Koroka

Overview

Koroka: Koroka is a figure from the Dedule clan, recorded in Volume 56 of the *the Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*. He belonged to the Plain Yellow Banner and lived in Dedule for generations, submitting to the Qing dynasty at its beginning. The original text states that Dedule was a place name used as a surname. His great-grandson, Mendai, died in battle while serving as a military commander against Galdan and was posthumously awarded the title of Yunqiwei (Yunqiwei). He had no heir, so his elder brother's son, Gendu, inherited the title.

Another great-grandson, Eduonai, was the first to scale the city walls of Jianning Prefecture in Fujian during a campaign of military service, earning the title of Yunqiwei. He received further promotions due to imperial decree and subsequent military achievements in Sichuan, which his son, Gaoshan, inherited. After the promotions were removed, Gendu was initially ordered to jointly inherit the title of Yunqiwei, becoming a Qiduwei (Qiduwei). However, Gendu was later dismissed because he was an adopted son and did not inherit the title. In the second year of the Qianlong reign, an investigation revealed that some uninherited hereditary titles had been forgotten, and another Yunqiwei title was granted to Gaoshan's son, Zhanbaozhu, who inherited it.

These two Yunqiwei titles originally belonged to different branches; the joint inheritance is a change in the system recorded in the original text and cannot be considered a single direct father-son succession. The dismissal of adopted sons is only mentioned in this case and does not imply that all adopted sons are ineligible to inherit titles. The position of Military Commander is an actual military rank; meritorious hereditary titles have separate inheritance rules. Specific kinship ranks, modern positions of Dedules, and the process of joint inheritance still require verification of the original engraving and inheritance records.