Yongrong

Yongrong (28 January 1744 – 13 June 1790) was a Manchu prince and calligrapher of the Qing dynasty in China.

He was born in the Aisin Gioro clan as the sixth son of the Qianlong Emperor; his mother was Imperial Noble Consort Chunhui.

He died in 1790 and was posthumously honoured as "Prince Zhizhuang of the First Rank" (質莊親王).

Yongrong is best known for his work as a general editor of the Siku Quanshu, and for his calligraphy in the manuscript Twenty-One Hymns to the Rescuer Mother of Buddhas (二十一種救度佛母贊).

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Detail of a painting "Paradisiacal Landscape", 18th century, dedicated to his father the Qianlong Emperor