Ekcin

Eekchin (Manchu: ᡝᡴᠴᡳᠨ, Mullind transliteration: ekcin; 1609–1654), a member of the Manchu Aisin Gioro clan. He was the second son of Targuy (Tobai), the sixth son of the Qing founder Nurhaci.

In the first year of Chongde (1636), Eekchin accompanied Ajige in the campaign against Ming, reaching near the outskirts of Yanjing (Beijing). When Ming soldiers advanced from Zhuozhou to resist, Eekchin commanded troops to repel them. In the fourth year of Chongde (1639), he was awarded the third-grade Fengguo General. After his father Targuy passed away, Eekchin inherited his title. In the fifth year of Chongde (1640), he assisted Dorgon in attacking Jinzhou, and later, with Dodo, pursued Ming soldiers at Tashan. In the sixth year of Chongde (1641), Huang Taiji led troops to besiege Jinzhou, defeating the Ming army of 130,000 led by Hong Chengchou. The army then moved to Songshan, digging trenches to besiege the Ming forces. Ming general Cao Bianjiao launched a night assault on the camp. Eekchin, along with the grand interior minister Xihan, helped defend, repelling the Ming troops. For this merit, he was awarded eighty taels of silver.

In the first year of Shunzhi (1644), he accompanied Dorgon’s army into Shanhaiguan, where they decisively defeated Li Zicheng’s forces. For his achievements, he was progressively promoted to Duke of Zhen Guo. In the seventh year of Shunzhi (1650), he was granted the rank of the Plain White Banner Manchu Gushan Ejen and was restored to a beile. In the eighth year of Shunzhi (1651), due to slander and false accusations by Rosh and Borhuy, flattering princes and sowing discord, he was implicated, stripped of his rank, and rendered ineligible for the royal clan titles. In the ninth year of Shunzhi (1652), he was reinstated into the imperial clan and appointed as an internal grand minister. He died in the twelfth year of Shunzhi (1654).

References:

"Draft History of Qing," Biographies of Princes, Volume 4, Three Princes

"Draft History of Qing," Table 2, Imperial Sons’ Genealogy, Volume 2