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Overview

Yulan (YuLan) is a member of the Bordered Blue Banner bondservant family recorded in Volume 73 of the *Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*. The original book lists her under the entry for the Sun family within the section on "Korean Surnames within the Manchu Banners," noting that her family had lived in Wangjing for generations and submitted to the Qing dynasty in the early years. "Wangjing" here is a historical place name in the original book and should not be directly equated with the same area in Beijing today without verification.

The original book does not list Yulan's own official positions, but focuses on recording the positions held by her descendants within the banner and in clerical institutions: her eldest son, Seni, served as a sixth-rank official; her second son, Xiemi, served as a secretary; and her fourth son, Suozhu, served as a treasurer. Her grandson, Tangwu, served as a second-class bodyguard; Liuermai and Sefubao served as military officers; and Hangai served as a first-class bodyguard. Her great-grandson, Dahe, served as an eighth-rank interpreter, and Jifu served as a sixth-rank interpreter when the genealogy was being compiled; her great-great-grandson, Dingzhu, served as a scribe.

These official positions reflect the distribution of the family members across generations in roles such as guards, banner officials, treasury officials, and translators, and should not be combined into the experiences of Yulan alone. "Baoyi" here refers to a clearly defined official status, and one cannot determine banner affiliation solely based on a name or the clan's association with a Korean surname. The importance of this clause lies in its preservation of clues regarding the allegiance and official appointments of banner families in the early Qing dynasty; the existing text is insufficient to determine Yulan's birth and death dates and her personal career path.