Yasita

Overview

Yaxita was a member of the Tongjia clan, Plain White Banner, whose ancestral home was Macha, and he was related to Baduli Zhalguqi. Volume 19 of the official *Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners* records that at the beginning of the dynasty, he led over two hundred Manchus and over two hundred and thirty Han men to submit, establishing a Zuo Ling (military officer) to command them. He himself served as the Hujun Tongling (military commander).

This record preserves the different groups of those who submitted, indicating that the grassroots banner organization was not solely composed of a single bloodline family; banner affiliation, clan affiliation, and the composition of those who submitted need to be understood separately. The Zuo Ling managed household registration and military records, while the Hujun Tongling commanded the Hujun (military commander), whose battalion was responsible for guarding, escorting, and participating in campaigns—representing different organizational responsibilities at different levels. His son, Mufu, participated in the battles of Qiantunwei, the entry into the pass, Shanxi, and Jiangxi as Hujun Canling (military officer), receiving and accumulating hereditary titles, later becoming the Grand Minister of the Imperial Guard. The titles of Qiduwei, Yunqiwei, and Qingcheduwei in this section were hereditary titles of merit and could not be interchanged with the position of Hujun Tongling. When Mufu's descendants inherited the title, the imperial edict was revoked, which was a later institutional arrangement. Yasita's own leadership of the surrender, his command of the guards, and his son's military achievements should be recorded separately.