Saqing'e

Overview

Sa Qing'e was a member of the Irgen Gioro clan of the Plain Yellow Banner during the early Qing Dynasty. His family had lived in the Yehe region for generations and submitted to the Qing Dynasty at the beginning of the dynasty. The official clan genealogy compiled during the Qianlong reign, *the Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, Volume 12, does not record Sa Qing'e's official positions, but it does record that his great-grandson, Hu Shitun, served as an infantry officer, and another great-grandson, Hu Shibu, participated in military operations in Henan and Jiangnan from a sedentary background. He was the fifth to scale the city walls during the attack on Huzhou, and the first to seize the gate during the attack on Jianning in Fujian, earning the title of Yunqiwei (a military rank).

The order and merits of these two battles differ: "fifth to scale the city walls" cannot be exaggerated to "first to scale the city walls," and "first to seize the gate" cannot be transferred to Huzhou. "Sedentary" refers to the status of a Bannerman, not a vagrant; "Yunqiwei" was a hereditary title of meritorious official, and should not be mistakenly interpreted as a position of on-the-spot command. Hu Shibu's military achievements belonged to his descendants and cannot be attributed to Sa Qing'e himself in these battles.

Hushibu received three imperial edicts that elevated him to the rank of Third-Class Qingche duwei (hereditary merit rank). He died without an heir, and the title was first inherited by his younger brother Sahalian's eldest son, Adu. After Adu's death, it passed to his father Sahalian and other descendants, with records indicating that the imperial edicts that had increased his rank were eventually removed. The succession without an heir involved multiple paths, including uncles and nephews, and fathers and sons, and could not be changed to a simple natural father-son inheritance. The specific village of Yehe's former residence, the dates of the battles, and the complex succession procedures still require verification between the original inscriptions and military merit records.