Fulita

Overview

Fulita was a member of the Fuca clan of the Plain White Banner during the early Qing Dynasty. His family had lived in Suifen for generations and submitted to the Qing Dynasty at the beginning of the dynasty. Volume 27 of the official Qing Dynasty genealogy, *The Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, records that his great-grandson, Liuyatu, served as a Blue-Lanyard Guard, and Eyile served as a post station official. His great-great-grandson, Dayang'a, participated in the battles of Shimenkan and Huangcaoba in Yunnan as a Qiduwei, earning the title of Yunqiwei (a military rank), which was inherited by his son, Wu He, who served as deputy commander. Other descendants held positions such as deputy commander, lieutenant commander, vanguard guard, assistant secretary, and scribe. The post station official title was a messenger position related to post station affairs, but the specific organization and scope of responsibilities need to be confirmed in official documents and cannot be directly rewritten as "post station master." Qiduwei and deputy commander were military positions, while Yunqiwei was a hereditary title; the inheritance of the position by descendants should not be confused with actual official appointment. Assistant secretaries handled official duties, and scribes handled documents; their duties differed from those of the guards. This line of records, spanning multiple generations and preserving both civil and military positions, does not include the official title of Lefulita himself. Suifen is his ancestral home, not the location of Dayanga's battles; the other listed cavalry captains' titles cannot all be definitively attributed to the same award, and their geographical origins and lineages still require further verification.