You Cheng Han

Overview

You Cheng Han: You Cheng Han is a figure under the Bordered Blue Banner bondservant (BaoYiGuanLing) of the You clan in Volume 77 of the *Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*. His family had lived in Shenyang for generations and submitted to the Qing dynasty during the Tiancong era.

Tiancong was the reign title of the Later Jin dynasty under Huang Taiji, used from 1627 until the change of reign title in 1636. This indicates that their submission predates the Qing dynasty's entry into China.

The genealogy also records that his great-grandson held the title of *juren* (JuRen), but the middle character of his name is represented by a glyph in the electronic text; the complete and standard name still needs to be verified in the original book.

*Juren* is a title obtained through the provincial examination, an important qualification for further examinations at higher levels. It cannot be directly stated that he had already served as a local official.

*Juren*, *jinshi*, and *xiaoxueshengyuan* (XueXueShengYuan) represent different levels of educational attainment. The original text does not provide the great-grandson's examination year, ranking, or official appointment.

Being listed under bondservant (BaoYiGuanLing) indicates the family's affiliation within the official system, but does not imply that You Cheng Han held the position of *neiguanling* (NeiGuanLing).

The glyph descriptions in electronic transcription are edit marks and cannot be copied into the text as if they were names of people, nor can they be replaced by guessing a similar-looking character.