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Laosa: Guwalgiya Vanguard Commander and Baturu

Historical service, banner offices, and hereditary distinctions

Laosa, recorded with the extended honorific name Shuo'ong Kolo Baturu Laosa, was a Guwalgiya commander of the Bordered Red Banner whose family came from Anchulaku. Volume 2 of the.

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Background and Banner Affiliation

Laosa, recorded with the extended honorific name Shuo'ong Kolo Baturu Laosa, was a Guwalgiya commander of the Bordered Red Banner whose family came from Anchulaku. Volume 2 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners records his early submission and participation in campaigns around Liaodong, the Dörbet territories, Beijing, Dalinghe and Jinzhou. He frequently operated in advance of the main army and eventually held the senior command of the vanguard forces. Military achievements raised his hereditary awards through qingche duwei to a baronial rank.

Career, Campaigns, and Offices

Vanguard commanders were responsible for reconnaissance, forward security and fighting ahead of the larger force. Qingche duwei and baronial grades, by contrast, were inheritable service distinctions. The word baturu was an honorific associated with bravery; the complete bestowed name should not be mistaken for a clan surname.

Hereditary Honors and Source Limits

The Draft History of Qing records a disciplinary reduction of Laosa's hereditary distinction and withdrawal of his honorific after an earlier failure to engage an enemy, followed by later restoration. In the sixth Chongde year he was killed during the Jinzhou and Songshan campaign. He received posthumous recognition and, in Shunzhi's twelfth year, the posthumous name Zhongyi. His son Chengni inherited the rank, advanced to first-class count, and was subsequently killed at Hengzhou in Hunan. Later inheritance also involved Laosa's younger brother Luobi, with mergers and divisions of hereditary distinctions. These successors' campaigns cannot be attributed to Laosa. Sources: Eight Banners Manchu Clan Genealogy, vol. 2; Draft History of Qing, biography of Laosa.

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.