Clan and Banner Background
The Chuokeqin clan appears in volume 56 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners. The source says Chuokeqin was originally a locality whose name became the clan surname. Tubileng of the Plain Blue Banner lived there, although the date of his submission is unknown. Serving as a guard-company officer, he participated in naval warfare near Zhoushan in Zhejiang and later campaigns around Maolu Mountain in Huguang, earning the hereditary distinction yunqiwei.
Family Service and Distinctions
His eldest son Tuli succeeded. When Tuli injured both hands in the assault on Shishou in Huguang, he retired and his son Huzhan inherited the title. Tubileng's second son Wuerde had independently earned yunqiwei as an acting guard-company officer in battles at Shimenkan and Huangcaoba in Yunnan. Having no son, Wuerde's award passed first to his brother's son Hubishan and, after that man's death, to Huzhan. The two awards were then combined as qidu wei.
Kinship, Succession, and Evidence
The combined grade did not mean Tubileng had originally received qidu wei: the two military achievements arose in different branches. Guard command was an actual appointment; yunqiwei and qidu wei were hereditary honours. The account illustrates how retirement through injury, absence of male heirs, and collateral kinship affected succession. Place identifications and original spellings remain to be checked.
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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