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Volume 242 Biographies 29: Jue Luo Guo Ke, Dun Bai, Ji Xi Ha, Ga Da Hun, Da Su

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Biographies 29
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Aioro Guoke; Aioro Ekeshan; Dunbai; Haning'a; Suozhan; and Dasai, grandson of Suozhan
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Jixiha; Di Feiyasih'a; Gadahun; Feiyangwu; Aisonggu; Xingnai; and Ha'erqi, grandson of Xingnai's elder brother
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Dasu; Ka'ertala; and Heteh, son of Ka'ertala
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Guoke of the Aioro clan was a Manchu of the Bordered White Banner; which branch of the lineage he belonged to is not recorded. He served Taizong and was appointed a Vanguard company commander. In Chongde 6 he took part in the expedition against the Ming. When Jinzhou was besieged, he was sent with a detachment to hold the bank of the Xingshan River. When Ming forces advanced from Ningyuan, Guoke and the Gabushixian corps commander Nushan routed them, pursued them as far as Lianshan, took thirty heads, and seized thirty-two horses. In the seventh year he and Nushan conducted a raid toward Ningyuan. When Ming troops from Zhonghousuo struck our pasturelands, he attacked them and drove them off in rout. In the eighth year he again joined Nushan at Jieling Pass to scout Ming movements, gave battle, and killed one deputy commander along with more than three hundred foot and horse.
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In Shunzhi 1 he marched through the Pass with the main armies, struck Li Zicheng, and pursued him as far as Qingdu. In the second year he followed Prince Ying Ajige into Shaanxi and took Suide. Li Zicheng's nephew Jin was holding Yan'an; Guoke and the Vanguard banner commander Xiergen fought three battles and won each one. When Zicheng fled into Huguang, the army followed. At Anlu they defeated him again and again and seized eighty boats. In the third year he followed Prince Su Haoge in the campaign against Zhang Xianzhong. The route went through Hanzhong; they struck the rebel He Zhen, pushed on to Xichong, broke Xianzhong, and then Guoke and Xiergen swept up the remaining rebels. In the fifth year he followed Prince Zheng Jirhala into Hunan and again received appointment as a Vanguard company commander. At the assault on Xiangtan, where Ming governor He Tengjiao held the walls, Guoke and the Gabushixian commander Husha forced the west gate and entered the city. He then joined gushan ejen Toto in a march on Hengzhou, routed the Ming army, and took Shiqiao stockade. He next defeated the Ming commanders Zhou Jintang and Hu Yiqing, among others, and chased Yiqing all the way to Quanzhou. After the campaign he was appointed an acting official in the Ministry of Punishments.
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In the eleventh year he was made vice minister of Works. When his service was reckoned for reward, an amnesty edict and his oversight of altar and temple repairs together raised his hereditary rank step by step to second-class adahahan. In the seventeenth year he was promoted to minister of Works. He died in the eighteenth year. After his death he was posthumously charged with waste in granary repairs, fined, and his hereditary rank was cut to tosaha fan. After the Kangxi Emperor assumed personal rule, his son Sa'erbu appealed that the punishment had been wrongful, and the tabuleha fan rank was restored.
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Ekeshan of the Aioro clan was a Manchu of the Plain Yellow Banner and a great-great-grandson of Jingzu's elder brother Socanga. He served Taizong and was appointed a jalan ejen. In Chongde 6, when Jinzhou was besieged, he campaigned alongside Guoke and routed Ming regional commander Wu Sangui and the Songshan and Xingshan relief columns. On the march home, Ming forces struck meile ejen Suohai's detachment; Ekeshan and the Vanguard banner commander Irde hurried to relieve them and beat the enemy back. He also defeated Governor Hong Chengchou's army several times and received half a qianjing. In the eighth year he followed Prince Zheng Jirhala against the Ming. At Ningyuan he sent a detachment against Qiantunwei, was the first man up the wall, and took the town.
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In Shunzhi 1 he marched through the Pass with the main armies. In the seventh year he became meile ejen of the Manchu Plain Yellow Banner while also serving as vice minister of Works. In the eighth year he was moved to the Ministry of War. When his service was reckoned for reward, together with an amnesty edict his hereditary rank rose to first-class adahahan. In the ninth year he joined gushan ejen Gadahun in a campaign against the Ordos Mongols and destroyed their force at Helan Mountain. Regional commander Ren Zhen murdered his family, then bribed the Ministry of War to bury the case. When the scandal broke, Ekeshan was stripped of his vice ministership and his hereditary rank was cut to tabuleha fan with tosaha fan. In the eleventh year he served temporarily as left censor-in-chief of the Censorate. On the Huguang campaign he fought at Xiangtan, Changde, and Longyang and won victory after victory.
