Yilibu (

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: ''Ilibu''; ; 1772 – 4 March 1843Boulger, Demetrius Charles (1898).
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'. Volume 2. p. 146.), also spelt Elepoo, was a Chinese official of the Qing dynasty. A Manchu of the Bordered Yellow Banner, he was Viceroy of Liangjiang from 1839 to 1840. In 1842, he assisted in negotiating the Treaty of Nanking, which ended the

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between the United Kingdom and China. He studied at Guozijian before working his way through the ranks of the then Imperial Government of China.

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