Daoguang Emperor

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1782 – 1850

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Who was Daoguang Emperor?

The Daoguang Emperor was the eighth emperor of the Manchu Qing dynasty and the sixth Qing emperor to rule over China, from 1820 to 1850. His reign was marked by "external disaster and internal rebellion," that is, by the First Opium War, and the beginning of the Taiping Rebellion which nearly brought down the dynasty. The historian Jonathan Spence characterizes Daoguang as a “well meaning but ineffective man," who promoted officials who "presented a purist view even if they had nothing to say about the domestic and foreign problems surrounding the dynasty."

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Born
Sep 16, 1782
Forbidden City
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Ethnicity
  • Manchu people
Nationality
  • China
Died
Feb 25, 1850
Old Summer Palace
Resting place
Western Qing tombs

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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