Ejina

Overview

Ejina was a member of the Tongjia clan, Plain Blue Banner, and his family had lived in Jiaha for generations. He was of the same clan as Huntohe and submitted to the Qing dynasty at the beginning of the dynasty. Volume 19 of the official *the Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners* records that his great-grandson, Hashiku, served as a military officer in campaigns in Ordos and Xinhui, Guangdong, and was awarded the title of Yunqiwei (a military rank). After retiring in old age, the title was inherited by his son, Zhuntai.

The military officer managed the lower-ranking soldiers of the military guard, and campaigns were part of the military guard's function. The Yunqiwei title was a hereditary honor, and its inheritance was not the same as the military officer's official position. Zhuntai later died in battle during a campaign in Huguang and was posthumously awarded the title of Qiduwei (a military rank). He had no heirs, and the hereditary title passed to a branch of his uncle's descendants, demonstrating the transfer of military merit benefits within the family to a collateral branch. The original genealogy also records that his fourth-generation descendant, Wuneche, served as Deputy Commander of Jiangning, and his fifth-generation descendants held various positions including Mingzan (a military rank), zuoling (a military rank), Deputy Xiaoqixiao (a military rank), Yinsheng (a student under the imperial family's rule), and Jiansheng (a student of the Imperial Academy), representing military, political, ceremonial, and educational qualifications respectively. Jiangning was a region where later generations served, not Ejina's ancestral home. Ejina himself has not yet listed his official title in this entry; his name is also spelled differently at the end of the electronic text. This article retains the original entry from the parent database and awaits verification in the original print.