Yin Dahun

Overview

Yin Dahun is a member of the Irgen Gioro clan, a bondservant of the Plain White Banner, listed in Volume 14 of the official genealogy of the Manchu Eight Banners compiled during the Qianlong reign. He lived in Fola, and the year of his submission to the Qing dynasty is unknown. He once served as a stable master. A stable master was a management position related to stables and horses, but the original entry did not specify the institution, so it cannot be directly identified as the head of a stable within the Imperial Stables. The title "bondservant" indicates a specific subordinate status within the Eight Banners, not equivalent to a modern ordinary employee.

His eldest son, Niyahaqi, served as an Inner Steward; his second son, Wangtai, served as a "Sizuo Guan" (official in charge of sacrificial offerings); his grandson, Warda, served as an Inner Steward; Zongbao served as a scribe; and his great-grandson, Suwanzhu, also served as a scribe. The Inner Steward position was part of the Inner Court's personnel and administrative system, while the scribe was responsible for documents and translation. The succession order and specific positions must be preserved separately and cannot be combined into a single resume for Yin Dahun.

The *Draft History of the Qing Dynasty*, which records the history and institutions of the Qing Dynasty, lists the officials of the Imperial Household Department as "Sizu Guan" (Si Tao Guan), while the electronic text of this entry uses "Si Zuo Guan" (Si Zhou Guan). Whether the two characters are identical and whether the title is a transcription discrepancy requires verification against the original text. In cases of insufficient evidence, the name will not be directly changed or the duties supplemented. The original position only indicates that the individual held it, and there is no evidence of hereditary succession of the same post for subsequent officials within the same jurisdiction. The individual's stable office, bondservant affiliation, complete paternal lineage, year of submission, and specific village of Fola still require corroboration from other historical materials.