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Yangguli, Imperial Son-in-Law

A Šumuru commander linked by marriage to Nurhaci

Langzhu of the Šumuru clan, registered in the Plain Yellow Banner and associated with Kurka. He married a daughter of Nurhaci, giving him the title efu, or imperial son-in-law. That expression described a…

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Family and imperial marriage Yangguli was the eldest son of Langzhu of the Šumuru clan, registered in the Plain Yellow Banner and associated with Kurka. He married a daughter of Nurhaci, giving him the title *efu*, or imperial son-in-law. That expression described a dynastic marriage relationship rather than a regular military office. The *Comprehensive Genealogy of the Eight Banner Manchu Clans*, volume 6, recounts his importance in the early campaigns of the Manchu state.

Campaigns and death He participated in operations against Huifa, Nayin and Zhusheri and in the Liaodong and Shenyang campaigns. His military merit brought successive noble distinctions, eventually including a high ducal grade, while he also commanded troops of the left wing. These hereditary honors and substantive field commands must be distinguished. During an expedition against Korea alongside forces commanded by Dodo, Yangguli was struck by gunfire during an ambush and killed. The *Draft History of Qing* dates his death to Chongde year two, corresponding to 1637.

Posthumous honors and successors Yangguli subsequently received further posthumous honors and commemoration in the Imperial Ancestral Temple. Under the Yongzheng emperor he received the designation Duke Yingcheng. His son Tazhan inherited the family ducal dignity; grandson Aisingga later campaigned in Yunnan; and another son, Ahadan, earned *yunqiwei* through his own service. Their appointments and rewards belong to separate generations and branches. The Šumuru clan must not be reidentified as the Chinese Yang family solely because the first character of the personal name is pronounced Yang.

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