Kaksi

Overview

Kaksi was a member of the Ulanara clan of the Bordered Yellow Banner in the early Qing Dynasty. He was the great-grandson of Taifeika, the eldest son of Guduizhuyan. His family had lived in Ulanara for generations and submitted to the Qing Dynasty at the beginning of the dynasty. Volume 23 of the official Qing Dynasty clan genealogy, *The Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, records that his grandson Buyangwu served as a Qiduwei and Bukana as a guard captain. His great-grandson Guanzhu participated in the battle against Chahar Burni as a guard captain, and was awarded the title of Yunqiwei for his merits. He later became a zuoling (banner-company commander), and his son Sangge inherited the hereditary title. The same entry also records that his great-grandson Ahabu participated in the battles in Zhejiang and Fujian as a zuoling, fighting in Quzhou Prefecture and Taiping Mountain, and was awarded the title of Yunqiwei. He was then promoted to Qiduwei by imperial decree, but when his son Lede inherited the title, the imperial decree's additional title was removed, and he retained the title of Yunqiwei. Guard captains and cavalry captains belonged to different banner camps, and zuoling managed the lower-level banner troops; Yunqiwei and Qiduwei were hereditary titles earned through military merit or imperial favor, and these positions and hereditary titles should not be confused. Guan Zhu and Ahab's military achievements each formed their own line of succession, and should not be attributed to the same person. The original genealogy also listed the descendants' status as officials such as chief clerk, defense officer, scribe, and deputy list member. The deputy list member was a qualification related to the imperial examination, which is different from the official positions they had already held.