Fuheng (; ; my, ဖူဟင်း; 1720 – July 1770),

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Chunhe (春和), was a

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official from the

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Fuca clan and the

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of the

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, and was a younger brother of the

Empress Xiaoxianchun Empress Xiaoxianchun (28 March 1712 – 8 April 1748), of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner Fuca clan, was a posthumous name bestowed to the wife and first empress consort of Hongli, the Qianlong Emperor. She was Empress consort of Qing from 17 ...

. He served as a senior minister at the court of his brother-in-law, the

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from the 1750s to his death in 1770. He is best known for leading the Qing troops in the fourth and last invasion of Burma in the

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. Prior to his appointment as the commander-in-chief of the Burma campaign, Fuheng was chief grand councilor to the emperor, and one of the emperor's most trusted advisers. Fuheng was one of the few senior officials that fully backed the Qianlong Emperor's decision to eliminate the

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in the 1750s when most at the court thought war was too risky. His nephew

Mingrui Mingrui (, Manchu: , ''mingšui'', my, မင်းယွီ, ; (?March 1768) was the first General of Ili from October 1762 to March 1767 and then Governor-general of Yunnan and Guizhou from April 1767 to March 1768. A son-in-law of the Qianlon ...

was a son-in-law of the emperor, and led the Burma campaign of 1767–1768. His son

Fuk'anggan Fuk'anggan ( Manchu:, Möllendorff: fuk'anggan; ; 1748–1796), courtesy name Yaolin (), was a Manchu noble and general of the Qing Dynasty. He was from the Fuca clan () and the Bordered Yellow Banner of the Eight Banners. Fuk'anggan's father ...

was a senior general in the Qing military. Fuheng was unsuccessful in the Burma campaign. In December 1769, he signed a truce with the Burmese, which the emperor did not accept. He died of

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, which he contracted during his three-month invasion of Burma, when he got back to Beijing.

Family

*Princess Consort, of the Yehe-Nara clan (福晋那拉氏): **

(福康安;1753-1796) *Concubine, of the Li clan (李氏): **Fu Chang'an (福長安;1760-1784) *Concubine, of the Sugiya clan (孙佳氏) *Unknown: **Fulong'an (福隆安;1746-1784) married Qianlong Emperor's fourth daughter **Fuling'an (福靈安;d.1767) **Lady Fuca (富察氏; d.1813) married Qianlong Emperor's 11th son, Yongxing and had issue ( two sons and two daughters) **Lady Fuca (富察氏) married Prince Chunying and had issue (two sons)

In fiction and popular culture

* Portrayed by Joseph Lee in ''

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'' (1985) *Portrayed by Hung Tak-sing in ''

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in ''

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'' (2018) *Portrayed by Jia Tinglong in ''

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Family

In fiction and popular culture

See also

References