Daichu of the Irgen Gioro Clan

Genealogical context

Daichu appears in volume 15 of the official *Comprehensive Genealogy of the Eight Banner Manchu Clans* as a member of the Irgen Gioro clan of the Bordered White Banner. The family was associated with the Changbai Mountain region, but the date of allegiance was unknown to the compilers. The entry supplies no office held by Daichu himself. Its principal account concerns a great-grandson, Gadahun, who died as a result of wounds received in military operations.

Gadahun's service and inheritance

Gadahun served as a *hujunxiao*, an officer of the Guard, during a campaign in Huguang against forces attributed in the genealogy to Wang Fuqi. He was wounded and died, and received the hereditary distinction *yunqiwei* after death. The source records the death following his wounds but does not supply details sufficient for a reconstruction of the injuries or exact scene. The hereditary rank passed through his son Karjiha and grandson Yatu.

The *hujunxiao* was a substantive military role within the Guard establishment, while the *yunqiwei* was a merit dignity capable of succession. Gadahun's war service and death cannot be reattributed to the earlier ancestor Daichu, nor does succession to the dignity establish succession to the Guard appointment.

Later offices and evidentiary limits

Two further descendants, Gartu and Wurtu, were each recorded as former *fangyu*, or Defence Officers. The recurrence of the same office name in successive generations does not prove that a single post was inherited. Changbai Mountain should not automatically be equated with a present-day tourist precinct. Daichu's own biography, the family locality and the missing paternal links remain undocumented in the excerpt.