Background and Banner Affiliation
Ke'ersu was an early Guwalgiya clan figure from Suwan, listed in the Bordered White Banner. Volume 1 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners identifies him as kin to Fiyanggū and notes that his line had been transferred from the Plain White Banner. It supplies no precise year for the transfer. Upon submission, the family's registered population formed a banner company commanded by Ke'ersu's son Xi'erna, who also served as a banner colonel. The company command and colonelship belonged to the son, not automatically to the father.
Career, Campaigns, and Offices
Ke'ersu's grandson Cheke is discussed separately in the original genealogy and was personally granted the Gioro surname. That grant was a distinct recognition of Cheke; it did not automatically rename all the Guwalgiya descendants of Ke'ersu. A great-grandson, Shangjitu, served as an officer in the imperial guard units and was killed in the Xiamen campaign. He received a posthumous yunqiwei distinction.
Hereditary Honors and Source Limits
Shangjitu had no sons, so his younger brother Luoduoli succeeded to the hereditary award and later advanced to qidu wei on account of additional military achievement. A guard-unit officer was an active appointment, whereas yunqiwei and qidu wei belonged to the hereditary military-rank system. The history of this family thus contains several distinct generations of submission, banner administration, surname recognition and service rewards. Source: Eight Banners Manchu Clan Genealogy, vol. 1.
Sources and Bibliography
- Source reference 1 — zh.wikisource.org
- Source reference 2 — zh.wikisource.org
- Source reference 3 — 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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