Ebilun Dorbo) succeeded to the princedom. His branch E of the Imperial Family, and seven others, were thereafter known as the Eight Great Families EBILUN jA~Jir, (d. 1674), a member of the V'-**) or Princes of the Iron Helmet (I!JIIft Bordered Yellow Banner, was the sixteenth son .::f-3:), who enjoyed the right of perpetual of Eidu [q. v.] of the Niohuru clan. His mother inheritance. The founders of these families was a sister, or perhaps a cousin, of were, in the order of their rank: Daisan (Prince [q. v.]. In 1634, when his father was post• Li), Dorgon (Prince Jui), Dodo (Prince Yu), humously given the rank of a viscount, Ebilun Haoge (Prince Su), Jirgalang (Prince Cheng), was made inheritor of that rank. A year later Boggodo (Prince Chuang, see under Yin-lu), he was given hereditary command of a company Lekedehun (q. v., Prince Shun-ch'€mg), and (tso-ling) in his own banner. In 1637 he was Y oto (Prince K'o-ch 'in). involved in the case of his niece, a daughter of In addition to having the designation She• his brother, Turgei (see under Eidu), who was chCng Wang ~irk::£, or regent, Dorgon was the wife of Nikan [q. v.]. This niece was accused known in his time by the following names: in that year of having concealed the identity of Mergen Wang :llfilf*ll3: ("Wise Prince"), an adopted girl in the hope of claiming her as T'ai-hsing Khan 'tiJ)fiiJff, Chiu Wang jL::£, her own daughter. Ebilun sought the removal and Ama Van (in Jesuit accounts). His resi• of one of the judges in the case in order to dence in Peking, the Nan-ch'eng, was converted promote his niece's interests at the trial. His in 1694 into a Lama temple which in 1776 was activities were exposed and he was punished given the name P'u-tu Sst1 ~ Jt ~. In this by being deprived of his post and of his inherited temple a suit of Dorgan's armor was preserved. rank of viscount. Although owing to his Dorgan was not proficient in Chinese literature, courage in battle in the years 1641-42 he was but was credited with the authorship of a famous reappointed captain of a company, his hereditary letter sent to Shih K'o-fa [q. v.] in 1644 calling rank was not restored until 1713 (see under on the latter to surrender. This letter, and Eidu). In 1645-46 he served under Lekedehun Shih's cordial but firm reply, have been much [q. v.] in the military campaign in Hupeh and admired and are incorporated in many antholo• was rewarded with a minor hereditary rank. gies. But according to Fa-shih-shan [q. v.], as At this time Ebilun faced a dark future. He reported by Chao-lien [q. v.] in the Hsiao-t'ing was a member of the Bordered Yellow Banner hsu-lu (chiian 2), Dorgan's letter was really which belonged to Emperor Shih-tsu, then a composed by Li Wen *~ (T. ifJtt) and the child. He was faithful to his master, but the reply by Shih was composed by Hou Fang-yu powerful Regent, Dorgan [q. v.], who then com• [q. v.]. Li Wen was a celebrated poet and writer manded the White Banners, was hostile toward of the late Ming period and a friend of Ch'en those members of the Yellow Banners who would Tzt1-lung [q. v.]. He served in the Manchu not come to his support. In 1648 Kobso Court from 1644 to 1646 as a secretary of the .lfl5;m~, a nephew of Ebilun, and heir to Turgei's Grand Secretariat. dukedom, joined Dorgan's clique and accused Ebilun and his own deceased father of having [1/224/1a; 2/2/1a; 3/m4/1a; 4/1/4a; ~fl:ft opposed Dorgan. The accusation referred to ~it 8 ~ Dorgon she-cheng jih-chi (1933); events following the death of Emperor T'ai• Chang-ku ts'ung-pien (see under Hung Ch'eng• tsung (i. e., Abahai, q. v.) in 1643, when Ebilun ch'ou), nos. 3, 4; Chiang Liang-ch'i [q. v.], Tung• and Turgei ordered their men to take up arms in hua lu, 4/Sa, 6/9b, 6/17b-21a; 3t,CJ::JUI Wen• defense of the interests of the deceased Emperor's hsien ts'ung-pien, no. 20; Yu Cheng-hsieh [q. v.], son, and to prepare against any threats from Kttei-s8U ts'un-kao, 9/5a; Du Halde, History of Dorgan. For this reason, among others, Ebilun China (1736), p. 424; Tung-hua lu, Shun-chih: was deprived of his offices and of his minor 1-8; Meng Sen ~~, A1ilfli!J.!t::.I$Jl, m hereditary rank, and suffered confiscation of half Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology his property. (Academia Sinica), vol. VI, part 3 (1936), pp. But after Dorgan died (late in 1650), the 343-412; Cheng T'ien-t'ing ~~§.!, ~fllifM tables were turned. Emperor Shih-tsu took ~~ZJJ!tJll) in !IJ!fl*fiJ Kuo-h8Ueh chi-k'an, over the government and rewarded those mem• vol. VI, no. 1 (1936); Ming Ch'ing shih-liao (see bers of the Bordered Yellow Banner, such as under Hung Ch'eng-ch'ou).] Ebilun, Oboi [q. v.], and Soni (see under Song• FANG CHAO-YING gotu) who had remained loyal to him during 219 Ebilun Ebilun the regency. Ebilun was restored to his former apparent. After Alingga's death his son, Ar• rank