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In the thirteenth year he followed Prince Zheng's heir Jidu against Zheng Chenggong. The army stopped at the Wulong River, where the current was too treacherous to ford, then swung by a side road toward Fuzhou. Chuku, a niru ejen, was sent ahead with a detachment against Chenggong, while acting Vanguard banner commander Isektu engaged Chenggong's fleet, and the column reached Fuzhou. Scouts reported three hundred of Chenggong's vessels at anchor on the Wulong River. Ekeshan and his colleagues struck by land and sea, chased the enemy to Sanjiangkou, killed their commander Lin Zulan and others, and took a large number of prisoners. In the fourteenth year, when Chenggong's forces invaded Luoyuan, Ekeshan hurried troops to the rescue, fought to the death, and was posthumously raised to third-class adahahan.
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Dunbai of the Fuca clan was a Manchu of the Plain Yellow Banner whose family had long lived at Shaji. His father Benkeli had submitted to Taizu. He had once followed Supervisor Efolo Dalai against Zhusheli chieftain You'eling, distinguished himself, received the honorific Suhebatulu, and was made niru ejen. On his death Dunbai inherited the post. In Tianming 11 he followed Taizu against Ningyuan in the van and routed the garrison. On the march home enemy cavalry pursued and harried the column; Dunbai wheeled about, beat them back, and brought up the rear.
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In Tiancong 8 he received the hereditary rank of niru janggin. In Chongde 5 he was promoted to Vanguard banner commander. During Prince Zheng Jirhala's siege of Jinzhou, the garrison sallied to bait a fight; Dunbai plunged into the enemy line, killed three men, and the whole body broke and ran. When Ming forces again advanced from Xingshan, he repulsed them in every clash. In the sixth year, when Jinzhou was besieged again, Ming columns from Songshan struck the Two Red Banners and the Mongol troops. Dunbai met them head-on, took more than two hundred heads, and seized fourteen scaling ladders. In the seventh year he received half a qianjing. In the eighth year he and Vanguard banner commander Ajigenikan commanded the garrison at Jinzhou.
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In Shunzhi 1 he marched through the Pass, struck Li Zicheng, and pursued him to Qingdu. In the second year his hereditary rank rose to second-class jalan janggin. When Grand Marshal Prince Yu Dodo marched south, Dunbai commanded the Vanguard contingent that followed him. At Shaanzhou they routed Li Zicheng's general Liu Fangliang. When Fangliang's men raided the camp by night, Dunbai beat them back again. They took Tong Pass and secured Xi'an. Zicheng fled toward Shangzhou and into Huguang; Dunbai, the Vanguard banner commander A'erjin, and others pursued and cut down more than three hundred of his men. He followed Prince Yu into the lower Yangzi, took Yangzhou, and closed on the Southern Ming capital. They chased the Ming Prince of Fu to Wuhu. With A'erjin, Toto, and others Dunbai sealed the river mouth, routed Huang Degong, and brought the Prince of Fu back as a prisoner. In the third year his hereditary rank rose to the first grade. He followed Prince Duanzhong Bolo from Zhejiang into Fujian and, together with meile ejen Jumara, broke the enemy. In the fifth year he followed Grand Marshal Tan Tai against Jin Shenghuan, stormed Jiujiang, routed Wang Deren, took the city, and pacified the Linjiang prefectures and counties.
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In the sixth year he suppressed bandits south of the capital, killed their chieftain, and brought Xian, Xiong, Renqiu, Baodi, and the surrounding counties under control. In the seventh year his hereditary rank rose to third-class ashanihafan. Not long after, on a hunt with Prince Rui at Zhonghousuo, he was punished for hunting on his own initiative and his hereditary rank was cut to first-class adahahan. In the eighth year, when the emperor assumed personal rule, his hereditary rank was restored. In the ninth year he was raised to the second grade.
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In the eleventh year, when the Ming general Li Dingguo invaded Guangdong, Dunbai was ordered to assist General Jumara. They took Xinhui, chased Dingguo to the Hengzhou River, and drove him off. On the army's return his hereditary rank was raised to first-class jingqinihafan. Citing illness, he asked to retire and was granted the additional title Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent. In the fourteenth year he was recalled to serve as superintendent of Mukden. He died in the seventeenth year and was posthumously titled Xiangzhuang. Early in the Qianlong reign the family enfeoffment was fixed at first-class baron.
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The Fuca clan also produced Haning'a, Suozhan, Jixiha, and Feiyasih'a, each of whom rose to prominence on the battlefield.
