Fu Tie

Overview

Fu Tie 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. During the Tiancong era, they submitted to the Qing Dynasty. His grandson, Qilibu, served as a military officer in the campaign against the Qing army in Sichuan, and died in battle while attacking Xianyi Pass. He was posthumously awarded the title of Yunqiwei, which was inherited by his son, Antai. While the entry uses the ancestor's name, it explicitly records the specific military achievements in the grandson's generation, indicating that generational order cannot be interchanged.

The Plain Blue Banner was one of the Eight Banners' military and political organizations. The military officer was responsible for leading and guarding the troops under his command. Yunqiwei was a hereditary title awarded after death. Antai inherited this hereditary title, but this does not necessarily mean he simultaneously succeeded his father as military officer. Appointment and succession require separate evidence.

Tiancong was the reign title of Huang Taiji during the Later Jin Dynasty. Fu Tie's submission and Qilibu's campaign against the Qing army occurred at different times. The fact that Heilongjiang Province provides the historical ancestral home area here does not equate to the identification of a specific village or settlement within the province in modern times; Xianyi Pass was a battlefield for the grandchildren and cannot be used as the family's ancestral home. The specific ancestral home, the location of Xianyi Pass, and the year of death are yet to be verified, and the original records and hereditary official information will be preserved.