Mingju

{{short description|Qing Dynasty statesman}}

{{family name hatnote|Mingju|Yehe Nara|lang=Manchu}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name=Mingju

| office = Grand Secretary of the Wuying Hall

| term_start = 1677

| term_end = 1688

| predecessor =

| successor =

| office1 = Minister of Personnel

| term_start1 = November 17, 1675

| term_end1 = August 27, 1677

| alongside1 = Ai Yuanzheng (until 1676), Yao Wenran (since 1676)

| predecessor1 = Duikana

| successor1 = Udari

| office2 = Minister of War

| term_start2 = December 25, 1671

| term_end2 = November 17, 1675

| alongside2 = Zhu Zhibi (until 1673), Wang Xi (since 1673)

| predecessor2 = Ke'erkeda

| successor2 = Sesehei

| office3 = Minister of Justice

| term_start3 = October 17, 1668

| term_end3 = July 31, 1669

| alongside3 = Zhu Zhibi

| predecessor3 = Duikana

| successor3 = Duikana

|birth_date={{birth date|1635|11|19}}

|death_date={{death date and age|1708|6|3|1635|11|19}}

|relations=Yangginu (paternal great-grandfather)
Gintaisi (paternal grandfather)
Empress Xiaocigao (grandaunt)
Narimbulu (granduncle)
Ajige (father-in-law)
Shunzhi Emperor (second cousin)
Consort Hui (relative, possibly niece)
Yinzhi (relative, possibly grandnephew)

|children=Xingde
Kuiju
Kuifang

}}

Mingju (Manchu:{{ManchuSibeUnicode|ᠮᡳᠩᠵᡠ}}, Mölendroff: mingju; {{zh|c=明珠|p=Míngzhū}}, November 19, 1635 – June 3, 1708), of the Manchu Nara clan, was an official of the Qing Dynasty during the reign of the Kangxi Emperor. He was thrown in prison for corruption.{{cite ECCP|title=Mingju|page=577}}

Second cousin to the Shunzhi Emperor, Mingzhu came from an aristocratic line that belonged to the Plain Yellow Banner of the Eight Banners.{{cite ECCP|title=An Ch'i|link=no}} His grandfather, Gintaisi, was the last prince of the Yehe Nara clan.

In 1677, Mingju was named the Grand Secretary, one of the top-ranking positions, and became involved in a long power struggle with Songgotu throughout the middle years of Kangxi's reign. He was related to Consort Hui, one of the Kangxi Emperor's concubines who bore the emperor his first surviving son, Yinzhi. Consequently, he supported Yinzhi during the struggles for succession.

He was sent to prison for corruption and various other charges in his final years.

He married Ajige's fifth daughter and had at least three sons. His oldest son, Nara Singde, grew up to be a famous poet.{{cite book|author1=Wu-chi Liu|author2=Irving Yucheng Lo|title=Sunflower splendor: three thousand years of Chinese poetry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1DdkAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=29 April 2019|year=1975|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-35580-5|page=612}}