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Gu Badai: Banner Officer, Scholar, and Imperial Tutor

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Gu Badai, courtesy name Wenqi, belonged to the Irgen Gioro clan of the Bordered Yellow Manchu Banner. His father Gunachan had served in the early Qing army. Gu entered guard service through an inherited qualification and joined the 1659 campaign in Yunnan. He later worked as a bi…

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Career and military service

Gu Badai, courtesy name Wenqi, belonged to the Irgen Gioro clan of the Bordered Yellow Manchu Banner. His father Gunachan had served in the early Qing army. Gu entered guard service through an inherited qualification and joined the 1659 campaign in Yunnan. He later worked as a bitieshi in the Board of Revenue, inherited a family honor, and became a director in the Board of Personnel. Entry qualification, inherited peerage, and clerical office must be differentiated when reconstructing his career.

Scholar-official and wartime work

Gu ranked highly in the selection of banner officials in 1675 and was promoted to reader-in-waiting in the Hanlin Academy. During the revolt of the Three Feudatories he assisted planning and military administration in Guangxi and Yunnan, including operations toward Nanning and Kunming. He was criticized during an official review for an allegedly impetuous disposition, yet the court subsequently retained him in active military service at the army's request. After the conflict he again held senior appointments.

Teaching at court

Gu later taught at the Upper Study, where the future Yongzheng emperor was among his pupils, and rose to president of the Board of Rites. Although at one point dismissed from an office, he retained certain inherited and teaching responsibilities. He died in 1708. Later honors included restoration of an office, the honorary grand-tutor title, and the posthumous name Wenduan. The posthumously granted dignity should not be described as a government position he exercised under the already reigning Yongzheng emperor.

Sources and Bibliography

  1. Historical source 1 — zh.wikisource.org
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  3. Historical source 3 — zh.wikisource.org

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