Background and Banner Affiliation
Su'ergo was a leader of the Suwan community and a Guwalgiya ancestor best known as the father of Fiyanggū. Volume 1 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners states that he had ten sons and that Fiyanggū was his second son. Fiyanggū and his father brought some 500 households into Nurhaci's allegiance. Volume 225 of the Draft History of Qing likewise treats this submission as a significant event in the family's entry into Nurhaci's developing polity.
Career, Campaigns, and Offices
The title describing Su'ergo as a community or tribal chief should not be confused with a minister heading one of the Qing's Six Boards. The number 500 refers to households as units of population and obligation, not merely to 500 soldiers. The submission took place before the Qing entry into China proper and involved the political integration of a local community, followed by gradual registration and service within the developing banner system.
Hereditary Honors and Source Limits
Fiyanggū later belonged to the Bordered Yellow Banner and pursued campaigns in Warka, Ula, Fushun and other places, gaining hereditary distinctions and holding senior early Qing responsibilities. Those are the son's appointments, not automatically the father's. The genealogy does not state that Su'ergo himself was a dutong, board minister or banner judicial officer; nor should titles later associated with Fiyanggū be bestowed retrospectively upon Su'ergo. Sources: Eight Banners Manchu Clan Genealogy, vol. 1; Draft History of Qing, vol. 225.
Sources and Bibliography
References reproduce links supplied with the Chinese research manuscript. Individual historical claims have not all been independently verified against the primary sources.
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