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Mangguo Hala: A Plain Blue Banner Booi Line from Ula

Ancestral localities, banner affiliation, and genealogical evidence

The Mangguo clan is recorded in volume 62 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners as originating in the Ula region. Tangzhu's family belonged to the.

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Clan and Banner Background

The Mangguo clan is recorded in volume 62 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners as originating in the Ula region. Tangzhu's family belonged to the Plain Blue Banner booi establishment. Tangzhu submitted early. His son Handai and grandsons Yimashan and Yahali all served as guard-company officers. They belong to two generations of descendants, not three alternate names for Tangzhu.

Family Service and Distinctions

Booi denoted a specific form of household and administrative subordination within the banner system. It did not restrict every member to one domestic occupation: such families could perform service, administrative, and military functions. Plain Blue Banner describes the colour organization to which the family was attached; booi specifies its internal household relationship.

Kinship, Succession, and Evidence

A guard-company officer managed personnel in the guard formation, including training and security duties. Repetition of the same office among family members is not by itself proof that the position was legally inherited. Ula refers to a historical northeastern region rather than precisely to the borders of a current township. Tangzhu's submission year, the actual units commanded, and the clan's Manchu spelling remain to be examined; the heading is retained separately from other similarly written surnames.

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.