Shusong'a

Overview

Shusong'a was a member of the Wuzhala clan of the Plain Blue Banner during the early Qing Dynasty. Volume 30 of the official Qing Dynasty genealogy, *The Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, records that he was of the same clan as Nikan, and that they had lived in the Heilongjiang region for generations, submitting to the Qing during the Tiancong reign. Tiancong was the reign title of Huang Taiji during the Later Jin period; being of the same clan is only a basis for clan relations and cannot be used to establish a brotherly relationship between the two.

His great-grandson, Bihena, participated in the attack on Binzhou as a banner member without a regular appointment. After being the second to scale the city walls, he was awarded the title of Yunqiwei (hereditary merit rank), and through imperial decree, was promoted to Third-class Qingche duwei. A banner member without a regular appointment position was not a military command position; Yunqiwei and Qingche duwei were hereditary titles awarded for merit. The order of the city walls is retained as per the original text. After Bihena's death, his brother Binu succeeded him, and then through Qiliu and Sandase, until Deshengge, who retained the Yunqiwei title after the imperial decree's additions were removed.

Other great-great-grandsons, such as Maruka, served as city gate guards, and Echine served as military officer. Fourth-generation descendants, such as Daitun, served as a court official, and Guanlu served as a defense officer, respectively involved in city gate defense, military service, civil administration, and banner military affairs. The ancestral home and the succession across generations are yet to be verified, and the military achievements of descendants are not included in Shusong'a's personal resume.