Clan and Banner Background
The Donggiya clan appears in volume 53 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners, with families around Jamuhu, Donggiya City, and Hada. The main Bordered Yellow Banner lines descended from Eha, Wuhai, and Mudun are recorded separately. Common surname does not authorize converting all persons into one continuous father-son genealogy.
Family Service and Distinctions
Eha served as a guard-company officer. His great-grandson Meihe fought in Yunnan in the same kind of role and received yunqiwei, later inherited by Balang. Wuhai's great-grandson Sahai served as left censor-in-chief of the Censorate; Mudun's great-grandson Wohe was vice president of the Board of Punishments in Shengjing. A censor-in-chief supervised official conduct, while a vice president of the penal board participated in criminal administration; these were distinct offices and careers.
Kinship, Succession, and Evidence
An additional branch associated with Zhesuken Hualian included Dongtai, selected as a shujishi, an advanced Hanlin Academy trainee. That was an academic and recruitment status, not a hereditary military title. The genealogy thus documents military, censorial, judicial, and scholarly routes into Qing service. Exact locations, appointment dates, and branch relations require further verification.
Sources and Bibliography
- Source reference 1 — zh.wikisource.org
- Source reference 2 — zh.wikisource.org
- Source reference 3 — zh.wikisource.org
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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