Aisin Gioro

Aisin Gioro ({{zh-stp|t=愛新覺羅|s=????|p=àixīn juéluó}}) was the clan name of the Manchu emperors of the Qing dynasty and the later Manchukuo regime. The word aisin means gold in the Manchu language, but the meaning of gioro is unknown, probably surname.

Family Naming Code

Before founding the Qing Dynasty, naming of children in the Aishin Gioro clan was done quite randomly. After taking control of China, however, the family gradually incorporated Han Chinese ways of naming. During the reign of the Kangxi Emperor, all of Kangxi's sons were to be named with a generation prefix preceding the given name. There were three characters chosen, Cheng(承), Bao(保), and Chang(长), before finally deciding on Yin (胤) in Kangxi-20. The Yongzheng Emperor's sons swiched from Fu (?) to Hong (?). Following Yongzheng, the Qianlong Emperor decided that all subsequent male offspring will have a generation code placed in their name according to a Generation Poem, of which Qianlong composed the first four characters, ????. Moreover, the names of brothers will often contain a similar Radical or meaning. Sometimes, an emperor will change the generation code of his brothers as a way of keeping his own unique.

Related Topics:
Qing Dynasty - Han Chinese - Naming - Kangxi Emperor - Generation prefix - Yongzheng Emperor - Radical

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