Duoxing Clan

Overview

The Duoxing clan is a Manchu surname recorded in Volume 62 of the official genealogy of the Manchu clans of the Eight Banners, compiled during the Qianlong reign. The family listed belongs to the Plain Blue Banner. The genealogy states that their ancestral home was "Yin Difang," and their ancestor's name is listed as Gurhe'e in the electronic version. They submitted to the Qing dynasty at the beginning of the dynasty. Their son, Chobudai, served as a scribe, and their grandson, Duobao, served as a chant master. This entry connects their ancestral home, their banner affiliation, and three generations.

The scribe title Chobudai held was a transliteration of the Manchu word "bithesi," referring to a person handling written affairs. In Qing dynasty government offices, Manchu and Chinese were used, and scribes played a role in document drafting, translation, and archival processing. However, this title alone is insufficient to determine which ministry or department he served in.

Duobao's chant master position was a ceremonial official. The "Draft History of the Qing Dynasty" records that the Court of State Ceremonial (Honglu Temple) had a chant master who was responsible for chanting and guiding etiquette during ceremonies, ensuring participants performed the rites in order. This differed from the clerical work of a scribe and was not a singing profession in the modern sense. The complete place name of "Yin Difang" and the variant characters contained in the names of the ancestors in this article need to be verified against the original printed edition. At present, it is not allowed to be added to another place name or changed without authorization; the known official positions belong to their sons and grandsons respectively.