Favourite of the Qianlong emperor, a Manchu who rose from palace guard to run the government and amassed a vast fortune. Days after Qianlong died, the 嘉庆 emperor ordered him to kill himself. TV comedies cast him as the foil of 纪晓岚.
Héshēn shì Qiánlóng huángdì zuì chǒngxìn de dàchén.
Heshen was the Qianlong emperor's most trusted favorite.
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His Beijing mansion, given to Prince Gong in 1850, survives as 恭王府, a museum by Shichahai. The 珅 in his name is a rare word for a kind of jade, used in little else.
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和珅 is a Manchu personal name, not a surname plus a given name, so it is written as one word. In the TV comedy 《铁齿铜牙纪晓岚》 he was played by 王刚.
