Fulu of the Irgen Gioro Clan

Ancestry and the official genealogy

Fulu was an early Qing member of the Irgen Gioro clan of the Bordered Yellow Banner. The family was associated with Neyin and submitted to the Manchu state during the Tiancong reign of Hong Taiji. Volume 15 of the *Comprehensive Genealogy of the Eight Banner Manchu Clans* records no office held by Fulu himself. Its principal narrative concerns his great-grandson Fulata, who held the senior regional appointment of governor-general of Jiangnan and Jiangxi.

Fulata's career and honours

Fulata's role as governor-general involved broad oversight of military and civil administration within the territories under his jurisdiction. After his death, he received the honorary designation of Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent, the posthumous name Qingduan, an imperial commemorative inscription and the hereditary merit title *qiduwei*. In the eleventh year of the Yongzheng reign, an imperial order authorized his inclusion in the Shrine of Worthy Officials. These offices and posthumous distinctions belonged to Fulata, not to the earlier ancestor Fulu.

The genealogy records that Fulata's eldest son Shuangxi inherited the *qiduwei* distinction and, at the time of compilation, served as vice minister in the Shengjing Board of Revenue. Inherited military merit and a substantive position in fiscal administration were separate forms of status.

Other descendants and source limits

Fulata's remaining descendants include men recorded as *bitieshi* clerks, Blue-Feather imperial guards, *zhushi* administrative secretaries and individuals for whom only a rank was supplied. The absence of a ministry or precise office should not be silently repaired. The Tiancong-period ancestry and Fulata's later government career belong to different generations. The historical Neyin locality, variant forms of Fulata's name and the procedures behind his honours still warrant checking against the original texts.