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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, Tuose is recorded separately as a person who joined the banners. The genealogy records that he was a member of the Plain Yellow Banner, originally from Shenyang, and came to submit during the Tiancong era; his son, Linqing, served as an infantry officer, and his grandson, Eputu, served as a zuoling (military officer). 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, that is, the period before the Later Jin dynasty entered into the Qing dynasty, but the original entry does not provide a specific year, location, or process of submission. An infantry officer was a basic-level military position within the Beijing infantry system, and related institutions also had duties such as gatekeeping and patrolling; since the original entry did not record personal achievements, it is inappropriate to write the general duties as personal political achievements. A zuoling was both a basic-level organizational unit of the Eight Banners and the official in charge of that unit, responsible for banner affairs such as household registration, military registers, and finances; whether a zuoling was hereditary, a meritorious official, or a public zuoling requires separate archival documentation. This entry confirms the banner affiliation, organizational status, ancestral home, and records of official appointments held by the individual or their relatives listed in the genealogy; however, it does not provide birth and death dates or a complete migration process.