and office in 1651. His nephew, Kobso, sungga M.. ftjSiiJ (d. 1726), became the sixth the accuser, was punished and deprived of the duke and for a time served as president of the dukedom which he had inherited from his fa• Board of Punishments (1724). But because ther, Turgei. Early in 1652 the dukedom was Arsungga and his father had been supporters awarded to Ebilun, who was also made a member of Yin-ssu and opponents of Emperor Shih-tsung of the council of princes and high officials. in the controversy over the latter's succession Late in 1652 he was made a chamberlain of the (see under Yin-chen) Arsungga was deprived of Imperial Bodyguard. his position (1724) and exiled to Mukden; and Early in 1661, when Emperor Shih-tsu was Alingga was posthumously dishonored by a dying, he appointed four men to form a regency tablet describing him as "incompetent as an during the minority of his son, Emperor Sheng• official, unbrotherly, violent and corrupt" (~g!, tsu. Ebilun was one of the men chosen. In ~M, ~1.\!, JtRtf). Arsungga and his associ• 1667, when Emperor Sheng-tsu took over the ate, Olondai (see under T'ung Kuo kang), were government, Oboi, one of the four regents, was decapitated in 1726 for "not repenting" (i.e., almost in complete control. One of the other for showing disapproval of the way Emperor regents, Soni, was dying of old age. A third, Shih-tsung obtained the throne). Suksaha (see under Oboi), was sentenced to The fourth son of Ebilun, Yende if [§It] tfi death for opposing Oboi. Ebilun, however, took (d. 1727, ~~), was more Oboi's side and so for a time remained in office. fortunate than his brothers. When the rank of For their services during the regency he and viscount (lost by Eidu in 1637) was restored to Oboi were each given an additional dukedom. the family in 1713 Yende was made the recipient. Ebilun held the dukedom left by Turgei, while He was obedient to Emperor Shih-tsung and his eldest son, Faka ~~. inherited the addi• served him unquestioningly. In 1724 he was tional rank. In 1669, when Oboi was punished appointed to Arsungga's rank and became the for usurping power, Ebilun was also punished seventh duke. Among Yende's sons the second, for failure to restrain or oppose the former. No-ch'in (see under Chang Kuang-ssu), inherited The additional dukedom which Ebilun had the dukedom to which was added in 1731 the received was now abolished, and his own duke• designation, Kuo-i C*fi'*)· No-ch'in was a dom was taken from •him and given to Faka. powerful minister in the early Ch'ien-lung All his relatives who filled high positions were period, serving as a Grand Secretary (1745-48) discharged. However, in 1670 Emperor Sheng• and as Grand Councilor (1733-48). In May tsu gave Ebilun the title of duke and ordered 17 48 he was sent to Szechwan to take the place him again to serve at Court. Early in 1674 of Chang Kuang-ssu [q. v.] as commander of the Ebilun became very ill and was paid a visit by armies fighting the Chin-ch'uan tribes, but was the Emperor. He died soon after and was given soon deprived of his post because of his failure the posthumous name, K'o-hsi §f:tf. A tablet to advance-he and Chang having mutually to his memory was erected at his tomb in 1675. blamed each other. Chang was executed in One of his daughters, who at first was a concubine Peking in 17 49 and N o-ch 'in was beheaded, at of Emperor Sheng-tsu, was elevated to Empress the front, with a sword which had originally in 1677. She died in 1678 and was canonized belonged to his grandfather, Ebilun, and which as Hsiao-chao ~liB (known after 1723 as was sent from Peking for that purpose by order Hsiao-chao Jen Huang-hou t:£Jii). In defer• of Emperor Kao-tsung. ence to her a temple was erected in memory of Late in 1748 No-ch'in's dukedom was given her father. It was completed early in 1679. to Yende's eldest son, Tsereng (see under Chao• Ebilun had five sons. The eldest, Faka, who hui), who served as governor-general of Kwang• inherited the dukedom in 1667 was deprived of tung and Kwangsi (1745-48), and of Szechwan it in 1670, but was given the dukedom originally (1748--53). Tsereng took part in the first left by Turgei. In 1686 the dukedom was Chin-ch'uan war (see under Fu-heng), in sup• taken from Faka and given to Ebilun's fifth pressing the rebellion of 1750 in Tibet (see under son, Alingga JSiiJ1I:M (d. 1716). The latter Fu-ch'ing), and in the conquest of the Eleuths was prominent in the Court of Emperor Sheng• during the years 1754-56. In 1756, for failure tsu and served as president of the Court of Colo• to capture Amursana [q. v.], Tsereng was placed nial Affairs (January 1706-16). In 1708 he and under arrest for escort to Peking but he was K'uei-hsii and Maci [qq. v.] were reprimanded murdered on the way (1757) by the belligerent for conspiring to name Yin-ssu [q. v.] heir- Eleuths. 220