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Haning'a was a Manchu of the Bordered White Banner from a family that had long lived at Eyihu. His father Altushan led the clan against Saqiku, killed chieftain Kamusunikan, brought more than three hundred people over by persuasion, submitted to Taizu, and was made niru ejen. Later part of the followers was split off into a separate niru and assigned to Haning'a. In Tiancong 2 he followed Beile Yoto against the Ming, raided toward Jinzhou, and stormed the stockades at Songshan, Xingshan, Gaoqiao, and elsewhere. For his fierce fighting he was made Vanguard banner commander. In the third year he joined the Ming campaign, closed on the capital, fought Yuan Chonghuan outside Guangqumen, and received the hereditary rank of beiyu for his service. In the fifth year he took part in the assault on Dalinghe. In the eighth year, on the Datong campaign, Haning'a led the van to Xiaoxicheng, took the place with scaling ladders, then sallied with twenty men and routed three hundred enemy soldiers. In the ninth year he crossed into Ming territory with cheng zheng Turgut. On the march home, near Pingluwei, Ming forces dogged the rear; he wheeled about, routed them, pressed them to the moat, and killed a great number. His rank rose to second-class jalan janggin.
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In Chongde 1 he joined the assault on Pidao. In the second year he was made a deliberative minister. In the third year he followed Prince Yu Dodo to the rendezvous at Jinzhou. Near Zhonghousuo, Zu Dashou surprised the column with light cavalry. Jalan ejen Wengke and the Tumed troops broke first; Haning'a fought a fighting retreat and lost men. The statute called for death, but the emperor spared him, stripped his hereditary rank, and confiscated half his estate. In the fourth year he again covered for niru ejen Alantai after a disciplinary breach. Once more the statute called for death, and once more the emperor pardoned him. In the sixth year, during the siege of Jinzhou, he routed the enemy again and again. When Ming governor Hong Chengchou marched to relieve the siege, the emperor oversaw the armies ringing Songshan, judged that the Ming column would break and run, and sent his generals to lay ambushes sector by sector. Haning'a and Vanguard banner commander Oboi held the coast. At the first watch the Ming army fled along the shore; they sprang the ambush, and the fleeing column was crushed underfoot with enormous slaughter. They then pressed the attack on Songshan and defeated the enemy repeatedly. In the third month of the eighth year he and Vanguard banner commander A'erjin campaigned against the Hurha tribes, taking more than twenty-five hundred captives and countless livestock and sable pelts. On the army's return the emperor rewarded him generously.
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In Shunzhi 1 he marched through the Pass against Li Zicheng, fought at Qingdu and again at Zhending, until Zicheng burned his baggage and fled. In the second year his third-class jalan janggin rank was restored. He pursued the rebels to Suide, swept through Yan'an, and broke the garrison in battle. Pursuing Zicheng south, he fought at Anlu and seized eighty boats. He again joined Tan Tai's combined force in the lower Yangzi, fought on the river, and took enemy vessels. They chased the enemy to Fuchikou, where the foe drew up along the bank; he attacked again and routed them. In the second month of the third year he followed Prince Shuncheng Lekedehun on a sweep through Huguang, defeated the Ming commander Wu Ruyi, and accepted mass surrenders. In the fourth month his rank rose to second-class jalan janggin. In the fifth month he followed Prince Su Haoge against the rebel He Zhen, took Hanzhong, and drove the rebels to Qinzhou. He's follower Wu Dading held Sanzhai Mountain, whose steep slopes defied direct assault, so the army laid siege. His officers Zhou Kede and Shi Guoxi both offered to surrender. Kede's son guided the troops up a hidden path while Guoxi worked from within. Haning'a, meile ejen Alashan, and acting Vanguard commander Gadahun led six hundred men through the fortifications; the rebels leaped from the cliffs, and nearly all were cut down. Pressing the campaign against Zhang Xianzhong, they swept through Kuizhou, Maozhou, Zizhou, and Zunyi, taking each in turn. In the fifth year, on the army's return, his hereditary rank rose to first-class adahahan. He died not long after.
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Suozhan was a Manchu of the Plain Red Banner from a family that had long lived at Neyin. His father Shumulu had submitted to Taizu and was made niru ejen. On his death Suozhan inherited the post and soon also served as jalan ejen. In Tiancong 5 he joined jalan ejen Hangshimu, Sharhuda, and others on a raid along the Ming frontier, killed three border scouts, and took five prisoners along with their leader. In the eighth year he received the hereditary rank of niru janggin. In Chongde 1, on the Korean campaign, he attacked Ganghwa Island. Suozhan's boat crossed above the Korean warships; following niru ejen Ahanikan he boarded, closed the encirclement, and took the town, earning half a qianjing. In the third year he also served as an acting official in the Ministry of Punishments. On the Ming campaign he pushed deep into Shandong and took Yucheng and Pingyin. In the fourth year, as the army marched home, Ming forces struck the rear. With the baturu Ni'eri and others he drove them back, and his hereditary rank rose to third-class jalan janggin. He was promoted to participating secretary in the Ministry of Revenue. In the fifth year, during the Ming campaign, he was sent to Korea to levy grain and bring the fleet into action. During the Jinzhou siege, jalan ejen Xifu held Luotuo Mountain with twenty-four armored men. When four hundred Ming troops raided the camp at night, Suozhan rushed to the rescue, took more than two hundred heads, and seized sixteen horses. In the seventh year he became meile ejen of his banner.
