Huiluo Clan

Overview

The Huiluo clan is a Manchu surname listed in Volume 52 of the officially compiled *Comprehensive Genealogy of Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, scattered throughout the Songhua River region. One branch of the Erhetu clan of the Bordered Yellow Banner submitted to the Qing dynasty at the beginning of the dynasty. Their grandson, Tuose, served as a military officer, distinguishing himself in campaigns in Jiangxi and Yunnan, and was awarded the rank of Qiduwei. After Tuose's death, his son, Subali, inherited the title, and Subali was also recorded as a Yunhui Envoy.

The title of Military Officer was a basic military rank within the Imperial Guard, while Qiduwei was a hereditary title awarded for merit. Yunhui Envoy appeared in the Qing dynasty's ceremonial official system, associated with institutions managing the imperial procession and guards. These three titles respectively indicate a military command position, hereditary qualification, and ceremonial duty, and should not all be interpreted as frontline military commanders.

Other members of the same surname include Hapuqi of the Bordered Yellow Banner, whose ancestral home was Huifa, who submitted to the Qing dynasty at the beginning of the dynasty and served as an assistant department director (*yuanwailang*); Tangshuo of the Bordered White Banner, whose ancestral home was Ula, who submitted to the Qing dynasty at the beginning of the dynasty and was transferred from the Plain Yellow Banner; and Dekeshun of the Bordered Yellow Banner, whose ancestral home was along the Songhua River, but the date of his submission is unknown. The position of Yuanwailang was a civil service post within the central government, while the change of affiliation was a record of changes in banner affiliation, neither of which was equivalent to the hereditary succession of an official position. The kinship relationships among the various branches of the surname, the time of the change of affiliation of the Tangshuo branch, and the term of office and specific institutions of the Subaliyun Banner Envoy still need to be verified and confirmed through archiving.