Sui Zhan

Overview

Sui Zhan was a member of the Lijia clan of the Plain White Banner during the early Qing Dynasty. Volume 33 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 Aduduha, and that they had lived in the Lijia and Luo area for generations. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, he led his clan to submit to the Qing, and was appointed as a Beiyu (a military officer) and Zuoling (a military officer in charge of household registration and military records at the grassroots level of the Eight Banners). His leadership of his clan to submit is related to the subsequent establishment of banner-based positions.

His son, Xida, served as a city garrison commander; Yan Dali as a military officer; and Danbai as a Zuoling. His grandsons, Lete and Muzhan, served as Langzhong (official in charge of official duties), and Gaida as a Xiaoqixiao (a military officer in charge of cavalry). The city garrison commander was involved in the banner affairs of garrisoning cities; the military officer and the Xiaoqixiao belonged to different battalions; and the Langzhong was responsible for government administration. These positions should be distinguished according to their duties, rather than all being called "general."

This biography also lists his elder brother, Botai; his uncle, Ajige Feiyanggu; and his great-uncle, Huiheluo, among other branches of the family. There were also officials such as the Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, the Commander of the Imperial Guard, and a clerk. The Taipusi (Imperial Stud) was related to horse administration, and the official position belonged to a descendant of the clan, not Sui Zhan himself. The generational order of the main branch, the period of the imperial guard system, and the status of Li Jia and Luo Diwang are yet to be verified; not all clan descendants are changed to biological grandsons.