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Tekuyin: A Guwalgiya Soldier Killed at Xintai

Historical service, banner offices, and hereditary distinctions

Tekuyin was a Guwalgiya member of the Plain Yellow Banner whose family came from the Heilongjiang region. He submitted during the Tiancong reign of Hong Taiji. Volume 4 of the.

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Background and Banner Affiliation

Tekuyin was a Guwalgiya member of the Plain Yellow Banner whose family came from the Heilongjiang region. He submitted during the Tiancong reign of Hong Taiji. Volume 4 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners records him participating in the Shandong campaign while classified as an unappointed banner member. He was the second man to scale the wall during the assault on Xintai County and was killed. In recognition of his death in battle, the court posthumously awarded the hereditary distinction qidu wei.

Career, Campaigns, and Offices

An unappointed banner member did not necessarily lack military affiliation: the classification indicated that Tekuyin did not then hold a specified active office. The award of qidu wei occurred after his death; it should not be described as a cavalry officer's post that he occupied before the assault. Because Tekuyin died without descendants, the rank passed to his elder brother Maning'a.

Hereditary Honors and Source Limits

Maning'a later participated in the fighting associated with the Qing entry into China proper and earned an additional yunqiwei. Subsequent heirs included Chanbu, Kantai, Qingshu, Ningshu and Fujishu. Their later military achievements and inheritance histories belonged to the elder brother's line; Tekuyin had already died at Xintai. The exact location of his ancestral household and the year of the assault remain subject to source verification. Source: Eight Banners Manchu Clan Genealogy, vol. 4.

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.