Blaxi

Overview

Blaxi was a member of the Saimile clan of the Bordered White Banner. Volume 36 of the official Qing dynasty compilation, *The Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, records that his family had lived in the Heilongjiang region for generations and submitted to the Qing during the Tiancong era. Tiancong was the reign title of Huang Taiji's Later Jin dynasty, predating the Qing dynasty's entry into China; Heilongjiang was the family's ancestral home, not the region where his descendants held official positions.

His son, Luoduohun, served as a military officer and participated in the expedition to Yunnan, capturing the Gui King in the Ava region of Burma. He later died in battle against Wu Yingqi's forces in Huguang and was posthumously awarded the title of Yunqiwei. The position of military officer was a substantive post within the military establishment, responsible for military affairs; Yunqiwei was a hereditary title granted or posthumously awarded. The war experience and posthumous title belong to Luoduohun and cannot be attributed to Blaxi himself.

Luoduohun had no heir, so his brother's son, Laba, inherited the title. Laba also served as a third-class guard, but retired due to illness, and the hereditary title was inherited by his son, Wu Labu. Guards and imperial guards cannot be considered the same title based solely on their literal meaning; hereditary titles and resignations due to illness are also different matters. This article preserves the clues of the family's history from submission and service to succession, with the dates of each war, the royal court to which Laba belonged, and the procedures for resignation due to illness pending verification.