Fakuda

Overview

Fakuda is a member of the Irgen Gioro clan, a bondservant of the Bordered Yellow Banner, recorded in Volume 14 of the official genealogy of the Eight Banners, *the Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*. His family resided in Fola and submitted to the Qing dynasty during the Tiancong reign. His official position is not recorded, but the entry mentions that his great-grandson, Gese, served as a scribe, and Baozhu served as a herdsman. Tiancong was the reign title of Huang Taiji during the Later Jin period; the original entry only states the period and cannot provide a precise year of submission or specific battle context for Fakuda.

booi (banner bondservant) (booi (banner bondservant)) was a specific affiliation within the Eight Banners, while "banner" (banner affiliation) indicates organizational affiliation. A scribe was responsible for official documents, copying, and translation, while a herdsman was a managerial position within a pastoral organization related to cattle and horse herding; these were not ordinary servant titles, nor can the presence of two official positions within a family determine their affiliation.

Gese and Baozhu were both great-grandsons; the original entry does not specify their fathers, terms of office, or government agencies. The chieftain can be found in different systems and cannot be directly identified as residing in the Imperial Stables or a certain royal residence; the scribes also did not record translated works, nor did they supplement specific works based on their general duties. The historical city place name background of Fola should still be distinguished from the actual village where the tribesmen lived, and the original name, date of submission, bondservant affiliation, and complete paternal lineage must be verified by cross-referencing the original inscriptions and archives.