INDEPENDENT REFERENCE · MANCHU LANGUAGE, HISTORY & CULTUREManchuCulture.net ↗
EXPLORE MORELearn ManchuManchu ScriptMing YeMain Website
Wiki › Clans & Genealogy › The Zhamuqin Clan
ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRY   /   Clans & Genealogy

The Zhamuqin Clan

English editorial translation of the Chinese source entry

The Zhamuqin clan appears in the Manchu genealogical literature of the Qing. Fascicle 61 of the Siku quanshu transcription of the Genealogies of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners writes the name with a variant first character, classifies it among the less extensively recorded…

Written by MING YEClans & GenealogyManchuCulture Wiki
Source-based English editorial manuscript · Historical details subject to final source verification.

Overview

The Zhamuqin clan appears in the Manchu genealogical literature of the Qing. Fascicle 61 of the Siku quanshu transcription of the Genealogies of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners writes the name with a variant first character, classifies it among the less extensively recorded officeholding surnames of the Bordered Red Banner, and identifies Heilongjiang as its ancestral region.

Historical Background

The named forebear, Niuluntai, belonged to the Bordered Red Banner and submitted during the Tiancong reign. The notice subsequently states that his grandson Bosentai formerly served as an officer of the guard troops (hujunxiao). It also refers to a change of registration from the dependent or bondservant establishment of the same Banner. These statements concern three different individuals or processes: Niuluntai's submission, his grandson's appointment, and a change in the branch's status. Bosentai's position must not be reassigned to his grandfather.

Sources and Interpretation

The genealogy's classification of “less common surnames with officeholders” is an editorial category; it does not supply a demographic count of modern surname bearers. Nor does the entry date the internal transfer precisely or record a later Chinese surname adopted by the family. The difference between the Chinese spellings Zhamuqin and Zhamuqin with the alternative initial graph requires consultation of the printed original; the stated Heilongjiang locality describes a historical region rather than an automatically corresponding modern administrative district.

Sources and Bibliography

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

Links reproduce references supplied with the Chinese editorial manuscript; they do not establish that every individual statement has undergone independent archival verification.