Overview
Yijing was a Royal Family Member and General.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
AD 1843 二十三年
AD 1840 to AD 1842 道光以來
Places and affiliations
- Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Events and relationships
Coastal defense
Military · Commander
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment failure through rashness · Mode historian-judgment
References in the histories
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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 378Volume 378 Biographies 165: Huang Juezi, Jin Yinglin, Chen Qingyong, Su Tingkui, Zhu Qi · 7 passages
於是辱國之將軍奕山、奕經，參贊文蔚，總督牛鑑，提督餘步雲，先後就逮，步雲伏法。
The disgraced generals Yishan and Yijing, staff officer Wenwei, Governor-General Niu Jian, and Provincial Commander Yu Buyun were arrested in turn; Buyun was executed.
'皇上之於琦善，殆其類是，而今且以三品頂戴用為熱河都統矣，且用奕經為葉爾羌幫辦大臣，文蔚為古城領隊大臣矣。
Perhaps the Emperor's treatment of Qishan was of that kind—yet now he was appointed Rehe lieutenant-general with third-rank insignia, Yijing was made Yarkand assistant commissioner, and Wenwei leading commissioner at Gucheng.
奕經之罪，雖較琦善稍減，文蔚之罪，較奕經又減。
Yijing's guilt was somewhat less than Qishan's, and Wenwei's somewhat less than Yijing's.
奕經頓兵半載，曾未身歷行間，騁其虛憍之氣，自詭一鼓而復三城；
Yijing kept his army idle for half a year without ever seeing battle, boasted emptily that one assault would recover three cities,
臣亦知奕經為高宗純皇帝之裔，皇上親親睦族，不忍遽加顯戮。
I know that Yijing is a descendant of the Qianlong Emperor, and that Your Majesty, cherishing imperial kin, is reluctant to execute him outright.
倘俯採輿論，孰不切齒琦善為罪魁，誰不疾首於奕山、奕經、牛鑑、文蔚，而以為投畀之不容緩？
If Your Majesty heeded public opinion, who would not denounce Qishan as the chief culprit, or demand that Yishan, Yijing, Niu Jian, and Wenwei be cast out without delay?
疏上，宣宗嘉之，諭曰：「朕無知人之明，以致琦善、奕經、文蔚諸人喪師失律，惟有反躬自責，不欲諉罪臣工。
When the memorial reached the throne, the Daoguang Emperor praised it and said: "I lacked the wisdom to judge men, and so Qishan, Yijing, Wenwei, and others lost armies and broke discipline. I can only blame myself and will not shift guilt onto my officials.
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 392Volume 392 Biographies 179: Sai Shang A, Ne Er Jing E · 1 passage