Bordered Yellow Banner

The Bordered Yellow Banner (simplified Chinese: 镶黄旗; traditional Chinese: 鑲黃旗; pinyin: Xiāng Huáng Qí) was one of the Eight Banners of Manchu military and society during the Later Jin and Qing dynasty of China. The Bordered Yellow Banner was one of three "upper" banner armies under the direct command of the emperor himself, and one of the four "left wing" banners.[1] The Plain Yellow Banner and the Bordered Yellow Banner were split from each other in 1615, when the troops of the original four banner armies (Yellow, Blue, Red, and White) were divided into eight by adding a bordered variant to each banner's design.[2] The yellow banners were originally commanded personally by Nurhaci. After Nurhaci's death, his son Hong Taiji became khan, and took control of both yellow banners. Later, the Shunzhi Emperor took over the Plain White Banner after the death of his regent, Dorgon, to whom it previously belonged. From that point forward, the emperor directly controlled three "upper" banners (Plain Yellow, Bordered Yellow, and Plain White), as opposed to the other five "lower" banners.[3][4] Because of the direct control of the three upper banners, there was no appointed banner commanders as opposed to the other five. The emperor's personal guards and guards of Forbidden City were also only selected from the upper three banners.[5]

This article is about the Manchurian military unit. For the place bearing the same Chinese name, see Xianghuang Banner.
Bordered Yellow Banner
Flag of the Bordered Yellow Banner
Active1615 – 1911
CountryLater Jin
 Qing dynasty
Typecavalry, musketeers
Part ofEight Banners
Commanderthe Emperor
Bordered Yellow Banner
Chinese name
Chinese鑲黃旗
Mongolian name
Mongolian CyrillicХөвөөт Шар Хошуу
Manchu name
Manchu scriptᡴᡠᠪᡠᡥᡝ ᠰᡠᠸᠠᠶᠠᠨ ᡤᡡᠰᠠ
Romanizationkubuhe suwayan gūsa

Notable people

Notable clans

References
  1. Elliott 2001, p. 79.
  2. Elliott 2001, p. 59.
  3. Wakeman 1985, p. 158.
  4. Elliott 2001, pp. 404-405.
  5. 清史稿

Bibliography
  • Elliott, Mark C. (2001), The Manchu Way: The Eight Banners and Ethnic Identity in Late Imperial China, Stanford University Press, ISBN 9780804746847

Further reading
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