Kele Shen

Overview

Kele Shen was a member of the Usu clan of the Bordered White Banner, and the character "Ke" is retained in the original entry. The official Qing dynasty genealogy, *The Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, Volume 37, lists him among the branches that initially submitted to the Warka region, noting that he was of the same clan as Jisiha. He originally served as a zuoling (banner-company commander), but this branch was transferred from the Plain White Banner. The zuoling was responsible for the basic organization within the banner, while the change of banner affiliation represented a change in organizational relationship; these two should be interpreted separately. His son, Bo Nai, served as a Langzhong (a mid-level official), and Langtu was a Jiansheng (student of the Imperial Academy); his grandsons, Wuqi and Wuxi, served as First-Class Guards, and his great-grandson, Fucheng, served as a Hujunxiao (military officer). Langzhong was a substantive official title in the Qing dynasty, responsible for the affairs of their subordinate department, with specific duties depending on the government office; Jiansheng was a qualification from the Imperial Academy, and cannot be assumed that Langtu held a similar position simply because he was listed alongside Langzhong. First-Class Guards belonged to the guard system of princely residences and cannot be directly rewritten as First-Class Imperial Guards; Hujunxiao belonged to the military organization of the Imperial Guard. The positions of grandchildren and great-grandchildren should not be filled in as Kleshchen's own resume. The genealogy book lists descendants according to ancestors and provides clues about family positions; the characters of the name Kleshchen and the electronic text Kleshchen, the affiliation of the physician, the guard post under the royal palace, and the year and month of relocation need to be verified against the original engraving and archives.