Clan and Banner Background
The Hailasu clan appears in volume 56 of the Qianlong-era Comprehensive Genealogy of Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners. The source explains Hailasu as originally a locality from which the surname was derived; Hailasutai was the recorded ancestral settlement. Yierden of the Plain Blue Banner has no established submission date. The banner identified his administrative registration and Hailasutai his geographical origin, not two descriptions of the same thing.
Family Service and Distinctions
Yierden's son Xierhada served as a guard-company officer and fought around Longtanyi in Sichuan. He subsequently participated in Yunnan campaigns at Shimenkan and Huangcaoba and was specially granted the hereditary military grade qidu wei. Following his death, the award passed to his son Yindali. When Yindali retired because of illness, succession went to Xilantai, the son of Yindali's elder brother. Another grandson of Yierden, Saiyindali, served as a cavalry-company officer.
Kinship, Succession, and Evidence
Guard-company and cavalry-company commands were different actual appointments, while qidu wei was a hereditary distinction. A specially favourable grant does not establish an unstated number of battles or a precise award date. Xilantai inherited the noble distinction rather than automatically taking over a relative's guard-company post. The site of Hailasutai, the Longtanyi battlefield, and collateral relationships remain to be checked.
Sources and Bibliography
References reproduce links supplied with the Chinese research manuscript. Individual historical claims have not all been independently verified against the primary sources.
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