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Weiqi: Guwalgiya Veteran and Commander of Shengjing's Gates

Historical service, banner offices, and hereditary distinctions

Weiqi was a Guwalgiya man of the Bordered Yellow Banner and the ninth younger brother of Fiyanggū. Volume 1 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners.

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Background and Banner Affiliation

Weiqi was a Guwalgiya man of the Bordered Yellow Banner and the ninth younger brother of Fiyanggū. Volume 1 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners records his early award of qidu wei and participation in a campaign toward Hurha, from which 500 households were brought under Qing control. He later fought in the assault on Zunhua, received third-class qingche duwei and became one of the early Sixteen Ministers. During an expedition led by Hong Taiji, Weiqi remained in Shengjing and served as superintendent of the city's eight gates.

Career, Campaigns, and Offices

Shengjing was an early Qing political and military center. Responsibility for the eight gates concerned the protection of the capital and management of its entry points. It was an active command or assignment, distinct from the hereditary military grades qidu wei and qingche duwei. The 500 households acquired during this expedition should not be conflated with the 500 households earlier brought into Nurhaci's allegiance by Fiyanggū and his father.

Hereditary Honors and Source Limits

Weiqi's sons included Zhuopute, his second; Oboi, his third; Baha, his fourth; and Mulima, his sixth. They accumulated separate careers in military command, court politics and hereditary distinctions. The genealogical ordering is valuable for distinguishing these closely related figures. Their individual campaigns and later punishments must not be combined into Weiqi's personal biography, whose exact birth and death dates are not supplied by the entry. Source: Eight Banners Manchu Clan Genealogy, vol. 1.

Sources and Bibliography

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