Amurlingkui

Amurlingkui
Jasagh of the Horqin Left Rear Banner
Reign	1891 – 29 May 1930
Predecessor	Buyannemekü
Successor	Banner abolished
Beili
Reign	1890 – 1891
Predecessor	Nersu
Born	1866
Died	29 May 1930(1930-05-29) (aged 44)
Issue	Hexige
House	Borjigin
Father	Nersu
Chinese-character names Chinese name Traditional Chinese 阿穆爾靈圭 Simplified Chinese 阿穆尔灵圭 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Āmù'ěr líng guī Wade–Giles A Mu Erh Ling Kuei Mongolian name Mongolian Cyrillic Амурлингуй Mongolian script ᠠᠮᠤᠷᠯᠢᠩᠭᠤᠢ Transcriptions SASM/GNC Amurlingui Chinese name Traditional Chinese 意莽 Simplified Chinese 意莽 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yì mǎng Wade–Giles I Mang Chinese name Traditional Chinese 色恩甫 Simplified Chinese 色恩甫 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Sè ēnfǔ Wade–Giles Se En Fu

Amurlingkui (1886 – 29 May 1930), courtesy name Yimang (意莽), Chinese name Se Enfu (Chinese: 色恩甫), was a Khorchin Mongol nobleman. He was the 13th jasagh (prince) of the Horqin Left Rear Banner and the last holder of the peerage.

Family

Amurlingkui was a Borjigin descended from Qasar, the younger brother of Genghis Khan. He was the great grandson of Sengge Rinchen.

In 1891, Amurlingkui was only six years old when he succeeded his grandfather Buyannemekü. He received higher education and was able to write in Classical Chinese. He was good at writing poems, prose and calligraphy. After reaching adulthood, he was put in charge of his own fief in Horqin.

During the Xinhai Revolution, Amurlingkui and other Mongol noblemen organized the league of Mongol princes supporting the house of Aisin-Gioro. However, after Yuan Shikai took over the power, the Mongol noblemen turned their support to Yuan instead.

With the fall of the Qing dynasty, he became a senator in the provisional senate of the Republic of China and a member of the political council. He also participated in the second congress of Republic of China. He died in the year of 1930. His son Heshig inherited the Jasagh status but lost the title of prince.

The later years of Amurlingkui were troubled by economic crisis of his family. Taxes could no longer be collected from the peasants of his fief, and salaries from the congress were not sufficient to support his many relatives. He eventually had to sell his mansion in Beijing in order to relieve himself from the plight.