Mana

Overview

Mana 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 his family originally lived in the Heilongjiang region and submitted to the Qing during the Tiancong era. His grandson, Bozhuoluo, served in the campaign against Datong as a banner member without a regular appointment, and was awarded the title of Yunqiwei for his meritorious service in capturing Hunyuan Prefecture. He was later promoted to Qiduwei and concurrently held the title of Yunqiwei by imperial decree. He fought in Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan, and was posthumously awarded the title of Yunqiwei, making him a Third-class Qingche duwei.

Yunqiwei, Qiduwei, and Qingche duwei were hereditary titles. The records indicate different levels of merit and reward. "unappointed" refers to his original banner status, not a military rank. Tiancong was the reign title of the Later Jin Dynasty under Huang Taiji, and the fact that the person submitted to the Qing during the reign of his grandson must be separated from his military service many years later.

Bozhuoluo's son, Ese, inherited the title and was promoted to Second-class Qingche duwei for his military achievements. His grandson, Fuerhune, inherited the title and served as Vice Minister of Revenue and concurrently as a zuoling (banner-company commander). The Ministry of Revenue was in charge of finances and accounting, while the zuoling (military commander) was in charge of grassroots banner affairs; these concurrent positions could not be omitted. Later generations removed the imperial edict and subsequent military merits sections, retaining only the Yunqiwei (military Qiduwei) designation. The original genealogy's punctuation of the "Qinzhou" battlefield, ancestral home, and succession order are yet to be verified.