Wang Jina

Overview

In the entry for the Tainikan surname within the Manchu banners of the *the Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, Volume 79, Wang Jina is listed separately as a person who joined the banners. The genealogy records him as a member of the Plain Yellow Banner, originally from the Changbai Mountain region, who came to submit during the Tiancong era; his great-grandson, Baozhu, served as a Xiaoqixiao (a military officer) at the time of compilation. The entry states he was a member of the Plain Yellow Banner. The phrase "came to submit during the Tiancong era" places his submission within the Tiancong era of Huang Taiji, i.e., the period before the Later Jin dynasty was established, but the original entry does not provide specific years, locations, or the details of his submission. Xiaoqixiao was a low-level military officer in the Eight Banners, belonging to the Xiaoqiying (military battalion) system of the banner, participating in the training, deployment, and camp affairs of the soldiers under his command; the title alone cannot imply independent military achievements. This entry confirms Wang Jina's banner affiliation, organizational status, ancestral home, and the official records of himself or his relatives listed in the genealogy; it does not provide birth and death dates or a complete migration process.