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 spell on Yin-jêng. Investigation seemed to substantiate the accusation when certain objects believed to have caused Yin-jêng's insanity were dug up in Yin-t'i's courtyard. On this and other counts Yin-t'i was pleced under surveillance, and after being deprived of his titles, was imprisoned in his own courtyard where he died in 1734 and was buried with the rites accorded to a prince of the fourth degree. Most of his property and the Bannermen assigned as his slaves were given to the Emperor's fourteenth son, [禵, q.v.].

[1/226/2a; Tung-hua lu, K'ang-hsi 47:9, 10, 11; Ch'ing Huang-shih ssŭ-p'u (see under ) 3/12a.]

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 YIN-t'i 胤禵 Feb. 10, 1688–1755, Feb. 16, one time aspirant to the throne, was the fourteenth son of Emperor Shêng-tsu. His mother was Empress. He was therefore a younger brother of. During the last fifteen years of his father's reign, when the struggle of the princes for the throne was most acute, he opposed the claims of his brother, Yin-chên, taking the side of his half brothers, and. In 1708 he supported Yin-ssŭ in the latter's ambition to be designated Heir Apparent, and thus incurred his father's disfavor. In the following year he was given the rank of a prince of the fourth degree (貝子), the same rank which was given to Yin-t'ang.

As the years passed, Yin-t'i gradually gained his father's favor. About this time, King of the Eleuths, was very powerful and in 1715 attacked Hami, the northwestern outpost of the empire. Emperor Shêng-tsu did not intend to make war and massed troops in Kansu and Mongolia merely as a precautionary measure. However, in 1717, the Eleuths invaded and occupied Tibet (see under ). This precipitated a campaign against them, and the Emperor decided to send one of his sons as commander-in-chief of the armies in the northwest. For this important task he chose Yin-t'i, giving him in 1718 the rank of Fu-yüan Ta chiang-chün 撫遠大將軍. Early in 1719, when Yin-t'i left Peking, the whole Court, including his brothers and other princes, were ordered to see him off, and he was given the retinue and the honors due only to a prince of the first degree. It appears from this recognition that the Emperor intended to make Yin-t'i his successor but wished first to give him an opportunity to distinguish himself. At any rate, Yin-t'i's supporters so interpreted events and looked forward to the day when he should become Emperor. One of those eager to advance Yin-t'i's cause was Yin-t'ang, who contributed heavily to his brother's purse.

In the spring of 1719 Yin-t'i established his headquarters at Sining and made preparations for the war (1720) in which Tibet was recovered (see under ) and the country of the Eleuths was invaded (see under and ). At the same time Turfan was taken and the frontier was extended westward from Hami. However, a general offensive against the Eleuths, though planned, was postponed year by year. Late in 1721, Yin-t'i was ordered to return to Peking for a council of war. He arrived early in 1722 and was accorded many special honors. The council finally decided to adopt peaceful means by negotiating a truce with the Eleuths through Cheptsun Damba Khutukhta (see under ). When Yin-t'i again set out for the front (May 1722) he requested Yin-t'ang to report to him on happenings in the capital, particularly about the health of his father. From this and other evidence it seems that Yin-t'i was virtually certain of succeeding to the throne.

However, when Emperor Shêng-tsu died (December 20, 1722) it was Yin-chên who, through the help of, was proclaimed Emperor. Though residing in the capital, Yin-t'ang was powerless to promote Yin-t'i's cause since Lungkodo had charge of the Peking gendarmerie. Moreover, Yin-t'i, in distant Sining, was under the surveillance of two of his subordinates, and, both of whom were secret allies of Yin-chên. On December 21, 1722 a decree was issued ordering Yin-t'i to come at once to Peking. When he arrived at the capital and discovered that all hopes for his accession had faded he was very angry. His first act was to inquire of the Board of Ceremonies what rules he should observe in doing homage to the new Emperor. The latter evidently regarded this inquiry as impertinent. for he soon ordered him to take up his residence at a resort north of Peking, rather than in the city. Nevertheless in June 1723 Emperor Shih-tsung made Yin-t'i a prince of the second degree, indicating that the favor was granted out of deference to their common mother. Yet no warnings, coercions or demonstrations of kindness deterred Yin-t'i from showing his resentment 930