A Study on Manduri's Family of Shunzhi Emperor's Wet Nurse's Husband
Manduri's family was a special aristocratic family,who rose to fame by the merits of the wet nurse.Mrs.Li,the wife of Manduri,was the wet nurse of Shunzhi Emperor,once bore the responsibility of nurturing and caring for Shunzhi Emperor.She was awarded the title of"Yousheng Furen"posthumously.Due to the contribution to take good care of Shunzhi Emperor,Manduri also got a hereditary official position and rose to become interior minister.Her family raised Banner from Imperial Household Department to Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner.Her family members took office in departments successively and accumu-lated a huge family fortune.The most representative among them was Manduri's nephew San Tai,who worked for the Kangxi,Yongzheng and Qianlong Dynasty.He served as an assistant grand secretary for over ten years.Qianlong Emperor gave him the praise of"Lintu and Hesuan".The rise of the Manduri's family benefited from the contribution of Mrs.Li to Inner court.As the Qing emperors'vigilance and suppression to the power of the wet nurses'husbands,the prosperity of Manduri's family was like a flash in the pan and soon returned to mediocrity.The rise and fall of Manduri's family was closely related to the attitude of the emperors and the changes of the times in the early Qing Dynasty.It reflected the high degree of dependence of the wet nurses'husbands'families on imperial power.
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