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The Zhalucha Clan

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The Zhalucha clan is a historical Manchu Banner surname recorded in Qing official clan literature. Fascicle 7 of the Huangchao tongzhi gives a variant Chinese spelling of the name and includes an individual named Solon. According to that record, Solon belonged to the Plain White …

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Overview

The Zhalucha clan is a historical Manchu Banner surname recorded in Qing official clan literature. Fascicle 7 of the Huangchao tongzhi gives a variant Chinese spelling of the name and includes an individual named Solon. According to that record, Solon belonged to the Plain White Banner and came from a family associated with Duxian.

Historical Background

During the Kangxi reign, Solon served as a Blue-Feather imperial guard and joined a campaign against the Zunghars. He was killed in the fighting, posthumously received the hereditary title qiduwei, and was commemorated in the Zhaozhong Shrine. His Banner registration, personal guard appointment, and posthumously conferred hereditary title are distinct kinds of evidence. The title granted after his death should not be described as an office he exercised during his lifetime.

Sources and Interpretation

The notice illustrates the way Qing compilers linked a surname with an ancestral locality, Banner organization, military service, and officially recognized sacrifice. It does not establish that every Zhalucha branch was registered in the Plain White Banner, nor can it determine the modern surname and residence of descendants. Later sources contain alternative spellings and a claim that Solon belonged to the Plain Yellow Banner. The present account follows the explicit wording of the Qing Huangchao tongzhi in recording Plain White Banner status, while leaving the conflicting later attribution unresolved rather than silently combining incompatible identities.

Sources and Bibliography

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