Four-part score

Overview

The fourth genealogy entry, appearing in Volume 79 of the *the Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, lists individuals with the surname Tainikan within the Manchu banners. This is not information about a modern person with the same name. The genealogy records that he was a member of the Plain Yellow Banner, originally from Gaizhou, and came to submit during the Tiancong era. His great-grandson, Changzhu, served as a Xiaoqixiao (a military officer) at the time of compilation. The genealogy records him as a member of the Plain Yellow Banner. The phrase "came to submit during the Tiancong era" places his submission during the reign of Huang Taiji, 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-ranking 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 the banner affiliation, organizational status, ancestral residence, and official records of the individual or their relatives listed in the genealogy; it does not provide birth and death dates or a complete migration process.