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In Shunzhi 1 he marched through the Pass and was appointed a vice minister. As the court prepared to move the capital to Yanjing, Suozhan was ordered to command the Right Wing troops left behind at Mukden. He was soon recalled to follow Prince Yu Dodo south, swept from Henan into Shaanxi, and then turned the army to pacify the lower Yangzi. When his service was reckoned for reward, his hereditary rank rose step by step to first-class adahahan with tosaha fan. In the fifth year he followed Prince Zheng Jirhala into Hunan. With dutong Toto and others the column moved out from Xiangtan, where Ming forces had barricaded the bridge with a stockade. Suozhan, gushan ejen Ibai, and Vanguard commander Aioro Guoke stormed the position, killed Tao Yangyong, and pacified Hengzhou. On the army's return he received three hundred taels of silver and was raised to first-class ashanihafan.
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In the eighth year he was punished for uneven rationing in the Ministry of Revenue and his hereditary rank was cut to first-class adahahan. In the ninth year he retired on grounds of age and illness. In the tenth year his hereditary rank was restored. He died in Kangxi 2 and was posthumously titled Mingmin. His grandsons Dasai and Fase split the hereditary rank between them, each receiving second-class adahahan.
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Dasai served as a company leader on the Fujian campaign and won battle after battle. When Zheng Jing's general Liu Guoxuan invaded Haicheng with more than ten thousand men, Dasai hurried to the rescue and fought through musket and cannon fire. Learning the city had fallen, he hanged himself and was posthumously granted tosaha fan. Fase held both lines of inheritance, and the combined rank became first-class ashanihafan with tosaha fan. His son Mingbao served on the Tibet campaign in the Yongzheng era, distinguished himself, and was raised to third-class jingqinihafan. Early in the Qianlong reign the title was fixed as third-class viscount. His son Decheng inherited at the reduced rank of third-class baron.
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Jixiha, likewise of the Fuca clan, was a Manchu of the Plain Yellow Banner. His father Benkeli had served as niru ejen. Jixiha too was first appointed niru ejen. In Chongde 4 he was promoted to Vanguard banner commander. In the fifth year he joined the Ming campaign and helped besiege Jinzhou. When Ming forces advanced from Songshan and offered battle, he and jalan ejen Budan, Xiergen, and others drove them back. He was then posted at Yizhou to guard the military colonies. The emperor warned the generals to hold their camps and avoid fighting Ming troops. When Ming forces struck the Bordered Blue Banner camp, Jixiha crossed through the Bordered Red Banner lines to help. For leaving his post without orders he was dismissed and one-third of his estate was confiscated. He then joined meile ejen Xituku against the Solon tribes and brought back their chieftain Bomboguo'er. In the sixth year, on the army's return, he was feasted in reward. In the seventh year he became meile ejen of the Mongol Plain Red Banner. In the eighth year he also served as participating secretary in the Ministry of Revenue.
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In Shunzhi 1 he marched through the Pass, struck Li Zicheng, and pursued him to Qingdu. When his service was reckoned for reward, he received the hereditary rank of tabuleha fan. In the second year he followed Prince Duanzhong Bolo into Zhejiang and, once Hangzhou fell, remained there as meile ejen. Ming grand secretary Ma Shiying and regional commander Fang Guo'an held Yanzhou and attacked repeatedly; Jixiha commanded the defense and won all five battles. Back in the capital he was made vice minister of Works and granted the additional hereditary rank of tosaha fan.
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In the fifth year he was ordered to garrison Dongchang with his troops. When Zheng Cai raided Fujian he was sent to follow General Chen Tai south, took Changle, Lianjiang, Tong'an, Pinghe, and other counties, and was raised to second-class adahahan. In the seventh year he moved to the Ministry of Punishments, became minister, and was raised to third-class ashanihafan. In the ninth year he became gushan ejen of the Mongol Plain Red Banner. In the tenth year he left the ministership. When Jiaozhou commander Hai Shixing rebelled, he was ordered to join meile ejen Husha to suppress him, but Shixing fled to Suzhou and surrendered before they arrived. He was ordered to move his troops to garrison Hunan. In the eleventh year he was recalled to court.
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In the fourteenth year he was ordered to lead four meile ejen and eight Vanguard company commanders under Grand Marshal Prince Luotuo against Yunnan. In the fifteenth year he was ordered to assist General Zhuobutai. The army halted at Duyun and defeated the Ming commander Li Dingguo. The columns united and took Yunnan. In the seventeenth year his assessment of campaign officers' merits and faults was found faulty, and his rank was cut one grade to ashanihafan. In the eighteenth year he was made Pacification-General of the East, suppressed the Qixia bandit Yu Qi, stormed his Juyu mountain stronghold, and Qi fled out to sea. He died in Kangxi 1. In the sixtieth year his son Alu, deputy lieutenant-general at Xi'an, memorialized for a posthumous title, and he was named Yongzhuang.
