Turboshen

Overview

Turboshen was a member of the Burcha clan in the early Qing Dynasty, belonging to the Plain Yellow Banner, and his family had lived in the Akuri region for generations. Volume 46 of the official Qing Dynasty genealogy, *The Complete Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, records that he initially submitted to the Qing Dynasty, later serving as a non-commissioned officer in the army. He marched through the Beijing area into Shandong, and during the attack on Sishui County, he was the first to scale the city walls, earning him the title of Baturu and the rank of Qiduwei. Baturu here was a title recognizing bravery, while Qiduwei was a hereditary position that could be inherited according to regulations; "non-commissioned" indicates his status at the time and cannot be translated as having already held a military officer position.

Subsequently, Turboshen was promoted three times by imperial decree, reaching the rank of Second-Class Qingche duwei. After his death, his son Liuge and grandson Dezhu successively inherited the title. After Dezhu's death, his son Ferqing'e inherited the title, but the imperial decree's additional promotion was removed, and he was restored to the rank of Qiduwei. This chain of inheritance clearly distinguishes between individual military achievements, imperial favor, and hereditary succession; promotion did not necessarily represent new battle merits. Tuerboshen's other son, Shushu, served as a third-class imperial bodyguard, a position of personal guard, which is a separate record from the hereditary position inherited by Liuge. The exact date of Akuri's observation of the Sishui battle remains to be verified.