Mujangga
Manchu statesman
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::summary Manchu statesman ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Mujangga |
| office | Chief Grand Councillor |
| term_start | 1836 |
| term_end | 1850 |
| predecessor | Pan Shi'en |
| successor | Qi Junzao |
| office1 | Grand Councillor |
| term_start1 | 1827 |
| term_end1 | 1850 |
| (as the Chief Grand Councillor since 1836) | |
| office2 | Grand Secretary of the Wenhua Hall |
| term_start2 | 1838 |
| term_end2 | 1850 |
| office3 | Grand Secretary of the Wuying Hall |
| term_start3 | 1836 |
| term_end3 | 1838 |
| office4 | Assistant Grand Secretary |
| term_start4 | 1834 |
| term_end4 | 1836 |
| office5 | Minister of Personnel |
| term_start5 | 25 December 1834 |
| term_end5 | 30 August 1836 |
| alongside5 | Tang Jinzhao |
| predecessor5 | Wenfu |
| successor5 | Keying |
| office6 | Minister of Revenue |
| term_start6 | 14 July 1833 |
| term_end6 | 25 December 1834 |
| alongside6 | Wang Ding |
| predecessor6 | Xi'en |
| successor6 | Keying |
| office7 | Minister of Works |
| term_start7 | 9 January 1832 |
| term_end7 | 14 July 1833 |
| alongside7 | Zhu Shiyan |
| predecessor7 | Fujun |
| successor7 | Boqitu |
| term_start8 | 8 January 1827 |
| term_end8 | 21 September 1831 |
| alongside8 | Pan Shi'en |
| predecessor8 | Xi'en |
| successor8 | Fujun |
| office9 | Minister of War |
| term_start9 | 21 September 1830 |
| term_end9 | 9 January 1831 |
| alongside9 | Shi Yizhi |
| predecessor9 | Songyun |
| successor9 | Naqing'an |
| office10 | Minister of Lifan Yuan |
| term_start10 | 3 March 1824 |
| term_end10 | 8 January 1827 |
| predecessor10 | Fujun |
| successor10 | Yinghe |
| office11 | Viceroy of the Canal Transport |
| term_start11 | 1826 |
| term_end11 | 1826 |
| (acting) | |
| predecessor11 | Chen Zhongfu |
| successor11 | Nergingge |
| term_start12 | 1825 |
| term_end12 | 1825 |
| (acting) | |
| predecessor12 | Wei Yuanyu |
| successor12 | Chen Zhongfu |
| office13 | Viceroy of Zhili |
| term_start13 | 14 April 1837 |
| term_end13 | 25 July 1837 |
| (acting) | |
| predecessor13 | Keshen |
| successor13 | Keshen (acting) |
| birth_date | 1782 |
| death_date | |
| :: |
| name = Mujangga | image = | office = Chief Grand Councillor | term_start = 1836 | term_end = 1850 | predecessor = Pan Shi'en | successor = Qi Junzao | office1 = Grand Councillor | term_start1 = 1827 | term_end1 = 1850 (as the Chief Grand Councillor since 1836) | predecessor1 = | successor1 =
| office2 = Grand Secretary of the Wenhua Hall | term_start2 = 1838 | term_end2 = 1850 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | office3 = Grand Secretary of the Wuying Hall | term_start3 = 1836 | term_end3 = 1838 | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | office4 = Assistant Grand Secretary | term_start4 = 1834 | term_end4 = 1836 | predecessor4 = | successor4 =
| office5 = Minister of Personnel | term_start5 = 25 December 1834 | term_end5 = 30 August 1836 | alongside5 = Tang Jinzhao | predecessor5 = Wenfu | successor5 = Keying | office6 = Minister of Revenue | term_start6 = 14 July 1833 | term_end6 = 25 December 1834 | alongside6 = Wang Ding | predecessor6 = Xi'en | successor6 = Keying
| office7 = Minister of Works | term_start7 = 9 January 1832 | term_end7 = 14 July 1833 | alongside7 = Zhu Shiyan | predecessor7 = Fujun | successor7 = Boqitu | term_start8 = 8 January 1827 | term_end8 = 21 September 1831 | alongside8 = Pan Shi'en | predecessor8 = Xi'en | successor8 = Fujun
| office9 = Minister of War | term_start9 = 21 September 1830 | term_end9 = 9 January 1831 | alongside9 = Shi Yizhi | predecessor9 = Songyun | successor9 = Naqing'an | office10 = Minister of Lifan Yuan | term_start10 = 3 March 1824 | term_end10 = 8 January 1827 | predecessor10 = Fujun | successor10 = Yinghe
| office11 = Viceroy of the Canal Transport | term_start11 = 1826 | term_end11 = 1826 (acting) | predecessor11 = Chen Zhongfu | successor11 = Nergingge | term_start12 = 1825 | term_end12 = 1825 (acting) | predecessor12 = Wei Yuanyu | successor12 = Chen Zhongfu
| office13 = Viceroy of Zhili | term_start13 = 14 April 1837 | term_end13 = 25 July 1837 (acting) | predecessor13 = Keshen | successor13 = Keshen (acting)
|birth_date= 1782 |birth_place= |death_date= |death_place= Mujangga (; ; 1782–1856) was a Manchu statesman of the late Qing dynasty, belonging to the Gogiya (郭佳) clan. He belonged under the Bordered Blue Banner in the Eight Banners. In 1805, he was awarded the jinshi degree, the highest level in the imperial examination and quickly rose in the ranks of the Qing government. He became a member of the Grand Council in 1828 and gradually grew to exercise a decisive influence on the Daoguang Emperor's policies. Following the demise of Cao Zhenyong, Mujangga became the chief Grand Councillor in 1837. As tensions in Sino-British relations rose in 1839, he became one of the chief advocates of a conciliatory policy towards the British and following the outbreak of the First Opium War, he moved to dismiss Lin Zexu from his position as imperial commissioner in September 1840. Around 1845 he was President of the Hanlin Academy. Mujangga's conciliatory policies created tensions with the allegedly more xenophobic heir apparent, and following his accession to the throne as the Xianfeng Emperor, Mujangga was dismissed from all his positions in 1851.
Mujangga was the teacher of Zeng Guofan — a young Chinese statesman, Confucian scholar, and future general of the Xiang Army during the Taiping Rebellion who later became a mentor to Li Hongzhang, a future diplomat of the Qing Dynasty and trade minister of the Beiyang Navy.
References
References
- The Chinese Repository, Volume 14, edited by Elijah Coleman Bridgman, [[Samuel Wells Williams]]
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