Kubuli

Overview

Kubuli was a member of the Zhangjia clan of the Plain Red Banner. Volume 40 of the official Qing dynasty genealogy, *the Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, records that he lived in the Changbai Mountains region, but the date of his submission is unknown. He originally served as a First-Class Guard. Changbai Mountains was his ancestral home, and the Plain Red Banner was one of the Eight Banners. First-Class Guard is the actual position recorded as his. The unknown date of submission cannot be supplemented by adjacent entries from the early Qing dynasty.

The First-Class Guard belonged to the guard system of princely residences and should not be confused with the First-Class Imperial Guard in the imperial guard system. His grandson, Chuoqi, participated in the pacification of Chahar Burni as a Guard Officer, and distinguished himself in battle at Dalu, earning the title of Yunqiwei, which was inherited by his son, Chuntai. Guard Officer was a substantive position within the Guard system, while Yunqiwei was a hereditary title; their granting and inheritance methods differed.

Kubuli's great-grandson, Chuoerhe, also served as a Guard Officer. The military achievements of the grandchildren and the official positions held by the great-grandchildren are matters of subsequent family history and cannot be combined to form the ancestor's own resume of rising from guard to military officer; Chun Tai's inheritance of hereditary office does not necessarily mean he holds the same substantive position as his father. The First-Class Guard's affiliation with the Prince's Palace, the date of submission, the ancestral home in Changbai Mountain, the time of the Battle of Daru, and the kinship relationships of each generation need to be verified against the original inscriptions and archives.