Tangwu Clan

Overview

The Tangwu clan is a Manchu surname recorded in Volume 52 of the officially compiled *Comprehensive Genealogy of Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, generally stating that they resided in Hada. The Yinta branch of the Plain White Banner submitted to the Qing dynasty at the beginning of the dynasty. Yinta's son, Haita, served as Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Ningguta. His grandson, Warda, was appointed as a Guardsman Officer and attacked Changsha. He was the first to scale the city walls and died in battle, receiving the posthumous title of Qiduwei, which was inherited by his younger brother's son, Huase. The military merit and posthumous title here belong to Warda, not Yinta or Haita.

A Deputy Commander-in-Chief was a high-ranking military officer stationed in the Eight Banners, while Guardsman Officer was a lower-ranking military officer within the Guardsman's ranks. Qiduwei was a hereditary title, signifying both reward for merit and inheritance according to regulations. The genealogy explains the successor through the relationship between uncle and nephew, demonstrating the recording method of transferring hereditary titles among relatives in cases without direct lineal inheritance.

The Tangwu clan is also recorded as belonging to the Plain Yellow Banner's Ulusu, whose ancestral home was Hada. They submitted to the Qing dynasty at the beginning of the dynasty and served as cavalry officers. Their descendants held positions such as Langzhong (a high-ranking official), Boshi (a scholar), and Bi Tieshi (a scribe). The Bordered Blue Banner's Kharkan clan, whose ancestral home was Changbai Mountain, also submitted to the Qing dynasty at the beginning of the dynasty. Jiahachan and Sahalian are listed separately as having submitted during the Tiancong era. This general account cannot replace the specific ancestral homes of each branch, and civil service positions such as Langzhong cannot be interpreted in the same way as military merits and hereditary titles. The kinship relationships between the branches and the ancestral settlements in Hada still need to be verified.