Oboi (Manchu: ᠣᠪᠣᡳ, Mölendorff: Oboi; simplified Chinese: 鳌拜; traditional Chinese: 鰲拜; pinyin: Áobài) (c. 1610 [1] –1669) was a prominent Manchu military commander and courtier who served in various military and administrative posts under three successive emperors of …

The Four Regents of the Kangxi Emperor were nominated by the Shunzhi Emperor to oversee the government of the Qing dynasty during the early reign of the Kangxi Emperor before he came of age. The four were Sonin , Ebilun , Suksaha , and Oboi .

鳌拜（ᠣᠪᠣᡳ|v=Oboi|a=Oboi；1600年 - 1669年），瓜尔佳氏，满洲镶黄旗人，清朝三代元勋，康熙帝早年辅政大臣之一。鳌拜前半生军功显赫，因后半生乱操握权柄、生性残酷、结党营私，结果被囚禁，死于禁所。

Oboi was first mentioned in official Qing history in the Veritable Records of Qing Taizong [Hong Taiji] (清太宗實錄) in 1632, documenting his triumphant return from a minor raid into Ming territories in which he was allowed to keep his spoils as reward.

Oboi (Manchu: ᠣᠪᠣᡳ, Mölendorff: Oboi; simplified Chinese: 鳌拜; traditional Chinese: 鰲拜; pinyin: Áobài) (c. 1610–1669) was a prominent Manchu military commander and courtier who served in various military and administrative posts under three …

Oboi was a prominent Manchu military commander and courtier who served in various military and administrative posts under three successive emperors of the early Qing dynasty. Born to the Guwalgiya clan, Oboi was one of four regents nominated by the Shunzhi Emperor to oversee the government during the minority of the Kangxi Emperor.

Oboi had pursued policies which kept power almost exclusively in the hands of the Manchu leadership. On taking full control, the Kangxi emperor changed tack, and set about reconciling the Chinese elite to Qing rule (“Qing” was the name which the Manchu rulers had given their dynasty).

Suksaha, Ebilun, and Oboi—four conservative Manchu courtiers from the preceding reign. One of the first political acts of the four imperial advisers was to replace the so-called Thirteen Offices (Shisan Yanmen) with a Neiwufu (Dorgi Yamun), or Office of Household.

Oboi was a Manchu military commander and courtier who served under three emperors of the Qing dynasty. He was one of four regents nominated by the Shunzhi Emperor during the minority of the Kangxi Emperor. Oboi reversed the benevolent policies of the Shunzhi Emperor and pushed for a clear reassertion of Manchu power over the Han Chinese.

In 1713, the same emperor who had purged Oboi posthumously rehabilitated him to commemorate his battlefield exploits during the Manchu conquest of China that led to the founding of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). This portrait incorporates all the conventions linked with ancestor portraits, yet it still conveys Oboi's fierce personality.