额尔德尼,姓纳喇氏,世居都英额(今属辽宁抚顺市),生于明万历九年(1581)。他是清初著名的满语言学家,奉命创制满文,“国书传布自此始”~①;自幼精通汉语和蒙语,随大兵所至汉人、蒙古地,俱能以本地语言文字宣传诏旨,招降纳款,以功被授“巴克什”称号。他为后金政权的建立立下汗马功劳,曾主持“编纂法典成书”~②;与阿敦共同主持努尔哈赤建元称汗上尊号的仪式~③;天命六年(1621),以功由参将升为副将。“额尔德尼乃一代杰出之人”④,然而却因藏匿东珠而获罪⑤,死于天命八年五月。额尔德尼是否应该被杀,这里姑且不论。他被杀的直接原因与其贪贿有关,这样的事实则可以引发人们对后金时期的贪贿问题作一思 Erdene, surname Na Laoshi, the world are the British amount (now Fushun City, Liaoning Province), was born in Ming Wanli nine years (1581). He is a famous full-linguist in the early Qing Dynasty, was ordered to create Manchu, “national text spread from this beginning ” ~ ①; since childhood mastery of Chinese and Mongolian, with soldiers to Han, Mongolia, both to local Language propaganda edict, Zhao Zhao payment, to be awarded “Barker ” title. He established the post-gold regime made a contribution, had presided “codification of the book ” ~ ②; and Nadu co-chaired Nurhachu Jianyuan sweat on the honored ceremony ~ ③; Destiny six years (1621) Senate will be promoted to lieutenant. “Erdeni is a generation of distinguished people”, but he was found guilty of hiding the east bank and died in May of eight days of destiny. Whether Erdene should be killed, here regardless of. The fact that he was killed was directly related to his corruption, a fact that can trigger people’s thinking about the problem of corruption in the latter period