Liujia Clan

Overview

The Liujia clan is a Manchu surname listed in Volume 57 of the officially compiled *Comprehensive Genealogy of Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, scattered in places like Lijia and Luo. Liu Shangcai, a bondservant of the Bordered White Banner, originally lived in Lijia and Luo, and submitted to the Qing dynasty at the beginning of the dynasty; his great-grandson, Wu Kui, served as a military officer. Liu Jilami, a bondservant of the Plain Red Banner, originally lived in Warka, and submitted to the Qing dynasty during the Tiancong reign; his grandson, Sheng Niu, served as a seventh-rank official. The two branches differed in their banner affiliation, social status, and time of submission.

Other branches included Mu Dang'e of the Plain Red Banner, whose ancestors lived in Ula, and whose descendants included military graduates and those who passed the imperial examinations; and Liu Zhihuan and Bu Xi, bondservant of the Plain Blue Banner, whose ancestors lived in Xintun, and whose descendants served as military officers; the year of their submission is unknown. Military graduates and those who passed the imperial examinations are categories of official rank or status, and cannot be written as actual official positions held; bondservant status was a specific subordinate status and does not mean that the entire Liujia clan belonged to the same system.

The genealogy also mentions the Bortuk and Aru of the Plain Red Banner, who were originally from Jamuna and Songhua River respectively, and were withdrawn from Khorchin during the Kangxi era. This shows that the information regarding this surname involves multiple migration stages. One cannot conclude that all branches originated from a single Han surname ancestor solely based on the character "Liu"; the Manchu surname, the village locations of Lijia and Luo, and the kinship relationships between branches still require cross-verification with the original printed text and genealogies.