Danong'a

Overview

Danong'a appears in Volume 58 of the *Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners* under the entry for the "Ese Clan." The original text records that he was a bondservant of the Plain Blue Banner, and his family had lived in the Saharcha region for generations. This entry also records a change in organizational structure, from "bondservant of the Bordered Yellow Banner" to "converted to Manchu rank," indicating that the genealogy records banner affiliations that underwent changes and cannot be based solely on one banner name while ignoring other information.

The original text lists his great-great-grandson, Shushu, as having served as treasurer, and Zhekune as a third-class imperial bodyguard; his fourth-generation descendant, Suozhu, as a cavalry captain, Hutu as a captain, and Malang as a scribe; and his fifth-generation descendant, Yarhatu, as a secretary, and Zhalhatu as a military officer during the compilation of the genealogy. These are all records of later figures' positions, not Danong'a's individual holdings.

The research value of this entry lies primarily in its record of banner affiliation changes and the continuity of family official positions across multiple generations. Since the term "change of affiliation" appears at the end of the article, it is still necessary to verify with reference to other banner records to determine in which generation and which banner affairs adjustment it corresponds to. It cannot be inferred from a single sentence that Danong'a himself had completed the change of affiliation procedures.