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Feiyasih'a was Jixiha's younger brother. He first served Taizong as a Vanguard dartachi. In Tiancong 6 he joined the Chahar campaign, sent a detachment toward Datong, and at Shuozhou routed the garrison with jalan ejen Daola and others. In Chongde 3 he served as acting Vanguard banner commander under Beile Yoto against the Ming and routed the Miyun infantry. In the fifth year, during the Jinzhou siege, Ming relief columns came from Songshan and Xingshan, and Feiyasih'a won every engagement. In the sixth year, at the renewed Jinzhou siege, he and jalan ejen Haning'a fought below the walls and shot down three men. When Governor Hong Chengchou's infantry marched from Songshan, Feiyasih'a beat them back after a hard fight.
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In Shunzhi 1 he marched through the Pass, struck Li Zicheng, routed him at Qingdu, and was appointed a Vanguard company commander. He followed Prince Ying Ajige west. In the spring of the second year, at Yulin, Zicheng's men raided the camp by night; with Vanguard commander Che'erbu and others he drove them off, chased Zicheng to Wuchang, and stormed his strongpoints again and again. His fleet also intercepted the enemy at Fuchikou and seized thirty boats. In the third year he followed Prince Su Haoge against Zhang Xianzhong, went by way of Xi'an, and sent a detachment through Binzhou. Bandit chief Hu Jingde held the hills northwest of Sanshui with more than a thousand men. Feiyasih'a and Vanguard commander Gadahun stormed his fort, then joined gushan ejen Bahana against the rebel He Zhen at Jitou Pass. The army pushed into Sichuan and won every battle it fought. When Plain Blue Banner troops were trapped by bandits, he and Gadahun rushed to relieve them and the bandits fled. When his service was reckoned for reward, he received the hereditary rank of tabuleha fan with tosaha fan.
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In the sixth year he followed Prince Ying against the rebel Jiang Xiang, dug trenches, and laid siege. When Xiang's ten thousand foot and horse attacked, Feiyasih'a led the van and kept them from entering the city. Xiang's forces seized Zuowei, took Fenzhou, and threatened Taiyuan. Feiyasih'a led the Vanguard in opportunistic strikes until the armies united to besiege Datong, where Xiang's followers killed him and surrendered. His hereditary rank rose to first-class adahahan.
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In the thirteenth year he was promoted to Vanguard banner commander. He was soon ordered to garrison Hunan with his troops. The Ming commander Sun Kewang held Chenzhou. Feiyasih'a, gushan ejen Zhuoluo, meile ejen Taishiha, and others advanced from Lizhou and Changde. Kewang abandoned the city, burned his boats, and tried to block the army's path. Feiyasih'a used the unburned boats to ferry the army across, pursued to Luxi, and destroyed a great part of the enemy force. In the eighteenth year he followed General Aisingga into Burma and brought the Ming Prince of Gui back as a prisoner. On the army's return his hereditary rank rose to third-class ashanihafan. He died in Kangxi 11 and was posthumously titled Xike. His son Sudan has a separate biography.
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Gadahun of the Nara clan was a Manchu of the Plain Red Banner from a family that had long lived at Hada. An ancestor named Yuelan had submitted in Taizu's day, bringing his son Maobali and others with him. In Tiancong 2, as a Vanguard company commander, Gadahun followed Taizong against the Dorbed tribes and distinguished himself. In the eighth year he joined the Ming campaign, raided through Shanxi, and took Yingzhou. In Chongde 5 he joined the Ming campaign and raided toward Zhonghousuo. When Prince Rui Dorgon besieged Jinzhou, Gadahun led the van, routed the Xingshan cavalry, ambushed at Songshan, took more than ten heads, and smashed the Ming force camped on the ridge. He then pursued with Gabushixian corps commander Laosa as far as Beigang. In the seventh year, on the Ningyuan campaign under Prince Yu Dodo, Ming forces dogged the rear; Gadahun led the van in a counterattack and drove them off in rout. On the march home a wounded Vanguard soldier named Dahata had fallen; Gadahun supported him and brought him in.
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In Shunzhi 1 he was promoted to Vanguard banner commander. He marched through the Pass, struck Li Zicheng, and received the hereditary rank of tabuleha fan. In the second year he followed Prince Ying Ajige against Zicheng to Jiugong Mountain and defeated him three times. In the third year he followed Prince Su Haoge into Sichuan, stopped at Xi'an, and sent detachments against the rebel He Zhen. At Binzhou, when He's man Hu Jingde held Sanshui, Gadahun and meile ejen Hetuo broke through and took his fort. When Gao Ruli and Wu Dading held Sanzhai Mountain, he joined Vanguard commander Subai, Haning'a, and meile ejen Alashan in defeating them and sent infantry to sweep the ravines. Dading held the summit while his men fought on both flanks; Gadahun and Vanguard commander A'erjin fought hard and blunted their attack. When Dading's men besieged the Plain Blue Banner camp, Haning'a was trapped; Gadahun, A'erjin, and Subai galloped to the rescue and broke the encirclement. He became vice minister of Revenue; in the fifth year he moved to the Board of Civil Appointments and was raised to third-class adahahan.
