Hejige

Overview

Hejige was a member of the Wuya clan of the Bordered White Banner during the early Qing Dynasty. Volume 29 of the official Qing Dynasty compilation, *The Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, records that he was from Jilin Ula. One of his grandsons served as a scribe, and his great-grandson, Zhakuta, served as a Qiduwei. The conclusion states that he submitted to the Qing Dynasty at the beginning of its rule. While the grandson's name has an image substitute in the electronic text, this article does not construct a complete name based on the missing characters.

Jilin Ula is a historical region. Ancient city ruins exist in Ula Street, Longtan District, Jilin City, which can serve as a geographical reference, but cannot be used to determine the Hejige family's ancestral home. The Bordered White Banner was one of the Eight Banners, indicating a banner-based organizational affiliation. The great-grandson's position as a Qiduwei was responsible for the military affairs of his assigned cavalry; Zhakuta's name cannot be used as a place name for migration, nor can it be used as Hejige's official title.

*Bithesi* is a transliteration of the Manchu word for an official handling documents, involving the writing, translation, and administrative recording of Manchu and Chinese characters. It is an official title, not a "sticker" as the literal meaning suggests; this interpretation helps to understand the records of grandchildren entering the written administrative system. The pictorial inscriptions must be verified against the original engravings, and the institutions to which the scribes belonged, the locations of the zakuta (a type of official residence), and the connections between generations need to be supplemented. Missing characters in the original text should be retained separately.