Yinti, Prince Xun

Infobox Chinese Royalty
name = Yinti
native name = 胤禵
date of birth = birth date|1688|1|16
date of death = death date and age|1756|1|13|1688|1|16
father = Kangxi Emperor
mother = Empress Xiaogong Ren

Yinti, the Prince Xun ( _zh. 恂郡王胤禵; Pinyin: Yìntí; Wade-Giles: Yin-t'i; Posthumous name: Qín 勤; born Yìnzhēn 胤祯; Yunti 允禵 to avoid Yongzheng's taboo) (January 16, 1688 — January 13, 1756) of the Aisin-Gioro clan was the Kangxi Emperor's fourteenth son, and the one who was said to be the favourite to succeed him. The names Yinzhen and Yinti were used interchangeably during his lifetime, with family records containing references to both names.

He was the brother of Yinzhen born to the same mother, the De Concubine of the Wuya Clan (i.e. the Empress Xiaogong Ren (孝恭仁皇后).

In 1718, after the defeat of a Chinese army along the Salween River in Tibet by the Dzunghar general Tsering Dondub, he was appointed by the Kangxi Emperor as "The Frontier Pacification Generalisimo" (撫遠大將軍) to lead an army of 300,000 into Tibet and defeat the Dzunghar general. Many believe this to be a sign that Yinti was a possible consideration for heir-to-the-thone. In February 1720, Generals Galbi and Yanxin under Yinti orders set out from Xining to take Lhasa while he remained in Xining to build up support with Khotshot Mongol allies then escort the Dalai Lama to Lhasa. On September 24, 1720, Yinti's army took Lhasa and returned the Dalai Lama back to the Potala Palace.

Yinti was planning a conquest of Dzungharia when on December 21, 1722 he was informed of his father's death and smmoned immediately back to the capital. The throne had been inherited by his brother Yinzhen, the Yongzheng Emperor. Yongzheng saw Yinti as a potential threat and placed him under house-arrest. Yinti was released after Yongzheng Emperor's death in (1735).

References

* [http://heritage.news.tom.com/Archive/2001/11/30-89215.html Yongzheng's mystery succession and Yinti's involvement] (Chinese)