Long Deyun

Overview

Long Deyun was an ancestor of the Long family, a bondservant clan of the Bordered Blue Banner during the Qing Dynasty. The family had lived in Shenyang for generations, but the year of their submission is unknown. The official genealogy of the Eight Banners Manchu Clans, Volume 78, compiled during the Qianlong reign, does not record his personal official position, but instead preserves family information based on the positions of his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The Bordered Blue Banner belonged to the fifth of the Eight Banners, and bondservant status was a status attached to the imperial family or princely families, not a modern free employment relationship.

His grandson, Long Hongxi, served as a third-class bodyguard; Long Hongren served as a scribe; his great-grandson, Fozhu, served as a scribe, and Cunzhu served as a military officer. Bodyguards were typically officials in princely residences, responsible for related escort duties; imperial guards belonged to a separate system such as the Emperor's Guard Office. Therefore, "third-class bodyguard" cannot be rewritten as "third-class imperial guard" without evidence. The original text does not specify the specific princely residence Long Hongxi served in.

A scribe was an official responsible for clerical work, while a military officer was a military rank involved in guard management and security affairs. The ranks and titles of the guards were not entirely the same in different battalions, so the regulations of the Three Banners of the Imperial Household Department or a certain battalion of the Beijing Banner will not be directly applied here. Family members served in areas such as clerical work and guard duty, but Long Deyun's birth and death dates and the details of his submission are still unknown.