Dulu Clan

Overview

The Dulu clan is a Manchu surname recorded in Volume 58 of the *Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, an official compilation from the Qianlong reign. Their ancestral home was in the Changbai Mountains and Heilongjiang. Wu Erjiao of the Bordered Blue Banner lived in the Changbai Mountains and surrendered to the Qing dynasty at its beginning. He himself served as a cavalry captain, and his son, Changzai, served as a scribe. Samuhali of the same banner lived in Heilongjiang and also surrendered to the Qing dynasty at its beginning. His grandsons, Qimut and Semu, served as cavalry captains, his great-grandson, Dasali, served as a guard captain, and his fourth-generation descendant, Baisui, served as a deputy guard captain.

Wu Erjiao and his son were respectively engaged in military administration and clerical work within the banner. The term "scribe" is a transliteration of the Manchu word "bithesi," and its specific duties included copying, translating, and handling official documents. The title does not imply general calligraphy work, nor does it guarantee a specific official post.

The cavalry captain and the guard captain belonged to different military units, and the deputy guard captain should retain their deputy status. The official positions held by Samuhali's descendants spanned multiple generations and should not be narrowed down to contemporaries, nor should they be written as Samuhali's own official titles. Heilongjiang and Changbai Mountain are broad historical ancestral names, insufficient to pinpoint specific villages; the kinship between the two branches, the specific names and terms of office still require cross-verification with original inscriptions and archives.