Clan and Banner Background
The Chonggulu clan is recorded in volume 56 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners. The source describes Chonggulu as originally a locality from which the surname was taken. Wuluke of the Bordered Blue Banner lived there and submitted early. This one line's home and banner affiliation do not by themselves establish where every person bearing the surname lived in other generations.
Family Service and Distinctions
Wuluke's grandson Laibina served as an acting cavalry-company officer and fought in Sichuan against forces under Shi Cunli near Chaotian Pass. He was granted the hereditary title yunqiwei, inherited in turn by his son Weihene and grandson Woxine. Wuluke's great-grandsons Wulutu and Sishibao held posts as banner-company commander and guard-company officer respectively. The genealogy assigns these offices to different descendants, not to Wuluke himself.
Kinship, Succession, and Evidence
Cavalry and guard-company officers worked in different formations, while a niru commander administered a basic banner company. “Acting” indicates a temporary appointment. The hereditary yunqiwei award passed under rules of succession and did not necessarily confer command of the previous officer's troops. The modern location of Chonggulu, variant personal-name spellings, and exact battle dates require checking.
Sources and Bibliography
References reproduce links supplied with the Chinese research manuscript. Individual historical claims have not all been independently verified against the primary sources.
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