Jisiha

Overview

Jisiha was a member of the Wusu clan of the Bordered White Banner during the early Qing Dynasty. Volume 37 of the official Qing Dynasty clan genealogy, *The Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, records that his family had lived in the Warka region for generations. He submitted to the Qing Dynasty at the beginning of the dynasty and was appointed to manage a zuoling (military unit). He was subsequently awarded the rank of Qingche Duwei (Qingche duwei) for his contributions in the campaigns against the Ming Dynasty, the conquest of Liaodong, and the Heilongjiang region, eventually rising to the position of Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. The original genealogy also notes that this branch was transferred from the Plain White Banner, and changes in banner affiliation should be recorded separately from changes in ancestral home.

The zuoling managed the basic organizational structure within the banner; Qingche Duwei was a hereditary title; and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel was a deputy position in the central Ministry of Personnel, involved in matters such as official appointments. These three categories of titles describe organizational structure management, hereditary titles, and actual official positions, respectively. They cannot be combined into a single title, nor should later ranks be directly applied to earlier appointments.

His son, Jizhan, inherited the title and was granted the rank of Second-Class Baron by imperial decree, but was later dismissed. When Huashan inherited the title, the portion granted by imperial decree was deducted, but he retained the rank of First-class Qingche duwei. Due to his campaign against Galdan, he was further granted the rank of Yunqiwei. Later, Wuguang and Mingde inherited the title. The original genealogy separately lists the deputy commanders, bodyguards, hereditary students, and students of later generations, all of which should be separated by generation. The location of Warka, the dates of each appointment, and the reasons for dismissal need to be verified against the original engraving and resume archives.