Qipaidaerhan

Overview

Qipaidaerhan was a member of the Nara clan of the Bordered Yellow Banner in the early Qing Dynasty. His family had lived in the Feide area for generations and submitted to the Qing during the Tiancong era. Volume 24 of the official Qing clan genealogy, *The Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, records that his eldest son, Erketu, served as a Qixinlang in the Ministry of Justice. After three years of evaluation, he was awarded the rank of Qiduwei for his competence. After the Qing army entered the pass, he was promoted to Yunqiwei. Later, due to his performance, he was further awarded the rank of Third-class Qingche duwei and, by imperial decree, promoted to Third-Class Baron. His second son, Buyantu, served as a Lishiguan (Director) in the Ministry of Works. After four years of evaluation, he was awarded the rank of Yunqiwei. His branch has separate records of succession. Qixinlang was an auxiliary official position established by the Six Ministries in the early Qing Dynasty and cannot be directly replaced by the later Langzhong (Officer) title. The Lishiguan (Director) position also had an early institutional background; the *Draft History of the Qing Dynasty* records the reform of official titles and the formation of the Six Ministries. Qiduwei and Yunqiwei were hereditary titles, and the reasons for obtaining these titles, as mentioned in this entry, included administrative evaluations and were not solely based on battlefield military achievements. Sunlagu also obtained an independent hereditary title due to the battles at Songshan and the entry into the pass. His great-grandson, Eshan, served as the Governor-General of Sichuan and Shaanxi; these were descendants. Tiancong was the reign title of Huang Taiji before he entered the Central Plains. Qipadarhan's official position and the location of Federli were unclear, so he could not transfer his eldest son's position in the Ministry of Justice to his father.