Chongqi (official)
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Chongqi 崇綺 | |
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| Minister of Revenue | |
| In office 16 July – 26 August 1900 | |
| Preceded by | Lishan |
| Succeeded by | Jingxin |
| In office 11 November 1884 – 3 January 1886 Serving with Yan Jingming | |
| Preceded by | Elhebu |
| Succeeded by | Fukun |
| Minister of Personnel | |
| In office 3 January – 16 March 1886 | |
| Preceded by | Encheng |
| Succeeded by | Xizhen |
| General of Mukden | |
| In office 30 August 1881 – 19 January 1884 | |
| Preceded by | Qiyuan |
| Succeeded by | Qingyu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1829 |
| Died | August 26, 1900 (aged 70–71) |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Aisin Gioro (daughter of Duanhua), Lady Aisin Gioro (sister of Fukun), Lady Gūwalgiya |
| Relations | Duanhua (father-in-law), Imperial Noble Consort Gongsu (sister), Empress Xiaozheyi (daughter), Baochu (son), Yixiang (Son-in-law) |
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| Education | zhuangyuan degree in the 1865 imperial examination |
| Occupation | politician |
| Clan name | Alut (阿魯特) |
| Courtesy name | Wenshan (文山) |
| Posthumous name | Wenjie (文節) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Qing dynasty |
| Branch/service | Mongolian Plain Blue Banner, later Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner[1] |
| Battles/wars | Taiping Rebellion Second Opium War Boxer Rebellion |
Chongqi (Chinese: 崇綺, 1829–1900), courtesy name Wenshan (文山), was a Qing dynasty official from the Alut clan[2] (阿魯特氏). He was the father of Empress Xiaozheyi.
Chongqi was the third son of Saišangga. He started out in official life by purchasing the degree of a licentiate.[3] In 1865, he obtained zhuangyuan degree in the imperial examination and was selected a xiuzhuan (修撰) of the Hanlin Academy. He was the only Mongolian zhuangyuan in the Qing Dynasty, scholar-officials praised him highly. Chongqi had served as Secretary of Cabinet (內閣學士), Vice Minister of Personnel (吏部侍郎), Vice Minister of Revenue (戶部侍郎), deputy lieutenant-general of the Han Chinese Bordered Yellow Banner (鑲黃旗漢軍副都統), lieutenant-general of Rehe (熱河都統), general of Mukden (盛京將軍), Minister of Personnel and other positions.[4]
As an official hostile to Christianity, Chongqi was promoted to the Minister of Revenue by Empress Dowager Cixi during the Boxer Rebellion.[5] He and Xu Tong, submitted a memorial to the court unambiguously demanding the killing of all Chinese Christians and foreigners in China.[6] When Beijing fell to the Eight-Nation Alliance in 1900, Sawara Tokusuke (佐原篤介), a Japanese journalist, wrote in Miscellaneous Notes about the Boxers (拳事雜記) about the rapes of Manchu and Mongol banner girls. Sawara alleged that a daughter and wife of Chongqi were allegedly gang-raped by soldiers of the Eight-Nation Alliance.[7] Chongqi's wife, Lady Gūwalgiya, jumped into a pit and ordered her servants to bury her alive. His son Baochu (葆初), and four grandsons, met the same fate.[4] In the meantime Chongqi fled to Baoding together with Ronglu. After learning of his family's tragic fate, Chongqi committed suicide by hanging.[8]
