Zhasuli Clan

Overview

The Zhasuli clan is a Manchu surname recorded in Volume 53 of the officially compiled *Comprehensive Genealogy of Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*. Their ancestral home was Guarcha and Baidune. One branch of the Korjida clan of the Bordered Red Banner resided in Guarcha and submitted to the Qing dynasty during the Tiancong reign. Their grandson, Haita, served as a military officer; their great-grandson, Baljitu, served as a defense officer; and another great-grandson, Nalantai, served as acting military officer in campaigns in Zhejiang, Fujian, and Yunnan, earning the title of Yunqiwei (a military rank). Later, for his merit in the campaign against Galdan, he was promoted to Qiduwei (a hereditary merit rank).

Nalantai had no heir, so his hereditary position was inherited by his younger brother, Dingzhu, and then passed to Dingzhu's son, Sange. Korjida's great-grandson, Shitu, served as a Zuoling (a military rank). Military officer, defense officer, and Zuoling were military and political positions in the Eight Banners. Yunqiwei and Qiduwei were hereditary military ranks, and the inheritor and the original recipient could not be confused.

The clan is also recorded as belonging to the Kadai clan of the Bordered Red Banner, who resided in Baidune and were figures who returned from Khorchin during the Kangxi reign. This is a different migration phase from when Korjida submitted during the Tiancong era, and it is not the same family migration that has been proven. The specific location of Guarcha, the kinship between Kadai and Korjida, and the dates of Nalantai's various awards still need to be verified. The missing lineage cannot be filled in by using a common surname.