Naigefiyada

Overview

Naige Feiyada was a member of the Xilin Gioro clan, Plain Blue Banner, whose family had lived in Fola for generations and submitted to the Qing dynasty at the beginning of the dynasty. The official Qing dynasty genealogy, *the Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, Volume 17, lists him with a single, complete name. It is impossible to separate him into two individuals, Naige and Feiyada, without original textual evidence and Manchu language. His great-great-grandson, Nuoertai, served as a third-class guard, and Erde as a clerk. His fourth-generation descendants included a seventh-rank official, an infantry captain, a Qiduwei (hereditary merit rank), and a clerk. His fifth-generation descendant, Nalin, served as a scribe during the compilation of the genealogy. Guards were security officers, clerks were responsible for administrative affairs within their respective offices, and scribes were responsible for announcing ceremonies during court assemblies, sacrifices, or other rituals; their duties differed. The fact that he is only mentioned as a descendant of a seventh-rank official, without a title in the original genealogy, makes it impossible to classify him as a ceremonial official or scribe. The original entry also states that he was related to Ningguqi of the Plain Red Banner's Ulahada region; this is a cross-banner, cross-residence line of kinship, but does not necessarily mean the two were brothers or father and son. This genealogy connects the family history through the official positions held by later generations, but it does not specify that Naigefiyada himself held the aforementioned official title. The exact location of Fola and the continuity of the father-son relationship within the branch still need further investigation.