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Hong'echun Hala: Related Families across Several Banner Divisions

Ancestral localities, banner affiliation, and genealogical evidence

The Hong'echun clan is recorded in volume 54 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners, with branches around Yihan Alin Tunqi village and elsewhere.

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Clan and Banner Background

The Hong'echun clan is recorded in volume 54 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners, with branches around Yihan Alin Tunqi village and elsewhere. Ahada of the Bordered Blue Banner submitted early. His grandson Ying'adai served as a guard-company officer and earned yunqiwei for actions at Xinhui and elsewhere on campaigns in Huguang and Guangdong. Having no son, he was succeeded in turn by his elder brother Song'adai and Song'adai's son Fulong'e.

Family Service and Distinctions

The genealogy explicitly identifies Qitali of the same village as a kinsman of Ahada; descendants entered defence, ministry, secretariat, and cavalry-company offices. It also records kinship ties for the Mulikan, Yuchen, Yilabu, and Bajintai branches. A Plain White Banner line at Yalan included Beihenuo, who earned yunqiwei as a guard-battalion commander. A Plain Blue Banner line associated with Huifa and Saiyin Sanbulu was registered as booi, with descendants serving as guards, household administrators, and storehouse officials.

Kinship, Succession, and Evidence

Village proximity and common naming are insufficient to join branches beyond what the source expressly states. Guard-company and guard-battalion command were different responsibilities, while directors, secretariat clerks, and storehouse officials worked in other institutions. The exact locations and registration changes remain to be checked, and this clan should not be silently merged with the separately recorded Hong'e surname.

Sources and Bibliography

  1. Source reference 1 — zh.wikisource.org
  2. Source reference 2 — zh.wikisource.org
  3. Source reference 3 — zh.wikisource.org
  4. Source reference 4 — zh.wikisource.org
  5. Source reference 5 — 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.