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The Wenzha Clan

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The Wenzha clan is a historical Manchu surname recorded in the official Genealogies of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners. Fascicle 65 places it among the infrequently attested surnames of the Plain Blue Banner for which few officeholding figures were recorded. The compilation…

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Overview

The Wenzha clan is a historical Manchu surname recorded in the official Genealogies of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners. Fascicle 65 places it among the infrequently attested surnames of the Plain Blue Banner for which few officeholding figures were recorded. The compilation gives the Changbai Mountains as the ancestral locality. This broad historical attribution does not establish an exact modern village or the routes by which every branch migrated.

Historical Background

The notice identifies Woleng'e as a representative Plain Blue Bannerman and explicitly states that the year of his submission could not be determined. It subsequently records that his grandson Feiyashan was serving as an yangyubing when the genealogy was compiled. The relationship is grandfather and grandson. Feiyashan's military registration must not be turned into an appointment held by Woleng'e.

Sources and Interpretation

The yangyubing category belonged to Qing provisions for sustaining or employing eligible dependents and surplus adult men within the Banner system. Its Chinese wording should not be mistranslated as “adopted child,” nor does this designation independently establish a hereditary noble title. The brief genealogy preserves an identifiable combination of surname, ancestral region, Banner registration, and a two-generation relationship, but supplies neither the precise submission year nor a complete series of later descendants or adopted Chinese surnames. Those absences should remain explicit rather than being filled through resemblance to other clan names.

Sources and Bibliography

  1. Historical text at Wikisource
  2. Historical text at Wikisource

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