Sa Jintai

Overview

Sa Jintai is a member of the Wuzhala clan, belonging to the Plain Blue Banner, as recorded in Volume 30 of the *Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*. His family had lived in the Saharcha region for generations and submitted to the Later Jin dynasty during the Tiancong era. The phrase "submitted during the Tiancong era" is a timeframe given in the genealogy, not a specific year; without further records, it is inappropriate to determine the precise date of his submission or his official career.

The genealogy focuses on the military achievements and official positions of Sa Jintai's descendants. His grandson, Nomuqi, served as a military commander; another grandson, Zhuoerqitai, participated in the campaign in Jiangxi as a defender, later fighting near Lianhua Mountain in Shaozhou Prefecture, Guangdong, where he was wounded and subsequently died, posthumously awarded the title of Yunqiwei. These hereditary titles were subsequently inherited by his relatives, Mangse and Fuhune. These battles and military achievements belong to Zhuoerqitai and his successor branches; it cannot be said that Sa Jintai himself fought in Jiangxi or Guangdong.

The same genealogical entry also lists different official titles such as zuoling, Qianfeng Can Ling, Yuanwailang, Mingzan, Bitieshi, and Hujunxiao, reflecting the positions held by descendants of this branch in military, administrative, and ceremonial document systems. Defense and Yunqiwei are respectively actual official positions and hereditary titles of merit, and should not be confused; specific father-son relationships between members of the clan that are not explicitly stated in the genealogy should not be used to construct a complete lineage.