Chang Shu

Overview

Chang Shu was a member of the Guoluo clan in the early Qing Dynasty. Volume 32 of the official Qing Dynasty genealogy, *the Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, records that his family originally lived in the Zhanhe area. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, he and his brother Yang Shu surrendered and were assigned to the banner of zuoling (a military unit). He also assigned half a zuoling to his fourth son, Buhantu. His biography lists him as belonging to the Bordered White Banner, but also notes that he was transferred from the Bordered Yellow Banner. The half zuoling designation refers to a lower-level organizational structure, not a hereditary title of half a Qiduwei.

Sun Xilai, Ye Xi, and Fulakta each had different military achievements and hereditary titles. Xilai participated in the Shandong, Miyun, and Guanzhong campaigns as a military advisor, earning the title of Qiduwei. Ye Xi later died in battle and was posthumously awarded the title of Qiduwei. Fulakta fought as a commander-in-chief and died in the army; he received further posthumous honors. Actual military ranks, posthumous titles, and imperial edicts should be read separately.

His great-grandson, Chen Bulu, attacked Yangxin County without using siege ladders and was the third to scale the city walls. The original order cannot be changed to the first to scale the walls. The fact that Yang Shuzhi and Chang Shuzhi requested to be transferred to different banners due to the residence of their relatives indicates that their clans, kinship ties, and banner affiliations were not entirely consistent. The location of Zhanhe, the scope of the transfer, and the multiple lineages involved are yet to be verified, and the military achievements of their descendants are not attributed to Chang Shuzhi himself.