Lafon

Overview

Lafang'a was a member of the Huihe clan of the Plain Red Banner. Volume 39 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 Ye Keshu, and that they had lived in the Changbai Mountains region for generations before submitting to the Qing dynasty at its beginning. This entry should be distinguished from another Lafang'a of the Plain Red Banner in the same volume, who also lived in Nimacha; sharing the same name and banner is insufficient to prove they are the same person, and ancestral home and descendant clues must also be compared.

His great-grandson, Mangyou, served in the military as a non-official. During the capture of Zichuan, he was the first to scale the city walls and was awarded the title of Yunqiwei (Yunqiwei). He was later granted the title of Third-Class Qingche duwei (hereditary merit rank) by imperial decree. Mangyou had no heir, so his nephew, Naishan, inherited the title. Later, when it passed to Chuohetai, the imperial decree's additional title was deducted, but the Yunqiwei title was retained, and then passed to Deming. "Non-official" refers to a state of service; Yunqiwei and Qingche duwei (hereditary merit rank) were hereditary titles, not specific military posts.

Later generations included Salt Commissioner, Hunan Provincial Surveillance Commissioner, Langzhong (langzhong), Mingzan (Ming Xun), and Hujunxiao (guard-unit officer). The Salt Commissioner was responsible for salt affairs, the Provincial Surveillance Commissioner was in charge of provincial criminal matters, and the Chancellor was responsible for ceremonial chanting. The fifth-generation descendant, Fujitai, died in battle against the Dzungars and was posthumously awarded the title of Yunqiwei, belonging to a separate lineage and cannot be merged into the Mangyou branch. The identification of the two Lafang'a, their terms of office, and succession points require verification from original inscriptions and archives.