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Wenca Hala: A Yehe Clan in Court Construction and Military Service

Ancestral localities, banner affiliation, and genealogical evidence

The Wenca clan is recorded in volume 48 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners, with Yehe among its ancestral regions. Antai of the Plain Red Banner.

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Clan and Banner Background

The Wenca clan is recorded in volume 48 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners, with Yehe among its ancestral regions. Antai of the Plain Red Banner submitted early. His son Moluohun held an assistant directorship in a ministry and obtained qidu wei through imperial favour. Further distinction came from supervising construction of the Qianqing Palace and other court buildings. He later campaigned in Fujian and died in fighting near Xiamen, receiving posthumous honours.

Family Service and Distinctions

Moluohun's son Funahai inherited a second-class qingche duwei, later passed through collateral relatives including Balantai. Upon accession, Balantai lost increments granted by imperial favour and inherited qidu wei plus yunqiwei, which in turn passed to Debao. Another grandson of Antai, Fuedun, was a bithesi. The source expressly describes Antai as kin to Bahana from the same Yehe locality and banner.

Kinship, Succession, and Evidence

A separate Bordered White Banner Yehe line descended from Boduohun, with descendants including Kertehe, a guard-company officer; Manse, vice president of the Board of Rites; and Changshou, a bithesi. Court construction, military campaigns, ministry service, and hereditary rank all belonged to different activities and persons. Similar personal names elsewhere in the volume should not be mistaken for this clan's founders without genealogical evidence.

Sources and Bibliography

  1. Source reference 1 — zh.wikisource.org
  2. Source reference 2 — zh.wikisource.org
  3. Source reference 3 — zh.wikisource.org
  4. Source reference 4 — zh.wikisource.org
  5. Source reference 5 — gerel.net

References reproduce links supplied with the Chinese research manuscript. Individual historical claims have not all been independently verified against the primary sources.