1. Yunsi, born as Yinsi, was a Manchu prince of the Qing dynasty in China.
13 Facts About Yunsi
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The eighth son of the Kangxi Emperor, Yunsi was a pivotal figure in the power struggle over the succession to his father's throne.
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Yunsi was believed to be favoured by most officials in the imperial court to be the next emperor but ultimately lost the struggle to his fourth brother Yinzhen, who became the Yongzheng Emperor.
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Yunsi was removed from office four years later, his titles stripped, then he was banished from the imperial clan.
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Yunsi was charged with a litany of crimes and sent to prison, where he died in disgrace.
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Yunsi was posthumously restored to the imperial clan during the Qianlong Emperor's reign.
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Yunsi was born to the Kangxi Emperor and Consort Liang, a Manchu woman of the Plain Yellow Banner, and raised by the Consort Hui, mother of Yinzhi, the first son of the Kangxi Emperor.
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Yunsi was popular with officials at court, and his uncle Fuquan would often praise him in front of his father, the Kangxi Emperor.
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Yunsi issued an order for officials at court to divulge their own preferences on which of his sons should be the next crown prince.
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In 1724, for example, the emperor ordered Yunsi to kneel in the inner reaches of the Forbidden City for an entire night, ostensibly for an infraction committed during his oversight of the Lifan Yuan.
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Yunsi died in captivity, four years after the Yongzheng Emperor's coronation.
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In 1778, Yunsi was posthumously restored to the imperial clan and had his name changed back from "Akina" to "Yunsi".
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However Yunsi was neither rehabilitated nor had his title restored.