Nahata Clan

Overview

The Nahata clan appears in Volume 62 of the *Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, and is a Manchu surname that has long resided in the Guoluogou area. The genealogy records that the Cheke family were bondservants of the Bordered Blue Banner, but the year of their submission is unknown. Their great-grandson, Sige, served as a military officer at the time the genealogy was compiled, and their great-great-grandson, Mukedengbu, held the rank of seventh-grade ceremonial officer. The term "great-great-grandson" in the original text usually corresponds to "great-great-grandson," the generation after the great-great-grandson.

A military officer was a low-ranking officer in the military organization, responsible for the management, training, and guard duties of the soldiers under their command. A ceremonial officer was a ceremonial official in the princely court, responsible for ceremonial guidance and other related matters. The original genealogy clearly records Mukedengbu's ceremonial officer position as seventh-grade. The two men served in military and ceremonial positions respectively; the nature of their positions should be explained item by item.

Bondservants were a specific subordinate status of a family within a banner, and together with the Bordered Blue Banner, constituted the information on their official organization; it cannot be simply interpreted as a private employee without any official position. Guoluoluogou is the ancestral home name recorded in the genealogy, but it cannot be directly correlated with the specific residence of Mukedengbu, who served as an official. The modern location of the ditch, the length of service of each person, and the Manchu spelling of their surnames are yet to be verified, and the original relationship between Cheke and his descendants of two generations is still preserved.