Amurlingkui
Amurlingkui(1886-1930), courtesy name Ziying(子英) was a Khorchin Mongol nobleman. He was the 13th Jasagh prince of Horqin Left Rear Banner and the last holder of the peerage.
Family
Amurlingkui was a Borjigin descended from Qasar, the younger brother of Genghis Khan. He was the great grandson of Sengge Rinchen.
Amurlingkui succeeded his father when he was only 6. He received a high level of education and was able to write in Classical Chinese as well as poems, prose and calligraphy. After reaching adulthood, he was put in charge of his own fief in Horqin.
With the fall of Qing dynasty, he became a senator in the provisional senate of republic of China and a member of the political council. He also participated in the second congress of republic of China. He died in the year of 1930. His son Heshge inherited the Jasagh status but lost the title of prince.
The later years of Amurlingkui was trouble by economic crisis of his family. Taxes can no longer be collected from the peasants of his fief, salaries from the congress were not sufficient to support his many relatives. He eventually had to sell his mansion in Beijing in order to relief himself from the plight.[1]
Sources
- ^ 北京文史资料精选, Volume 1. Beijing: 北京出版社. 2006. p. 300. ISBN 9787200065367.