with his wife on 17 August 1905.[14]
Family
[edit]Yimo was married to lady Tatara, daughter of second rank military official Changshan (长善).
- Primary consort, of the Tatara clan (嫡夫人他他拉氏, d. 17 August 1905)
Issue:
- Adoptive son: Zaitao, adopted in 1897 and transferred to Prince Zhong peerage in 1903.
- Adoptive son: Second Class Grace Defender General Zaiji (载济,1881-1894).[15]
- Adoptive grandson: Grace Defender Duke Puji (奉恩镇国公溥佶, 1889–1926). Biological son of Zaiguang (Zaize's brother) and lady Adopted as Yimo's grandson following Zaiji's death in 1905.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ "详细资料介绍_爱新觉罗宗谱网". www.axjlzp.com. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
- ^ Shen/沈, Xiaoping/小平. Weng Tonghe. Vol. 1. p. 177.
- ^ A decree granting a son of Prince Hui of the First Rank Yixiang right to wear two-eyed peacock feathers and Yimo right to wear peacock feathers. 1856.
- ^ A decree on establishment of the allotment and number of guards for grace defender dukes Yixun and Yimo. 1864.
- ^ Aisin Gioro, Yicong (1872). A request to promote Prince of the Third Rank Yikuang to Prince Qing of the Second Rank and Grace Defender Duke Yimo to Prince of the Fourth Rank.
- ^ Zheng/郑, Huaiyi/怀义 (1989). 末代皇叔载涛沉浮录/Complete biography of the last imperial uncle Zaitao. 群众出版社. p. 189.
- ^ A decree appointing Yimo as assistant commander of Mongol Bordered White Banner Forces. 1875.
- ^ 命運交响曲. 江苏文艺出版社. 1988. p. 257.
- ^ "Последний император - Пу И :: Режим чтения". royallib.com. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
- ^ Zheng, Huaiyi (2002). Imperial uncle Zaitao. 华文出版社. p. 31.
- ^ Zheng/郑, Huaiyi/怀义; Zhang/张, Jianshe/建设 (1989). 末代皇叔载涛沉浮录/Completed biography of the last imperial uncle Zaitao. 群众出版社. pp. 11, 12.
- ^ Zaiying was implicated in the Boxer rebellion and stripped of his title
- ^ "A decree on the adoption of Zaitao into the Prince Zhong of the Second Rank peerage". 1903.
- ^ A decree on the organisation of the funeral of Yimo's primary princess consort. 1905.
- ^ "详细资料介绍_爱新觉罗宗谱网". www.axjlzp.com. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
- ^ 爱新觉罗家族全书: 世系源流. 吉林人民出版社. 1997. p. 381.