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Guerjia Hala: A Clan from the Changbai Region

Ancestral localities, banner affiliation, and genealogical evidence

The Guerjia clan appears in volume 54 of the Qianlong Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners. Families were associated with the Changbai mountain region.

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Clan and Banner Background

The Guerjia clan appears in volume 54 of the Qianlong Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners. Families were associated with the Changbai mountain region and other northeastern locations. Luo Man, of the Bordered Blue Banner, submitted early. His grandson Mala served as an assistant reader-scholar in the Grand Secretariat. Another descendant, Heshuose, was a banner cavalry officer who fought during the Yunnan campaign, including actions at Huangcaoba and near Yunnan city. An award made after his death conferred the hereditary distinction yunqiwei.

Family Service and Distinctions

Heshuose left no heirs. The hereditary rank passed first to his paternal uncle Huida and then to Huida's son Anzhu. This is collateral succession rather than inheritance by Heshuose's own son. Another descendant of Luo Man, Changlu, was serving as a cavalry officer when the genealogy was compiled.

Kinship, Succession, and Evidence

The volume also identifies Bordered Blue Banner families of Beimoli and E'nai, whose ancestral localities were respectively recorded as Anba Depu Tebuzhantai and the Nen River area. They returned from Khorchin during the Kangxi reign. The locality from which they returned must not be confused with their stated ancestral homes. An office in the Grand Secretariat, an active cavalry command and a hereditary military award are different institutions. Precise place identifications and the relationship among branches require renewed examination of the original text. Source: Eight Banners Manchu Clan Genealogy, vol. 54.

Sources and Bibliography

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References reproduce links supplied with the Chinese research manuscript. Individual historical claims have not all been independently verified against the primary sources.