Jin Haoshan

Overview

Jin Haoshan was a bondservant of the Plain Yellow Banner during the Qing Dynasty. His family had lived in Shenyang for generations, but the year of their submission is unknown. The official genealogy of the Eight Banners Manchu Clans, *Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, Volume 77, lists him as an ancestor. It records that his great-grandson Jin Chaosheng served as a guerrilla commander, his great-great-grandson Jin Liangcai as a scribe, and his fourth-generation descendants Jin Dacheng as a scribe, Jin Dapeng as a centurion, and Jin Dasheng as a student.

Guerrilla commanders and centurions were military ranks in the Qing Dynasty, occupying different levels of the military command system. In the Green Standard Army's common system, guerrilla commanders managed flood control and military administration, while centurions managed outposts and garrisons. The original text does not specify the outposts or garrisons where Jin Chaosheng and Jin Dapeng served, so it cannot be supplemented with battle locations or presumed that father and son jointly led troops.

A scribe was responsible for official documents, while a student was qualified to enter the prefectural or county schools through local examinations. Therefore, Jin Dasheng's student status cannot be listed as an official position. Although Kim Dae-seong and Kim Yang-jae both served as scribes, the original text does not provide evidence of hereditary succession, succession of terms, or working in the same government office.