Fuheng | |
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| Chief Grand Councillor | |
| In office 1748–1770 | |
| Preceded by | Necin |
| Succeeded by | Yengišan |
| Grand Councillor | |
| In office 1745 – 1770 (as the Chief Grand Councillor since 1748) | |
| Grand Secretary of the Baohe Hall | |
| In office 1748–1770 | |
| Assistant Grand Secretary | |
| In office 1748–1748 | |
| Minister of Revenue | |
| In office 1747–1748 Serving with Liang Shizheng | |
| Preceded by | Haiwang |
| Succeeded by | Yengišan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1720 |
| Died | July 1770 Beijing,China |
| Relations | Empress Xiaoxianchun (sister) Yonglian (nephew) Gurun Princess Hejing (niece) Yongcong (nephew) Mingliang (nephew) Mingrui (nephew) |
| Children | Fuk'anggan (son) Fulong'an (second son) |
| Clan name | Fuca |
| Courtesy name | Chunhe (春和) |
| Posthumous name | Wenzhong (文忠) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Qing dynasty |
| Branch/service | Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner |
| Years of service | 1740–1770 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands | Burma Campaign (1768–1769) |
| Battles/wars | First Campaign Against Jinchuan (1747–1749) Dzungar–Qing War (1755–1757) Sino-Burmese War (1768–1769) |
Fuheng (Chinese:傅恒;pinyin:Fùhéng;Manchu:ᡶᡠᡥᡝᠩ, Möllendorff:fuheng, Abkai:fuheng;Burmese:ဖူဟင်း; 1720 – July 1770),courtesy nameChunhe (春和), was aQing dynasty official from theManchuFuca clan and theBordered Yellow Banner of theEight Banners,[1] and was a younger brother of theEmpress Xiaoxianchun. He served as a senior minister at the court of his brother-in-law, theQianlong Emperor 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 theSino-Burmese War (1765–1769).
Prior to his appointment as thecommander-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 theDzungars in the 1750s when most at the court thought war was too risky. His nephewMingrui was a son-in-law of the emperor, and led the Burma campaign of 1767–1768.[2] His sonFuk'anggan 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 ofmalaria, which he contracted during his three-month invasion of Burma, when he got back to Beijing.[3]
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