Clan and Banner Background
The Laibu surname appears in volume 53 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners. The recorded families came from Jakumu and Fo'ala. The genealogy treats Zhaqika of the Plain White Banner and Daimong'a of the Plain Yellow Banner separately: they differed in ancestral locality, banner registration and period of submission. Their shared surname alone does not establish when, or even whether, the two lines split from a recent common ancestor.
Family Service and Distinctions
Zhaqika submitted early in the formation of Qing rule. His great-grandson Hecheng'e, a third-class imperial bodyguard, served in a campaign against Zhoushan in Zhejiang and received the hereditary rank yunqiwei for maritime fighting. It subsequently passed to Zhuntai, the grandson of Hecheng'e's younger brother. Other descendants served as banner colonels, vanguard officers, infantry officers and departmental directors, positions with distinct functions.
Kinship, Succession, and Evidence
Daimong'a submitted during the Tiancong reign. His sons Saiyinbu and Humin held assistant directorships in administrative offices. The next generation included Shuogan, associated with grain-transport administration, and Yuegan and Da'erhua, who became deputy banner commanders. The two lineages thus illustrate different routes into military and civil service. Their precise ancestral sites and the dates of the recorded appointments require additional checking. Source: Eight Banners Manchu Clan Genealogy, vol. 53.
Sources and Bibliography
- Source reference 1 — zh.wikisource.org
- Source reference 2 — zh.wikisource.org
- 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.
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