Jin Gui

Overview

Jin Gui is a member of the Irgen Gioro clan recorded in Volume 15 of the *General Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*. The verifiable information provided in the original entry includes his status as a bondservant of the Plain Blue Banner, his ancestral home in "Wahumu," and his category of submission at the beginning of the dynasty. The status of bondservant of the Plain Blue Banner indicates the banner organizational relationship seen at the time of compilation; "bondservant" refers to a subordinate status within the Eight Banners and the Imperial Household Department system, and cannot be simply equated with a modern household servant, nor can it be inferred that an individual's legal status remained unchanged. The genealogy records his resume as follows: his son, Puqi, originally served as a military officer. The kinship hierarchy and statuses such as "former" and "current" are retained as in the original entry. At this stage, we do not infer Jin Gui's official position, rank, or birth and death from the official positions of his descendants. Related institutional terms should be understood in the context of the Qing Dynasty: a military officer was a basic military rank in the Eight Banners' military camp, mainly related to palace guards, attendants, and military training assignments. "Wahumu" retains the historical place name spelling in genealogy books; there may be different places with the same name, different spellings, and changes in jurisdiction, so it cannot be directly matched with a certain administrative region today.