Dukda Clan

Overview

The Dukda clan is a Manchu surname recorded in Volume 59 of the *Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, an official compilation from the Qianlong era. They resided in Liufu Village. During the Tiancong reign of Emperor Taizong of the Plain Yellow Banner, Kepan submitted to the Qing dynasty. His great-grandson, Juehetuo, served as a military officer; Sangge as a city garrison commander; Secheng'e as a military commander; and Wude as a deputy military commander. His great-great-grandson, Youde, served as a Blue-Lanyard Guard.

A military commander oversees the subordinate military units, a deputy military commander is the corresponding deputy, and a military officer manages the military units at a lower level. A city garrison commander is related to the military management of the garrisoned city, and a Blue-Lanyard Guard is a rank within the emperor's guard and retinue. The appointments of these five individuals cannot be simply attributed to Kepan's own promotions, nor can the "deputy" in Wude's title be omitted.

The genealogy lists several members as great-grandsons, indicating only their generational order relative to Kepan, without specifying their fathers. Tiancong was the reign title used by Emperor Taizong before the Qing dynasty entered the Central Plains, representing information from the time of Kepan's submission, but not implying that the great-grandsons and great-great-great-grandsons held positions during that period. The historical location of Liufu Village, the location of the garrison commander of Sangge City, the order of appointment of each person and the complete lineage still need to be verified by the original printed edition and resume; it is not merged with the same surname or the nearby Yinduketali clan.