Lu Tangjing

Overview

Lu Tangjing was a bondservant under the jurisdiction of the Plain Yellow Banner during the Qing Dynasty. His family originally resided in Liaoyang, but the year of their submission is unknown. The official genealogy of the Eight Banners Manchu Clans, Volume 78, under the Lu family entry, lists his great-grandson Fude as a military officer and his great-great-grandson Suleng'e as a first-class imperial bodyguard, but does not specify Lu Tangjing's own military duties or involvement.

Bondservants of the Plain Yellow Banner were a group within the three banners system of the Imperial Household Department. The term "commander" indicates their basic organizational affiliation. This status cannot be simply equated with local households, nor does it mean that every member was a court officer. Family status and the military rank of descendants must be described separately.

A military officer belonged to the military administration system, involved in guard duty and related military affairs; a first-class imperial bodyguard was equivalent to a third-rank imperial bodyguard, a rank distinct from second- and third-class imperial bodyguards. The guards were responsible for duties such as taking turns guarding the emperor and accompanying him, but the original document did not provide information on whether Sulengge served in front of the emperor, which palace gate he was on duty at, or why he was promoted.