Agui

Agui

▪ Chinese general and official
Wade-Giles  A-kuei , courtesy name (zi)  Guangting , literary name (hao)  Yunyan 
born Sept. 7, 1717, China
died Oct. 10, 1797, Beijing

      general and official during the middle years of the Qing dynasty. 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 helped subjugate Myanmar (Burma), making it a Chinese tributary state, 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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