Sang Weili

Overview

Sang Wuli was a member of the Hesheli clan of the Bordered Yellow Banner of the Manchus during the early Qing Dynasty. His family had lived in Huifa for generations, and the exact time of his submission is unknown. He once served as a cavalry commander. Volume 10 of the official clan genealogy compiled during the Qianlong reign, *The General Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, records that his son, Dang Wuli, served as Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices (Guanglusi), and his grandsons, He Zhan and Hu Shentai, served as officials in the central government during its compilation. This shows three generations holding different positions from military affairs to central ceremonial and administrative services.

The cavalry commander managed the basic personnel, training, and affairs of the cavalry battalion; the Court of Imperial Sacrifices participated in sacrificial rites, banquets, and other catering matters, with the Minister being the head of the Court; the official was a civil official at the ministerial level. This entry does not list the ministries to which his grandsons belonged, therefore He Zhan and Hu Shentai are not directly categorized as belonging to the same institution as Dang Wuli, nor is the Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices considered a military title.

The Bordered Yellow Banner was not only a military banner color but also governed the registration of military households and their identities. Descendants of banner-affiliated families could enter both civil and military institutions. Huifa here refers to the historical original residence area, without specifying the modern county or village. Therefore, the exact time of the entire clan's migration cannot be inferred from the officials appointed by later generations to the central government. The individual's date of submission, term of office as a cavalry commander, and direct paternal lineage for grandchildren are not fully recorded; "current" reflects the situation at the time of compilation during the Qianlong era. The original entry lacks information on the hereditary granting of military merits, and the article does not interpret the three generations of official appointments as a single hereditary position.