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The Zhasihuli Clan

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The Zhasihuli clan, also represented by a closely related Chinese spelling, is included in fascicle 42 of the Genealogies of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners. The compilers associate its members with Gua'erchahelun and other places. The first principal figure, Zhenzhuken of …

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Overview

The Zhasihuli clan, also represented by a closely related Chinese spelling, is included in fascicle 42 of the Genealogies of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners. The compilers associate its members with Gua'erchahelun and other places. The first principal figure, Zhenzhuken of the Plain White Banner, was a resident of that locality who brought forty adult male dependents into submission during the early Qing period. He received a hereditary qiduwei title and was given charge of an established Banner company.

Historical Background

The genealogy credits Zhenzhuken with participation in operations in Heilongjiang, at Jinzhou, and during the Qing entry into China proper, followed by successive hereditary rewards for military service and imperial favor. His son Keyao'ertu succeeded to the title, and later records name successors including Wa'erda and Wuyatu. The later appointments and accomplishments of these descendants are not events in Zhenzhuken's own lifetime.

Sources and Interpretation

The same fascicle records a kinsman named Nikan, also of the Plain White Banner, who received a yunqiwei title in connection with fighting at Wuyi County and is subsequently associated with operations in Yunnan and Guizhou. Here Nikan is a personal name, not an ethnographic label automatically referring to Han Chinese people. The genealogy also lists Zhangtai and his kinsman Tuopuqi at Jilin Ula, preserving additional geographical branches. These accounts support historical reconstruction of Banner status and lineage notices but do not prove that all modern bearers of the surname descend from one common, fully documented ancestor.

Sources and Bibliography

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