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Gorolo Hala: Manchu Clan, Banner Units and Imperial Marriages

Ancestral localities, banner affiliation, and genealogical evidence

Volume 32 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners explains that Gorolo was originally a place-name and subsequently became a clan name. Members.

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Clan and Banner Background

Volume 32 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners explains that Gorolo was originally a place-name and subsequently became a clan name. Members were distributed around the Jian River and other locations. The brothers Changshu and Yangshu submitted early. Changshu's family received a banner company, or niru, and his fourth son Buhantu later commanded a half-company. Changshu's descendants, including Xilai, Yexi and Fulaketa, obtained separate hereditary distinctions through early military campaigns.

Family Service and Distinctions

Changshu's younger brother Yangshu, recorded in the Plain Blue Banner, married an imperial princess and thus bore the title heshuo efu, an imperial son-in-law. His son Da'erhan likewise held that marriage-related status and served as a banner commander, or dutong. The genealogy notes that this branch had originally belonged to the Bordered Yellow Banner before a change of affiliation. Banner identity must therefore be tied to the individual and period rather than applied unchanged to the whole family.

Kinship, Succession, and Evidence

The title efu identified a relationship by marriage, while dutong and niru commander were offices within banner administration. Hereditary ranks such as qidu wei and qingche duwei arose through a different system of service rewards and succession. Other Gorolo families occur in the source; the precise locality, chronology of banner transfers and full succession chains remain to be established. Source: Eight Banners Manchu Clan Genealogy, vol. 32.

Sources and Bibliography

  1. Source reference 1 — zh.wikisource.org
  2. Source reference 2 — 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.