Ilibu
OfficeAssistant Grand Secretary
Term start1838
Term end1841
Office 1Viceroy of Liangjiang
Term start 11840
Term end 11841
Predecessor 1Deng Tingzhen
Successor 1Linqing (acting)
Office 2Viceroy of Yun-Gui
Term start 21835
Term end 21840
Predecessor 2Ruan Yuan
Successor 2Deng Tingzhen
Birth date1772
Death date1843 (aged 70–71)
Yilibu
C伊里布
PYīlǐbù

Yilibu (Manchu: Ilibu; Chinese: 伊里布; pinyin: Yīlǐbù; Wade–Giles: I-li-pu; 1772 – 4 March 1843[1]), also spelt Elepoo, was a Chinese official of the Qing dynasty. A Manchu of the Bordered Yellow Banner, he was Viceroy of Liangjiang from 1839 to 1840. In 1842, he assisted in negotiating the Treaty of Nanking, which ended the First Opium War between the United Kingdom and China.

He studied at Guozijian before working his way through the ranks of the then Imperial Government of China.

Notes

  1. ^ Boulger, Demetrius Charles (1898). The History of China. Volume 2. p. 146.

Further reading

  • Fang, Chao-ying. "I-li-pu". Vol. 1. p. 386.