Tiyeboo

Tiyeboo
Tiyeboo
Manchu name
Manchu script	ᡨ᠋ᡳᠶᡝᠪᠣᠣ
Möllendorff	tiyeboo
Chinese name
Chinese	铁保
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	tiě bǎo
Pronunciation respelling name
Pronunciation respelling	TEE-yeh-bow

Tiyeboo (1752-1824), courtesy name Yeting (冶亭), art name Mei'an (梅庵), was a Qing official, calligrapher, and scholar of the Donggo clan from the Manchu Plain Yellow Banner. He obtained the Jinshi degree in 1772 and served in a number of senior official positions.

Biography

Tiyeboo's ancestor Joto was a clansman of the founding minister Hohori, whose original surname was Gioro and joined Nurhaci during his raising. According to Tiyeboo's own research, he believed that his further ancestor was Zhao Si (趙偲), Prince of Yue of the Northern Song dynasty, who was captured by the Jurchens. Although born into a family of military officers, he pursued a civil career. After earning the Jinshi degree, he entered the Ministry of Personnel and was promoted steadily through the court system with the support of Grand Secretary Agui, eventually serving as Deputy Minister of Rites (禮部侍郎), Academician of the Imperial Cabinet (內閣學士), and host for the metropolitan and provincial examinations.

During the reign of the Jiaqing Emperor, Tiyeboo served as Viceroy of Grain Transport (漕運總督), Governors of Guangdong (廣東巡撫), Shandong (山東巡撫), and Viceroy of Liangjiang. As Viceroy of Grain Transport, he introduced administrative reforms, and later compiled practical guidelines for his successors based on his experience. He also directed relief efforts following the Yellow River flood of 1803. In 1809, however, he was held accountable for negligence as a leader in subordinate's case of corruption and murder of imperial inspector and was dismissed and exiled to Xinjiang. After returning to Beijing, he served as Ministers of Rites and Personnel, but was again dismissed and exiled to Jilin after the Eight Trigrams Uprising. He returned to the capital in 1818 and retired due to illness in the early Daoguang reign, dying in 1824.

As a reputable calligrapher and scholar in his era, Tiyeboo also served as chief editor of Comprehensive Statutes of the Eight Banners (欽定八旗通志), Anthology of Odes and Eulogies of the Prosperous Dynasty (熙朝雅頌集, a poem collection of Bannermen), and author of his own poem collections.

Citation

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1 2 "Ming-Qing Historical Figures Database: (Donggo) Tiyeboo" (in Chinese). Academia Sinica. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
↑ Draft History of Qing Volume 353：「父誠泰，泰宁鎮總兵，世為將家。鐵保折節讀書，年二十一，成乾隆三十七年進士，授吏部主事，襲恩騎尉世職。於曹司中介然孤立，意有不可，爭辯勿撓。大學士阿桂屢薦之，遷郎中，擢少詹事，因事罷。尋補戶部員外郎，調吏部。擢翰林院侍講學士，仍兼吏部行走，歷侍讀學士、內閣學士。五十四年，遷禮部侍郎，兼副都統。校射中的，賜花翎。調吏部。」(in Chinese)
↑ Draft History of Qing Volume 353：「山陽知縣王伸漢冒賑，酖殺委員李毓昌，至是事覺，詔斥鐵保偏聽固執，河工日壞，吏治日弛，釀成重獄，褫職，遣戍烏魯木齊。逾年，給三等侍衛，充葉爾羌辦事大臣。尋授翰林院侍講學士，調喀什噶爾參贊大臣。授浙江巡撫，未之任，改吏部侍郎。擢禮部尚書，調吏部。請芟吏、兵兩部苛例，條陳時政，多見施行。林清之變，召對，極言內監通賊有據，因窮治逆黨，內監多銜恨，遍騰謗言。會伊犁將軍松筠劾鐵保前在喀什噶爾治叛裔玉素普之獄，誤聽人言，枉殺回民毛拉素皮等四人，上怒，追念江南李毓昌之獄，斥其屢蹈重咎，褫職，發往吉林效力。二十三年，召為司經局洗馬。道光初，以疾乞休，賜三品卿銜。四年，卒。」(in Chinese)

[sinica-1] 1 2 "Ming-Qing Historical Figures Database: (Donggo) Tiyeboo" (in Chinese). Academia Sinica. Retrieved 26 June 2026.

[2] Draft History of Qing Volume 353：「父誠泰，泰宁鎮總兵，世為將家。鐵保折節讀書，年二十一，成乾隆三十七年進士，授吏部主事，襲恩騎尉世職。於曹司中介然孤立，意有不可，爭辯勿撓。大學士阿桂屢薦之，遷郎中，擢少詹事，因事罷。尋補戶部員外郎，調吏部。擢翰林院侍講學士，仍兼吏部行走，歷侍讀學士、內閣學士。五十四年，遷禮部侍郎，兼副都統。校射中的，賜花翎。調吏部。」(in Chinese)

[3] Draft History of Qing Volume 353：「山陽知縣王伸漢冒賑，酖殺委員李毓昌，至是事覺，詔斥鐵保偏聽固執，河工日壞，吏治日弛，釀成重獄，褫職，遣戍烏魯木齊。逾年，給三等侍衛，充葉爾羌辦事大臣。尋授翰林院侍講學士，調喀什噶爾參贊大臣。授浙江巡撫，未之任，改吏部侍郎。擢禮部尚書，調吏部。請芟吏、兵兩部苛例，條陳時政，多見施行。林清之變，召對，極言內監通賊有據，因窮治逆黨，內監多銜恨，遍騰謗言。會伊犁將軍松筠劾鐵保前在喀什噶爾治叛裔玉素普之獄，誤聽人言，枉殺回民毛拉素皮等四人，上怒，追念江南李毓昌之獄，斥其屢蹈重咎，褫職，發往吉林效力。二十三年，召為司經局洗馬。道光初，以疾乞休，賜三品卿銜。四年，卒。」(in Chinese)