Clan and Banner Background
The Jasuhuli clan appears in volume 42 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners, which records people from Guareca Helun and other places. It gives separate lines associated with Zhenzhuken, Nikan, Zhangtai, and Tuopuqi. The clan's Chinese-transcribed name should not be turned into a modern Han surname based on the first character of individual personal names; the Manchu spelling requires independent evidence.
Family Service and Distinctions
Zhenzhuken and Nikan belonged to the Plain White Banner and lived around Guareca Helun; the genealogy expressly calls them kin. Zhangtai and Tuopuqi were likewise in the Plain White Banner but associated with Jilin Ula and had their own recorded kinship connections. These statements should be preserved as evidence within each group, not extended into an invented father-son connection between both groups.
Kinship, Succession, and Evidence
Zhenzhuken submitted with forty adult males and administered their new niru, later obtaining military honours. Zhangtai's descendants included acting guard-company officers and bithesi who participated in campaigns and inherited distinctions through different relatives. A niru combined administrative and military registration, a guard-company officer commanded troops, and a bithesi worked with official documents. Succession to hereditary honours remained distinct from these appointments. Locations, clan spelling, and relationships between the two groups still need verification.
Sources and Bibliography
- Source reference 1 — zh.wikisource.org
- Source reference 2 — zh.wikisource.org
- Source reference 3 — gerel.net
- Source reference 4 — dict.revised.moe.edu.tw
- 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.
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