Huabuxia

Overview

Huabuxia was a member of the Irgen Gioro clan in the early Qing Dynasty, residing in Dong'e. He submitted to the Qing Dynasty at the beginning of the dynasty. Volume 15 of the official clan genealogy compiled during the Qianlong reign, *the Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, lists him as belonging to the Bordered White Banner, noting that he was transferred from the Bordered Yellow Banner; changes in banner affiliation must be preserved. His great-grandson, Aduqi, served as a third-class guard; Sahalian served as a military officer; Yan Daxi was a Qiduwei (hereditary merit rank); his great-great-grandson, Talbu, was also a Qiduwei (hereditary merit rank); Amida served as an assistant secretary; and Han Chuha and Fobaozhu served as scribes.

The cavalry captaincy was a hereditary title for meritorious officials; the military officer was a military official; guards were mostly attendants of the government; assistant secretaries handled official business; and scribes handled document translation. These different roles cannot be combined into the same rank. His fourth-generation descendant, Mingshan, was also listed as a Qiduwei (hereditary merit rank), but the original entry did not explain the reason for his initial appointment or the complete succession procedure; therefore, a confirmed chain of titles cannot be formed solely based on generational order.

His official appointments were not recorded, and clan members with the same name cannot be merged with records from other clans. The original appointment and lineage reflect the resume at the time of genealogy compilation. The modern Dong'e Village site, the time of the banner change, the guard appointment, and the direct paternal line of each generation still need to be verified by the original engraving and archives. Neither military merits are added nor are the titles of nobility posthumously awarded to Huabuxia.