Agui

Chinese general and official
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Also known as: A-kuei, Guangting, Yunyan
Quick Facts
Wade-Giles:
A-kuei
Courtesy name (zi):
Guangting
Literary name (hao):
Yunyan
Born:
September 7, 1717, China
Died:
October 10, 1797, Beijing (aged 80)
Also Known As:
A-kuei
Guangting
Yunyan

Agui (born September 7, 1717, China—died October 10, 1797, Beijing) was a Chinese general and government official during the middle years of the Qing dynasty in China.

The scion of a noble family, Agui directed Chinese military expeditions that quelled uprisings in the western provinces of Sichuan and Gansu. He also conquered Ili and Chinese Turkistan, areas on China’s northwestern frontier that are today part of the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang. In addition, he led an unsuccessful attempt to subjugate Myanmar (Burma) and directed the campaign to stabilize China’s position on the recently conquered island of Taiwan. He was one of the emperor’s most trusted ministers, and he served until his 80th year as a senior member of the government’s administrative cabinets, the Grand Council and the Grand Secretariat.

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