Hui Ji

Hui Ji (1787–1845), courtesy name Shitang, was a Manchu Bannerman of the Yellow Banner, belonging to the Fuqar clan. He was a political figure in the Qing Dynasty; his grandfather was an official named Deng, and his father was Gongtai's son. Gongtai was a Jinshi (presented at the highest imperial examinations) in the Wuxu year of Qianlong era and served as a Minister of the Imperial Secretariat; Hui Ji was his son, born during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty.

Biographical Overview

In the eighth year of Jiaqing, Hui Ji served as an extra magistrate of the Ministry of Justice, learning administrative duties. In the eleventh year of Jiaqing, he was appointed as a magistrate of the Ministry of Justice. In the fourteenth year, he became an adjunct secretary of the Ministry of Justice. In the seventeenth year, he served as a judicial officer in the Ministry of Justice. In the first year of Daoguang, he was appointed the governor of Deng Prefecture in Shandong. In the fourth year, he became the governor of Yanzhou Prefecture in Shandong. In the sixth year, he was appointed governor of Jinan Prefecture in Shandong, and in the same year, promoted to the circumscription of Yan, Yi, Cao, and Ji in Shandong. In the ninth year, he served as an inset appointed inspector in Henan and Fujian. In the eleventh year, he was appointed as a Provincial Administrative Commissioner in Fujian. On July 25 of the thirteenth year of Daoguang, he was promoted from Provincial Administrative Commissioner of Fujian to Inspector-General of Guangxi. On April 12, of the sixteenth year of Daoguang (May 26, 1836), he was summoned to the capital, and by September 12 (October 21), he was appointed Deputy General of the Manchu Banner of the Shengjing Division in the Ministry of War; later that year, he was reassigned as Deputy Minister of Justice in Shengjing. In the seventeenth year, he served as Right Vice-Grand Secretary of the Ministry of Justice and Vice-Grand Master of the Manchu Banner of the Red Banner. In the eighteenth year, he was appointed Commander of Rehe. In the nineteenth year, he was Commander of Urumqi. In the twenty-fourth year, he served as the Overseer of Imperial Canal Transportation. In the twenty-fifth year, he held multiple posts simultaneously: Provincial Governor of Shaanxi, Fujian, and Yunnan, as well as the Supervisor-General of Shaanxi and Gansu.

Family Relations

His grandfather, Deng, served as a Confidential Secretary in the Imperial Cabinet and as Prefect of Jiangning in Jiangsu. His father, Gongtai, was a Jinshi in the Wuxu year of the Qianlong era and served as a Minister of the Imperial Secretariat.

Regarding descendants, Hui Ji had a son named Linxiu, who served as a judicial officer and Fengxiu, and was promoted from an adjunct secretary to the armorer of Shengjing’s Ministry of Works. Fengxiu’s wife was Jiang, a Manchu of the Blue Banner, daughter of Jiang Mingyuan, Prefect of Sien in Guangxi; Jiang Youtian was her son-in-law. Jiang Mingyuan also had another daughter, Jiang Zhongshen, married to the Inner Court’s Manchu Bannerman of the Bannerman Yellow Banner, Left Vice-Secretary of the Ministry of War, Wanyan Chonghou (whose father was Jinshi in the Ji Si year of Daoguang). Jiang Mingyuan’s son, Jiang Daomo, married the granddaughter of Minister Bao Guixing.

Hui Ji also had a daughter who married G&69; (meaning not specified properly in the original context) a Manchu Bannerman of the Red Banner, Gijang, son of the Governor-General of Liangguang and Min-Zhe, Yiliao. Another daughter was the widow of Mianshan, a member of the royal family and Secretary of the Hall of Ancestors.

Hui Ji’s granddaughter, Feiru Feifei Fuqie of the Fuqar clan, became a Noble Consort during the Tongzhi era; she was the daughter of Linxiu and participated in the imperial selection process. She died in the ninth year of Tongzhi (1870). Hui Ji’s great-grandson was Fuyuan.