Haqikan

Overview

Haqikan is a term retained by the mother treasury, and is written as "Kachikan" in Volume 28 of the official Qing Dynasty compilation, *The General Genealogy of the Eight Banners Manchu Clans*. The corresponding record is located within the Wanyan local group of the Bordered Red Banner, noting that the great-grandson Fultai served as treasurer and Yartai as scribe. The group concludes by stating that the family had lived in the Wanyan region for generations and submitted to the Qing Dynasty at its inception. The two initials are temporarily listed side-by-side, and the original term and transcription are retained. Treasurer was an official title responsible for managing the income, expenditure, and safekeeping of treasury assets; various ministries, departments, and the Imperial Household Department in the Qing Dynasty likely had treasury personnel. Scribe was an official responsible for handling documents, including copying and translation. One involved physical goods, accounts, or treasury assets, while the other involved written administration; Yartai cannot be understood as Fultai's personal secretary, nor can they be arbitrarily assumed to have served in the same institution. The Manchu transliteration of scribe is bithesi, and the Chinese name is a transliteration; Chinese readers need to understand this official title from the specific document duties. The original genealogy lists the two as great-grandsons, indicating that they were appointed by the family in a later generation, and their official positions cannot be written as Hazikan's own resume. The first characters of Ha and Ka must be determined according to the original printed source, and the Fultai treasury, Yaltai's term of office, and the intermediate generations still need to be verified.