Jiaqing Emperor

Chinese emperor (1760-1820) of the Qing dynasty

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Lived 1760–1820, aged 60

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1760–1820
Aged 60

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FatherQianlong Emperor

ChildDaoguang Emperor

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Updated 2026-05-29

Ruled Qing China as the sixth emperor and took down his father's corrupt favorite, Heshen. Tried plugging opium smuggling and stabilizing an empire, though historians can't quite agree if he delayed collapse or just bought time.

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The Jiaqing Emperor, also known by his temple name Emperor Renzong of Qing, personal name Yongyan, was the sixth emperor of the Qing dynasty and the fifth Qing emperor to rule over China proper. He was the 15th son of the Qianlong Emperor. During his reign, he prosecuted Heshen, the corrupt favorite of his father and attempted to restore order within the empire while curbing the smuggling of opium into China. Assessments of his reign are mixed, either seen as the "beginning of the end" of the Qing dynasty, or as a period of moderate reform that presaged the intellectual movements of the 1860s.

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