Chai Da

Overview

Chai Da was a member of the Bayara clan of the Bordered Yellow Banner. Volume 38 of the official Qing dynasty genealogy, *The Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, records that his family had lived along the Songhua River. He surrendered to the Qing dynasty at the beginning of the dynasty and served as a military officer in the campaign against Huguang. He died in battle in Yidu County and was posthumously awarded the title of Yunqiwei (a military rank). Yidu was a location reached during this war and cannot be considered Chai Da's ancestral home.

The military officer was a specific unit within the Qing dynasty's military system, and the military officer was responsible for corresponding personnel and military affairs. The title of Yunqiwei was a hereditary position, posthumously awarded, and its nature differs from his previous role as a military officer; it cannot be interpreted literally as another position he held in charge of cavalry. The banner affiliation only indicates his affiliation with the Eight Banners, not a separate conferment of office.

His son, Fourth Brother, inherited the title, which was then inherited by his son, Third Brother. His grandson, Eighty, is separately recorded as a deputy military officer. Fourth Brother, Third Brother, and Eighty are all names in the entry; Eighty does not indicate age, and Third Brother does not indicate a third recommendation. The original rank distinction between the Deputy Military Officer and the Military Officer should be retained. A variant of the character the numeral eight appears in the Banner affiliation section of the electronic text; its original form needs verification. The date of death, succession procedures, and ancestral home also need verification.