Dagushan Bayan

Overview

Dagushan Bayan was a member of the Niohuru clan of the Bordered Red Banner of the Manchus, the eldest son of Gahachaluan, who submitted to the Qing dynasty at the beginning of the dynasty. Volume Five of the *Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners* records the official positions held by this branch of the family for generations: his great-grandson, Takana, served as a cavalry captain; his great-great-grandson, Bushuku, participated in the campaign against Galdan as a defense officer and was awarded the title of Yunqiwei (a military rank) for his merits, becoming a Zuo Ling (a military officer); his son, Fuyintai, inherited this hereditary position during the compilation of the book.

The positions of cavalry captain and defense officer belonged to the banner military ranks, while Zuo Ling also implied a basic level of military household organization and its administrator; Yunqiwei was a hereditary military rank. Bushuku's defense officer, Zuo Ling, and Yunqiwei cannot be confused as the same position, and Fuyintai's inheritance does not necessarily indicate that Dagushan Bayan himself had ever received a title. The term "currently inherited" here only refers to the state at the time of the original book's compilation.

His great-great-grandson, Hangyi, served as a censor; Saiyinbu served as a military officer; his fourth-generation descendant, Deshou, served as a principal officer. The *Geishizhong* (geishizhong (supervising official)) had duties such as speaking out and overseeing affairs, while the *Zhushi* (zhushi (section official)) were civil officials at the ministerial level in central ministries and departments, and the *Hujunxiao* (hujunxiao) were within the *Hujunying* (Hu Jun Ying) system. These records indicate that descendants of the same family entered different civil and military official systems, rather than the transfer of a single position from their ancestors. The original text of "Bayan" in the entry, the context of its appellation, and the individual's specific resume have not yet been confirmed; the name should be retained, and their wealth, rank, or position should not be inferred based on the Chinese characters.