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Yisun: A Guwalgiya Minister and Early Qing Veteran

Historical service, banner offices, and hereditary distinctions

Yisun was the second son of Yindahuqi Mo'ergen of the Guwalgiya clan. Volume 1 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners places him in the Bordered.

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Background and Banner Affiliation

Yisun was the second son of Yindahuqi Mo'ergen of the Guwalgiya clan. Volume 1 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners places him in the Bordered White Banner after a transfer from the Bordered Yellow Banner. He served during early Qing campaigns and was counted among the Sixteen Ministers. He was wounded while scaling the walls during the attack on Zunhua and earned third-class qingche duwei. Later he became minister of the Board of War.

Career, Campaigns, and Offices

The Board of War was one of the six central administrative boards; its minister oversaw military-administration affairs. The graded qingche duwei designation, by contrast, belonged to the hereditary military distinction system and could pass to approved heirs. It was not a job within the Board of War. The early Sixteen Ministers also belonged to a distinctive early political organization, not a later fixed department rank.

Hereditary Honors and Source Limits

Following Yisun's death, his son Gadahun inherited the distinction. The court later recognized Yisun's earlier service and raised the hereditary award to second-class qingche duwei. In Shunzhi's twelfth year, Yisun was granted the posthumous name Xiangzhuang, with a commemorative stele erected. The hereditary title eventually passed to Chaluntai, a more distant descendant of Yisun's younger brother Jisun, demonstrating collateral succession. These honors and later inheritance changes did not occur while Yisun was still actively in office. Source: Eight Banners Manchu Clan Genealogy, vol. 1.

Sources and Bibliography

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