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Zaixun, Prince Rui

Zaixun
Beile
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Zaixun
Beile
(of the Prince Rui peerage)
Tenure 1902–1949
Predecessor Zaiyi
Successor None
Born 1885
Beijing, China
Died 1949 (aged 63–64)
Tianjin, China
Spouse Lady Bilu
Issue Pugong
1st daughter (name unknown)
2nd daughter (name unknown)
Jin Ruichan
House Aisin Gioro
Father Yixuan
Zaixun
Traditional Chinese 載洵
Simplified Chinese 载洵
Zhongquan
(courtesy name)
Chinese 仲泉
Chiyun
(art name)
Traditional Chinese 癡雲
Simplified Chinese 痴云

Zaixun (1885–1949), courtesy name Zhongquan, art name Chiyun, was a Manchu noble of the late Qing dynasty. He also served as a Navy Minister in the Imperial Cabinet of Prince Qing. He was the sixth son of Prince Chun, a uncle of the Puyi ,and a brother of the Guangxu Emperor.

Zaixun was adopted into the lineage of his relative, Yizhi (奕誌; 1827–1850), because Yizhi had no son to succeed him. In 1887, he was made a buru bafen fuguo gong, and was subsequently promoted to feng'en fuguo gong in 1889 and feng'en zhenguo gong in 1890. In 1900, Zaixun's predecessor, Zaiyi, who succeeded Yizhi as "Prince Rui of the Second Rank" (later renamed to "Prince Duan of the Second Rank"), was stripped off his title of nobility and exiled to Xinjiang for his role in the Boxer Rebellion. Two years later, Zaixun succeeded Zaiyi as a beile of the Prince Rui peerage. In 1908, he was made an acting junwang (Prince of the Second Rank) but remained nominally a beile.

In 1909, Zaixun was appointed as an acting Navy Minister (海軍大臣) in the Imperial Cabinet headed by Prince Qing. Later, he was sent to Europe and the United States to study the navies of the Western powers. After returning to China, in 1911, he became a full Navy Minister. After the Xinhai Revolution overthrew the Qing dynasty, he lived the rest of his life in retirement in Beijing and Tianjin. He died in Tianjin in 1949.


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