Mulu Clan

Overview

The Mulu clan is a Manchu surname listed in Volume 60 of the official genealogy of the Eight Banners Manchu clans compiled during the Qianlong reign. They originally resided in the Solon region. The Dahana clan of the Plain Red Banner submitted to the Qing dynasty at its inception. Their grandson, Jiule, served as a Mingzan (a type of court attendant); their great-grandson, Sengkule, served as a Second-Class Guard; Semuken served as the Grain Commissioner of Shandong; and their great-great-grandson, Alonga, served as a Zhongshu (a type of official).

The Mingzan position was related to guiding court ceremonies; the Second-Class Guard was a military officer serving under princes; the Grain Commissioner was responsible for local grain storage and grain transport; and the Zhongshu handled official documents. Different officials belonged to different institutions and had different responsibilities; one cannot refer to all descendants of a family as frontline officers, nor can a Guard be rewritten as an imperial bodyguard.

Dahana is the starting point of the genealogy. Jiule, Sengkule, Semuken, and Alonga are descendants, and their positions cannot be attributed to Dahana's own promotions. Shandong is the province where Semuken served, not the ancestral home of the entire clan as stated in the genealogy; the regions and organizational affiliations of Solon and Plain Red Banner are respectively specified. The specific government offices, terms of office of the Mingzan and Zhongshu officials, their Manchu surnames, and the father-son relationships between them still need to be verified, and their detailed political achievements should not be arbitrarily determined by officials with the same name.