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On Prince Ying Ajige's campaign against the rebel Jiang Xiang, Gadahun and Alashan joined the force and won all seven battles. They took Daizhou and advanced to recover Hunyuan. In the sixth year he also served as gushan ejen of his banner's Mongol contingent. In the seventh year, when the Shizu Emperor assumed personal rule, he became minister of Revenue and his hereditary rank rose to the second grade. He was made left censor-in-chief of the Censorate, then soon returned to his ministership. He led a campaign against the Ordos, captured chieftain Duo'erji, destroyed their force at Helan Mountain, and was raised to third-class ashanihafan. He became gushan ejen of the Manchu banners and minister of War. In the tenth year his hereditary rank rose to the second grade. When hereditary officer Lü Zhongxing's bribery scandal broke, the ministry cited an amnesty precedent to spare him, and Gadahun was reduced to first-class adahahan.
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When Grand Marshal Prince Zheng's heir Jidu campaigned against Zheng Chenggong, Gadahun was ordered to assist him, with an edict telling Jidu to keep Gadahun at his side in all deployments. They took Haicheng, advanced by land and sea, recovered Fuzhou, then Quanzhou, stormed the Huian coastal defenses and Min'an Town, and won a great victory. The army returned in the fourteenth year. He died and was posthumously made Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent with the temple name Minzhuang. His clan also produced Feiyangwu, Aisonggu, and Xingnai.
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Feiyangwu was a Manchu of the Plain Blue Banner. He rose from Vanguard dartachi through successive promotions to jalan ejen. In Chongde 7 he followed Raoyu Beile Abatai against the Ming, crossed into the passes, and routed regional commander Ma Ke. They passed the Ming capital and raided Shandong, stopping at Jiaozhou, where more than a thousand Ming troops lay outside the walls; Feiyangwu fought them off. At Binzhou he was first up the wall on scaling ladders. On the withdrawal, Ming governor Fan Zhiwan, Wu Sangui, and others intercepted the column on several routes; Feiyangwu won every engagement and escorted the prisoners and booty home.
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Early in Shunzhi he marched through the Pass, struck Li Zicheng, and routed his cavalry. He soon served as acting Vanguard banner commander. He followed Prince Yu Dodo west against Zicheng, halted at Tong Pass, and broke Liu Zongmin. In the second year, during the pacification of the lower Yangzi, he took Yangzhou and seized more than two hundred boats. He assaulted the Southern Ming capital and routed its infantry. He chased the Ming Prince of Fu to Wuhu, fought Huang Degong, and took thirty-one boats. He then followed Prince Duanzhong Bolo into Zhejiang, routed Ma Shiying at Hangzhou, took a Ming commander alive, and sent detachments to pacify bandits in Haining and Pinghu. He also fought Wang Zhiren and took sixteen boats. He was made a deliberative minister, granted the hereditary rank of jalan janggin, and received half a qianjing. In the fourth year he served on the Fujian campaign. He died.
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Aisonggu was a Manchu of the Bordered White Banner. In Taizu's day he came over from Yehe and fought in campaign after campaign. In Chongde 1 he was sent with Chahan Lama and others to the Ming frontier market at Shahu Pass. He was again sent to the Khorchin to levy troops. In the third year, when the Court of Colonial Affairs was founded, he was made a deputy managing official. He soon guided Olot chieftain Mo'ergendaiqing from Guihuacheng to submit. He was flogged again for another offense.
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In Shunzhi 1 he was made niru ejen. He followed gushan ejen Yechen on a sweep through Shanxi. Li Zicheng was fleeing west while his general Chen Yongfu held Taiyuan. When cannon fire breached the walls Yongfu broke out and fled. Aisonggu fought with his Mongol troops, killed many, and seized more than a thousand horses. He also chased Zicheng's general Ma Ji to the river and took fifteen boats. In the second year, during the siege of Yan'an, he beat back a sally, then with eight horsemen chased Zicheng and captured his family.
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In the third year he followed Prince Yu Dodo against Sunite chieftain Tengjisi, holding the passes with three hundred Mongol vanguard troops. When Tengjisi fled, he joined vice minister Nikan and meile ejen Mingandali in a night pursuit and seized the baggage train. He killed taiji Maohai, crossed the Tula River, and with Defender of the State Wakeda routed the twenty thousand horsemen of the Tushiyetu Khan. When his service was reckoned for reward, he received the hereditary rank of tosaha fan.
