Tuoerqikan

Overview

Tuoerqikan is a member of the Yuhulu clan recorded in Volume 46 of the Qing Dynasty's official genealogy, *The Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*. Belonging to the Bordered Blue Banner, they lived in the Changbai Mountains region and submitted to the Qing Dynasty at its beginning. The original entry records that Yuansun Dangdali originally served as a military officer, and his fourth-generation descendant Dalantai originally served as an assistant minister, Changzai originally served as a scribe, while Lengge participated in the Sichuan campaign as a zuoling (military officer), reflecting the family's different roles in military and administrative positions.

Lengge distinguished himself in battles against Wang Pingfan's forces at Chaotian Pass and Panlong Mountain, earning the title of Yunqiwei, which was later inherited by his son Lengshibu. The primary contributor to the military achievements was Lengge, not Tuoerqikan; zuoling was a substantive position managing the bannermen and soldiers under his command, while Yunqiwei was a hereditary title awarded based on merit, and the same official title could not be used interchangeably.

An assistant minister was a departmental official, and a scribe was an official who handled government documents; in Manchu, it was called a bithesi. The fifth-generation descendant, "Sixty," served as a deputy military commander at the time of compilation. "Sixty" here is a personal name and cannot be interpreted as the age at which he assumed office; the word "deputy" must also be retained for deputy military commander. Changbai Mountain is a broad description of his ancestral homeland and cannot be used to pinpoint a specific village or hamlet. The original name and appearance of Tuoerqikan, the chain of kinship ties, the confirmed years of Lengge's military achievements, and his actual postings require further verification.