Yangjia Clan

Overview

The Yangjia clan is a Manchu surname recorded in Volume 54 of the officially compiled *Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, scattered in places like Fola. The branch of Azhuhu of the Bordered Red Banner resided in Fola for generations, submitting to the Qing dynasty at the beginning of the dynasty. His grandson, Darkan, served as a military officer, distinguished himself in the campaign in Guizhou, and was awarded the title of Yunqiwei, which was later inherited by Ma Se. The title of military officer was a substantive military post, while Yunqiwei was a hereditary military title; the recipients of these titles and those who inherited them must be explained separately.

The appended records cover multiple locations and banners, such as Zhulata of the Bordered Yellow Banner residing in Nimacha, Aona of the Plain White Banner residing in Huerhajiang, and Qitushan of the Plain Red Banner residing in Hada, all of whom submitted to the Qing dynasty at the beginning of the dynasty; the Oronmu of the Bordered Red Banner originally resided in Hejihe, but the year of their submission is unknown. Additionally, Geerbu of the Plain White Banner resided in Baidune, and Dulai resided in Jilin Ula, both withdrawing from Khorchin during the Kangxi era.

These materials record the ancestral homes and migration stages of different branches, not that the entire surname migrated from a single village simultaneously. The Eight Banners system encompassed both military and political affairs, as well as the registration of banner members' households. Therefore, members of the same surname could belong to different banners, and banner color could not directly represent the closeness of kinship among all members. The original character "YangJia" (Yangjia) from the mother banner is preserved; its correspondence with other variant spellings and modern surnames, as well as the kinship chains of each branch, still require cross-verification with the original printed text and Manchu texts.