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Tangni Hala: A Clan Associated with Shifangsi

Ancestral localities, banner affiliation, and genealogical evidence

The Tangni clan appears in volume 61 of the Qianlong-sponsored Comprehensive Genealogy of Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners, with Shifangsi given as its ancestral settlement.

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Clan and Banner Background

The Tangni clan appears in volume 61 of the Qianlong-sponsored Comprehensive Genealogy of Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners, with Shifangsi given as its ancestral settlement. Shanfu of the Bordered White Banner submitted during the Tiancong period. His son Tangliu served as a cavalry-company officer; Shanfu's grandsons Hegou and Wukui served as guard-company officers, the former previously and the latter at the time the genealogy was compiled. The Chinese master record has been expanded from a former index-only entry using the relevant genealogical passage.

Family Service and Distinctions

Cavalry-company officers supervised ordinary banner soldiers, whereas guard-company officers managed men of the guard organizations involved in palace security and campaigns. The different “former” and “current” statuses assigned to the two grandsons must be preserved rather than replaced with an imaginary shared appointment date. None of those offices is evidence that Shanfu personally occupied them.

Kinship, Succession, and Evidence

Tiancong identifies the era of Shanfu's submission but does not date his descendants' later service. Shifangsi is an ancestral place-name in this passage, not proof that Shanfu was a Buddhist monk. The character Tang in a descendant's personal name does not establish descent from all modern Tang families. Shifangsi's precise location and the clan's Manchu spelling still require corroboration.

Sources and Bibliography

  1. Source reference 1 — zh.wikisource.org
  2. Source reference 2 — zh.wikisource.org
  3. Source reference 3 — zh.wikisource.org
  4. Source reference 4 — 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.