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Suojia Hala: A Clan with Related Families and Hereditary Awards

Ancestral localities, banner affiliation, and genealogical evidence

The Suojia clan appears in volume 44 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners, with members from Erkun and other localities. Duiqing'ahetuo of the Plain.

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Clan and Banner Background

The Suojia clan appears in volume 44 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners, with members from Erkun and other localities. Duiqing'ahetuo of the Plain Red Banner submitted early. Descendants served in ceremonial duties, ministry directorships, niru command, censorial administration, assistant banner command, and Hanlin editing. A fifth-generation descendant, Mucheng'e, earned yunqiwei after distinguishing himself in an assault at Xingtang in Shandong and later fought in the conquest, at Datong, and in Guangdong, gaining subsequent hereditary increments.

Family Service and Distinctions

The award passed through Tutai and Wutai to Bandali. When Bandali succeeded, increments bestowed by imperial favour were deducted, leaving qidu wei with an additional yunqiwei; the distinction then passed to Dingzhu. The genealogy specifically identifies Qishiba of the Plain Yellow Banner from Uerhu, and a separate Suoqin branch, as kin to Duiqing'ahetuo. The latter family moved from E mohe to Jiefan, providing a documented migration lead.

Kinship, Succession, and Evidence

Censors supervised official conduct, Hanlin editors worked on texts and scholarship, and ceremonial officials served princely establishments. The inheritance record should not obscure their different actual appointments. Place identifications and distant succession details need checking, and the genealogy's explicit kinship statements should not be extended to every bearer of the modern Chinese surname Suo.

Sources and Bibliography

  1. Source reference 1 — zh.wikisource.org
  2. Source reference 2 — zh.wikisource.org
  3. Source reference 3 — zh.wikisource.org

References reproduce links supplied with the Chinese research manuscript. Individual historical claims have not all been independently verified against the primary sources.