Saišangga obtained juren degree in the Mongolian Translation Examination (蒙古繙譯) in 1816.
[3][4] Influenced by his father Jinghui (景煇), whom was also a linguist, Saišangga was proficient in Manchu, Mongolian and Chinese.
Saišangga was made the Imperial Commissioner in charge of military affairs in Guangxi to fight against the Taiping rebels.
Accused of allowing the rebels to move from Guangxi to Hunan, he was dismissed and escorted to Beijing for trial.
Soon after the Second Opium War broke out, he was recalled to the capital and ordered to train Chahar Mongolian soldiers.