Ge Bo

Overview

Ge Bo is a member of the Plain Red Banner under the Han Chuha clan in Volume 60 of the *Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*. The original book lists him as one of those who surrendered to the Qing dynasty in the early period. While the general overview of the Han Chuha clan mentions that the clan has resided in Suifen, Ge Bo's entry does not specify his exact place of residence. Therefore, the overall distribution of the clan cannot be directly used as Ge Bo's birthplace, nor can his official career be inferred from existing texts.

The volume records the official positions of his descendants starting with his grandsons: grandson Ge Mutner served as a third-class guard; great-grandson Xi Baozhu served as a scribe, and Bian Tu served as a Qiduwei; great-great-grandsons Zha Kedan and Wu Shilan served as cavalry captains, De Mutu served as a defense officer, and Mailan served as a military officer when the genealogy was being compiled; fourth-generation grandson Ji Gui served as a Qiduwei; fifth-generation grandson Fu Shenbao served as a military officer at the time; and sixth-generation grandsons Hu Li and He Se both served as cavalry captains at the time.

These individuals belong to multiple generations, not a single group serving at the same time; the "sixth-generation grandson" should especially not be confused with the "great-great-grandson." The genealogy records the Ge Bo family's positions in the Banner and Guard systems, but there is no evidence that Ge Bo himself held these positions. As an independent encyclopedia, it should truthfully state that the entries are typical records of figures appended to genealogies, avoiding substituting unrelated Eight Banners history for the facts of the subject.