Feng Pine

Overview

Feng Pine was a member of the Ningguta clan of the Plain Blue Banner. Volume 41 of the official Qing dynasty compilation, *The Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, records that he was originally from Ningguta and submitted to the Qing dynasty at the beginning of the dynasty. The Plain Blue Banner was one of the Eight Banners, and Ningguta was his ancestral home; one cannot infer his origins from Fujian or Mongolia based solely on the positions or battle locations of his descendants.

His grandson, Nahai, served as a Qiduwei in the Fujian campaign, fighting twice at Luoyang Bridge to relieve the siege of Quanzhou. Later, he participated in the campaign against Galdan, achieving merit at Zhaomodo and being awarded the title of Yunqiwei (a military rank), which was inherited by his son, Narshan. The sieges of Luoyang Bridge and Quanzhou in this entry pertain to the Fujian campaigns; it is incorrect to mistakenly write "Luoyang" as referring to Luoyang in Henan. The two actions in different regions should also be described separately.

A Qiduwei was a substantive position within the banner's military organization, while a Yunqiwei was a hereditary title awarded to meritorious military personnel and inheritable by descendants. Narshan also served as a zuoling (a military officer), a lower-level banner administrative position; one cannot assume he automatically succeeded to the Qiduwei position simply because he inherited the Yunqiwei title. This entry records the grandchildren and their sons under the ancestor's name, meaning all military achievements do not belong to Feng Pine himself. The dates of the battles in Fujian and Zhaomodo, the succession procedures, and the complete genealogy are yet to be verified.