Gakuna

Overview

Gakuna was a member of the Saimile clan of the Plain Red Banner during the early Qing Dynasty. Volume 36 of the official Qing Dynasty clan 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 Dynasty at its inception. Here, Heilongjiang is a historical name for the ancestral homeland, not the exact location of a modern village; Plain Red Banner indicates affiliation within the Eight Banners organization, distinct from an individual's official rank.

His grandson, Burshan, served in the campaign as a non-official. During the capture of Shouzhang, he was the first to scale the city walls and was awarded the title of Yunqiwei (Yunqiwei), later promoted to Third-Class Qingche duwei (hereditary merit rank) by imperial decree. These were hereditary titles, not directly indicating the specific government office held. Burshan's son, Sanbao, had no heir, and the hereditary title transferred to a relative's branch. After passing through Duili and Huase to Aixing'a, the additional title granted by imperial decree was deducted, but the Yunqiwei title was retained.

The original genealogy also records that his great-great-grandson, Qimusaha, was a student of the Imperial Academy, and his fourth-generation descendants, Yazhu, served as a scribe, Wulongwu as a defense officer, and Sharai as a captain and lieutenant commander. Students of the Imperial Academy (Guozijian) held educational qualifications, while scribes handled official documents. Commanders and lieutenants were at different organizational levels. Sharai died in the war against the Dzungars and was posthumously awarded the title of Yunqiwei, which was inherited by his son Wuzhong'a. He cannot be merged with the Burshan branch. The ancestral home location and kinship inheritance are pending verification.