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Gaojia Hala: A Manchu Clan of Gaizhou and Jilin Ula

Ancestral localities, banner affiliation, and genealogical evidence

The Gaojia clan appears in volume 57 of the Qianlong Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners. The source writes the first character in its standard form.

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Clan and Banner Background

The Gaojia clan appears in volume 57 of the Qianlong Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners. The source writes the first character in its standard form, while an older orthographic variant survives in the research headword. Families are associated with Gaizhou and Jilin Ula. Gelintai of the Bordered Blue Banner, from Gaizhou, submitted early; Badou of the Plain Yellow Banner and Mangse of the Plain White Banner, from Jilin Ula, were recorded without precise submission dates.

Family Service and Distinctions

Gelintai's son Yisang'a served as a garrison officer. His grandsons included Song'ai, a niru commander; Nahai, a bithesi; Boji, a cavalry officer; and Samuha, an infantry officer. Among later descendants E'lunte served as a garrison officer, Subai as a first-class princely-household guard, and Fude as a second-class imperial bodyguard when the source was compiled. Guards in a princely establishment should not automatically be identified with the emperor's imperial bodyguard hierarchy.

Kinship, Succession, and Evidence

A niru commander supervised a banner company, while a bithesi handled administrative writing and translation; the other posts had distinct military duties. Similar combinations of names and offices also appear in the Gaizhou branch of the Guojia surname elsewhere in the genealogy. Whether the two entries represent textual overlap, related lines or separate families needs a direct comparison of the original edition rather than a speculative merger. Source: Eight Banners Manchu Clan Genealogy, vol. 57.

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.