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In the fifth year he garrisoned Taiyuan with six hundred Mongol troops, killed the Jingyang bandit Li Yang, and defeated the Jiaocheng bandit Wang Haoming. While the rebel Jiang Xiang held Datong, his follower Liu Qian invaded Daizhou with more than ten thousand men, and Aisonggu rushed to defend the city. Qian's men raised scaling ladders; Aisonggu hooked away nine ladders and took three hundred heads. When Qian's men tried to tunnel in, the defenders rained arrows and stones from the walls, killed many of them, and drove them off toward Fanshi. In the sixth year they raided again; collaborators opened the outer city. Aisonggu held the inner walls for more than ten days until Prince Duanzhong Bolo arrived, killed their leader Guo Fang, and drove Qian off. He returned to Taiyuan, where more than a hundred thousand of Xiang's followers attacked. With governor Zhu Shichang he sent troops to Qingyuan and Xugou to keep the enemy from reaching the walls. Prince Duanzhong's army came up from Jinyang and broke the rebels. He rose step by step to meile ejen of the Mongol Bordered White Banner, and his hereditary rank climbed to second-class adahahan. In the ninth year he followed Prince Jingjin Nikan south. The prince was killed in battle before Aisonggu could reach him, and his rank was cut to tabuleha fan with tosaha fan. In the sixteenth year he retired. He died in Kangxi 14.
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His son Neqing, a third-rank bodyguard, served against Zheng Chenggong, reached Xiamen, and died on campaign.
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Xingnai was a Manchu of the Bordered White Banner. His father Subahai came from Hada with two hundred followers; Taizu formed a niru under the eldest son Mangguo, and Xingnai was the third son. He served Taizong and in Tiancong 8 received the hereditary rank of niru janggin. In Chongde 1 he followed Prince Ying Ajige against the Ming, helped gushan ejen Da'erhan take Shunyi, was first up the wall, and earned half a qianjing. In the third year he became an acting official in the Ministry of Works. After a satisfactory performance review his hereditary rank rose to third-class jalan janggin. In Shunzhi 1 he marched through the Pass and campaigned west against Li Zicheng. When Zicheng's followers sallied from Yan'an, he intercepted them and routed them utterly. He chased Zicheng to Wuchang and on to Fuchikou, where he drew up along the bank with Haning'a and jalan ejen Xiergen and routed the enemy. In the lower Yangzi he and jalan ejen Bukexi defeated Huang Fei at Chizhou, took two hundred heads, and seized twelve boats. In the third year he joined the campaign against Sunite chieftain Tengjisi and defeated the armies of the Tushiyetu and Shulei khans. He became vice minister of Works, and his hereditary rank rose step by step to second-class ashanihafan. In the fifteenth year he was dismissed and stripped of his hereditary rank for showing favoritism when assessing the officers defeated at Luoyuan. In the eighteenth year, when the Kangxi Emperor ascended the throne, he was restored to first-class adahahan with tosaha fan. He died in Kangxi 3.
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Ha'erqi was Mangguo's grandson. In Shunzhi 16 he entered service as a Vanguard dartachi. When Zheng Chenggong invaded inland, he marched from Jingzhou to relieve Jiangning and defeated Yang Wenying. He served as acting Vanguard company commander. Against Geng Jingzhong he defeated Yang Yimao at Jiujiang and Shao Liandeng at Jianchang, then routed Wu Sangui's Xia Guoxiang at Pingxiang, Xie Shengxian at Liuyang, and Wu Guogui at Wugang. When his service was reckoned for reward, he received tosaha fan. He died.
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Dasu of the Zhangjia clan was a Manchu of the Bordered Yellow Banner from a family that had long lived at Feiyalang'a. In Tiancong 5, as a Vanguard dartachi, he joined the Ming campaign and helped besiege Dalinghe. When Ming relief troops arrived, he and Vanguard dartachi Oboi drove them back. On a raid along the Ming frontier he killed enemy horsemen. On the army's return he was promoted to Vanguard jalan ejen.
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In Chongde 5, during the Jinzhou siege, he routed the Ming force at Xingshan. In the sixth year, when Jinzhou was besieged again, several dozen Ming soldiers held Tashan behind a line of firearms. Dasu charged up the height with six horsemen and cut them all down. He intercepted them again; the Ming troops fled to the coast, and countless men drowned. In the seventh year he joined a raid toward Ningyuan and routed Ming cavalry. In the eighth year he joined Vanguard commander A'erjin against the Hurha tribes, took Boheli, and brought over the settlements of Nengji'er and Dag'erdasu.
