Names and Titles
- Names:
- Clan name / family name: Aisin Gioro (simplified Chinese: 爱新觉罗; traditional Chinese: 愛新覺羅; pinyin: Àixīn Juéluó)
- Personal name: Yixin (simplified Chinese: 奕䜣; traditional Chinese: 奕訢; pinyin: Yìxīn; Wade–Giles: I-hsin)
- Pseudonym or art name: Master of the Yuedao Hall (simplified Chinese: 乐道堂主人; traditional Chinese: 樂道堂主人; pinyin: Yuèdàotáng Zhǔrén)
- Titles:
- Prince Gong of the First Rank (simplified Chinese: 恭亲王; traditional Chinese: 恭親王; pinyin: Gōng Qīnwáng), simplified to Prince Gong (or Prince Kung in Wade–Giles). Yixin held this title from 1850 until his death in 1898.
- Posthumous title (in full): Prince Gongzhong of the First Rank (simplified Chinese: 恭忠亲王; traditional Chinese: 恭忠親王; pinyin: Gōngzhōng Qīnwáng)
- Other references:
- Sixth Prince (simplified Chinese: 六王爷; traditional Chinese: 六王爺; pinyin: Lìu Wángyé)
- "Devil Number Six" (Chinese: 鬼子六; pinyin: Guǐ Zǐ Lìu)
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“All the names of good and evil are parables: they do not declare, but only hint. Whoever among you seeks knowledge of them is a fool!”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
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