Li Guangshu

Overview

Li Guangshu appears in Volume 75 of the *Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, under the entry for the Li clan. He is recorded as a member of the Plain Yellow Banner's bondservant administration, residing in Yuhoutun. The volume states that the year of his submission is unclear, and it does not record any official position held by Li Guangshu himself; the main content of this entry concerns the later generations' roles as palace guards and clerks.

His great-grandson Changlu served as a military commander, and Sige and Wushisan also served as military commanders at the time the genealogy was compiled. Wuhe served as a third-class imperial bodyguard, Guanyinbao was a storehouse clerk, and Yichanga was a storehouse clerk at that time. His great-great-grandson Foju served as a scribe at the time of genealogy compilation, Heige served as a military officer, and another person named "Seventy-Six" was a candidate scribe. Here, "Sige," "Seventy-Three," and "Seventy-Six" should be understood as names based on the context of the genealogy, not as a number of official positions or ages.

A candidate scribe cannot be directly written as a current scribe; military commander, military officer, and third-class imperial bodyguard are also different positions. The modern geographical coordinates of Yuhoutun and the birth and death dates of Li Guangshu are not noted in this genealogy, so caution should be exercised and no attempt should be made to supplement them.