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In Shunzhi 1 he marched through the Pass and struck Li Zicheng. He followed gushan ejen Bahana through Shanxi, took Jiangzhou, and chased the rebels to the Yellow River. As the rebels ferried across, Dasu had his men shoot them down; many fell into the river and drowned. In the second year he followed Prince Ying Ajige into Huguang against Zicheng, took Anlu and Wuchang, and chased him to Fuchikou. When the rebels camped on the far bank, Dasu led the charge ahead of the other generals and took many prisoners. In the third year he followed Prince Su Haoge against Zhang Xianzhong, went through Hanzhong, broke He Zhen, pushed into Sichuan, and won every battle he fought. For accumulated service he received the hereditary rank of tabuleha fan with tosaha fan.
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In the sixth year, fighting Jiang Xiang with Prince Ying Ajige at Youwei, Dasu charged into a mass of rebels. An arrow struck his throat, he was wounded in hands and feet, and fell from his horse. When an officer tried to carry him from the field, he shouted, "If I die, I die—why run?" He bound his wounds, rallied his men, and fought on until Xiang's troops broke and fell back. His hereditary rank rose step by step to first-class adahahan.
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In the ninth year he followed Prince Jingjin Nikan into Hunan and halted at Hengzhou. Beile Tunqi sent a detached column to scout at Baoqing, defeated the enemy there, and advanced on Quanzhou. Five stockades were taken, nine officials and more than four thousand followers were killed, Xing'an and Guanyang were recovered, and Dingguo's general Ni Zhaolong was killed as well. When Prince Jingjin was killed, his staff were all punished, but Dasu escaped censure because his detached column had won its fights. In the eleventh year he was promoted to Vanguard banner commander. In the thirteenth year he became an inner minister. In the sixteenth year, when Zheng Chenggong struck inland at Jiangning, Dasu was made Pacification-General of the South. With gushan ejen Suohun, Vanguard commander Laita, and others he marched to relieve the city, but Chenggong had already fled, so the army turned toward Fujian. In the eighteenth year he was recalled to court. In Kangxi 8, when Oboi fell, Dasu was dismissed because he had risen through Oboi's patronage. His hereditary rank was soon restored. He died. His clan also produced Ka'ertala.
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Ka'ertala was a Manchu of the Bordered White Banner from a family that had also long lived at Feiyalang'a. His father Tuerkunzhan submitted in Taizu's day with five sons and more than a hundred households and was made niru ejen. On his death Ka'ertala inherited the post and served Taizong. In Chongde 3, as a Vanguard company commander under Prince Yu Dodo, he raided toward Ningyuan and routed Ming troops on the frontier. On the march home he defeated them again and again. In the sixth year, during the Jinzhou siege, he retreated when the garrison struck the Bordered Yellow Banner trench guard. The statute called for death, but the emperor accepted a fine instead.
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In Shunzhi 1 he marched through the Pass against Li Zicheng, routed his cavalry with the banner force, chased him to Qingdu, and destroyed his rear guard. He then followed gushan ejen Bahana through Huaqing into Shanxi, broke the rebels at a Yellow River ford, and pursued them to Yulin. In the second year, when Zicheng fled into Huguang, the army turned to follow him. With Vanguard commander Oboi he took Anlu, led the pursuit, destroyed their strongpoints, and seized more than sixty boats.
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In the fifth year he followed Grand Marshal Tan Tai against Jin Shenghuan and halted at Tongzi Ford. Shenghuan's men held the water with a pontoon of boats; Ka'ertala seized it to get the army across and sent a detachment toward Raozhou. Shenghuan sent three thousand men under a separate commander; Ka'ertala and jalan ejen Balang routed them and took Raozhou. At Nanchang, as the camp was still being laid out, Shenghuan's men sallied; Ka'ertala fought hard and blunted their attack. During the siege Ka'ertala held the riverbank. When Shenghuan tried to ferry grain into the city by boat, Ka'ertala intercepted eight vessels and burned more than seven hundred others, while the army encamped north of the city. Ka'ertala and jalan ejen Genta attacked the south gate in the spring of the sixth year and took Nanchang.
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In the ninth year he was promoted to Vanguard banner commander. He followed Prince Jingjin Nikan to Hengzhou in Hunan, pressed forward in victory, walked into an ambush, fought to the end, and fell with the prince. For long service Ka'ertala had risen to first-class hadahafan; posthumously he was raised to third-class ashanihafan and titled Zhongzhuang.
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His son Heteh inherited the rank. In the sixteenth year he served as jalan ejen against Zheng Chenggong, attacked Xiamen, was killed in battle, and was granted the hereditary rank of tabuleha fan.
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The commentators observe that many great Manchu houses took place-names as clan designations, so the same name often masked different lines of descent. Once their battlefield records were established, the talent of each house spread and flourished. Jixiha and Dasu once held independent commands. Their opponents were not always formidable, and sometimes they never met the enemy at all, yet their ability and standing were clearly enough to justify such appointments. Guoke and the others won their records as staff officers in the field; what these meritorious houses preserved cannot be passed over in the account either.
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