Yin Deli

Overview

Yin Deli was a member of the Fuca clan of the Bordered Yellow Banner in the early Qing Dynasty. His ancestral home was in Hurha, and he submitted to the Qing Dynasty at the beginning of the dynasty. The official Qing Dynasty genealogy, *The Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, Volume 27, records that his eldest son, Shuose, held the title of Yunqiwei (hereditary merit rank), his second son, Ergude, was a Zuoling, and his grandson, Shibao, also held the title of Yunqiwei. Yunqiwei was a hereditary title for meritorious officials in the Qing Dynasty, representing a status and treatment inherited according to regulations based on military merit or imperial favor; it was not the name of a commander of a cavalry unit. Zuoling, on the other hand, was a lower-level banner officer responsible for household registration, soldiers, and military and political affairs, and its nature differed from hereditary titles. This entry does not explain the reasons for Shuose and Shibao's acquisition of their titles, their inheritance relationship, or which son Shibao was descended from; therefore, it cannot be added that Shibao inherited Shuose's Yunqiwei title. The order of the eldest and second sons is directly provided in the original genealogy and should be accurately preserved. The Bordered Yellow Banner indicates banner affiliation, Fuca clan indicates clan affiliation, and Hurha is the historical ancestral home area. Yin Deli's official appointments, military achievements, and birth and death dates are not recorded in the appendix. The specific origins of Huerhadiwang and his descendants' hereditary positions still need to be supplemented by the original printed source, banner records, and genealogical data.