Ren Jing

Overview

Ren Jing is listed in Volume 80 of the *Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, under the entry for the Ren family. He is recorded as a bannerman of the Plain Blue Banner, and his family has lived in Shenyang for generations. The original book does not list Ren Jing's official position, and the year of his surrender is unknown; however, the positions of his children and grandchildren are recorded relatively comprehensively.

His son, Ren Hongde, served as a Qixin Lang; Ren Hongliang served as a Langzhong; Ren Zhibang and Ren Wuge both served as sixth-rank bannermen. His grandchildren, Guangtai, served as a Hujunxiao; Zengshou served as a Tongzhi; Changshou served as a sixth-rank bannerman; Guangshou served as a sixth-rank official; Yinbao served as a Bitieshi; Ren Wenhui served as a Zhoutong; and Ren Wenhuan served as a Xiancheng. His great-grandson, Batu, served as an eighth-rank official.

Qixin Lang was a title used during a specific period in the early Qing Dynasty and should not be directly equated with later titles or similar positions without explanation. Furthermore, Zhoutong, Xiancheng, and Tongzhi were not at the same level. The genealogy can prove that Ren Jing's descendants had different official positions, but it cannot be used to determine whether Ren Jing himself was in charge of the Imperial Household Department or served in a local position, nor can it determine the specific paternal lineage of each grandchild.