Identification
Eling'a Zhangguli appears in volume 15 of the *Comprehensive Genealogy of the Eight Banner Manchu Clans* as a member of the Irgen Gioro clan of the Plain Red Banner. The household was associated with Xiermen and joined the Manchu polity early in its history. The compound personal name is retained as a single entry: neither its division into two people nor a speculative translation of its meaning is justified without the original Manchu-language record. No individual office held by Eling'a Zhangguli is documented in the cited passage.
Suya's campaigns and inherited distinction
The genealogy describes a grandson, Suya, who joined campaigns in Henan and Jiangnan when he had no current office. Suya was credited as the first to scale the walls at Jiaxing, an action rewarded by the hereditary merit rank *yunqiwei*. The rank was later increased under an imperial act of grace. It passed through successors including Suya's son Suhe and grandson Fulehe before moving through collateral relatives; later reductions removed the increment arising from imperial grace. Suya's military service must not be assigned retroactively to his grandfather, and inheritance of rank did not entail inheritance of a separate military command.
Other later officials
Great-grandsons Feise and Huxitun formerly served as *bitieshi* clerical officers. More distant descendants included Longshou, also a former *bitieshi*; Wangwo, a *xiaoqixiao*; Changning, recorded as a serving *fangyu* or Defence Officer; and Xijintai, formerly a *bujunxiao* in the infantry establishment. These belong to different administrative and military contexts.
Outstanding questions
Precise appointment dates, complete paternal lines, the institutions employing the individual officials and the historical location of Xiermen remain unresolved. The source permits a family-level record, not a reconstructed continuous personal biography.
Sources and Bibliography
- Source reference 1 — zh.wikisource.org
- Source reference 2 — zh.wikisource.org
- Source reference 3 — zh.wikisource.org
- Source reference 4 — zh.wikisource.org
- Source reference 5 — zh.wikisource.org
Source links were inherited from the research manuscript. Individual assertions have not all been independently verified against archival originals.
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