Irgen Gioro

Irgen Gioro[3] (Manchu: ᡳᡵᡤᡝᠨ
ᡤᡳᠣᡵᠣ; Möllendorff: irgen gioro[6]) is a Manchu clan and family name, which was officially categorized as a "notable clan",[7] and member of the eight great houses of the Manchu nobility in Manchu Empire.[8][9][10][11][12][13] Sibe and Nanai people also has Irgen Gioro as their family name.[14][15]

Irgen Gioro
Irgen Gioro in Complete Genealogies of the Clans and Families of the Manchu Eight Banners
Manchu	ᡳᡵᡤᡝᠨ ᡤᡳᠣᡵᠣ
Transliteration	Irgen Gioro^(Möllendorff)
Ancestor	Emperor Huizong and Qinzong of Song?
Origin	Muki, Yehe, Jamuhu, Singgan, Sarkū, Hunehe, Yarhū, Girin Ula, Sunggari Ula, Akuri, Fe Ala, Hada, etc.
Notables	Asan Arjin Turusi Isangga Chang Shuhong
Branch	Donggo Bayara Monggero Laibu Siburu
Chinese surname	Zhao in majority

History

The origin of Irgen Gioro does not have a decisive conclusion. According to a famous anecdote, the ancestors of Irgen Gioro were the emperors Huizong, Qinzong, and other imperial family members of Song dynasty who were captured by the Jurchens in the Jingkang Incident of the Jin–Song wars.[16][17] The Manchu emperors had also bestowed their family name to the founding ministers or generals who rendered outstanding service to the empire.[18] In order to differentiate from Aisin Gioro the Manchu imperial family,[19] "Irgen" was added with the meaning of "regular citizen" or "common people" and the implication of "non-imperial".[20][21]

At the early period of Manchu Empire, Irgen Gioro were recorded as 340 households.[22] They mainly distributed in Muki, Yehe, Jamuhu, Singgan, Sarkū, Hunehe, Yarhū, Girin Ula, Sunggari Ula, Akuri, Fe Ala, Hada, etc.[23] The whole clan had many famous hereditary noblemen in the empire, such as Viscount First Class Arjin and Asan of Muki; Viscount Third Class Turusi, Baron Second Class Fiyangū of Yehe and so on.[24] Among these noble families, Muki Irgen Gioro (also known as "Muki Gioro"[25]) was considered as the most politically influential one because of their important contribution to the Manchu Empire's establishment.[26] Irgen Gioro also earned numerous titles of minor nobility and 40 hereditary peers as captains (Manchu: ᠨᡳᡵᡠ
ᡳ
ᠵᠠᠩᡤᡳᠨ; Möllendorff: nirui janggin[27]) in Banner Armies.[28]

There were few instance of name change of the clan (e.g. The Manchu clan of Bayara, Monggero, Donggo, Laibu, and Siburu came from the Irgen Gioro who settled in these places.) at the early Qing Dynasty because of migration.[29] Due to the adoption of Chinese culture during the mid to late Qing dynasty, most of Irgen Gioro chose Zhao (simplified Chinese: 赵; traditional Chinese: 趙；Manchu: ᠵᠣᡠ; Möllendorff: Joo[30]), the first surname in the famous Hundred Family Surnames, as their Chinese family name. It was according to the Chinese homophone and their anecdote of origin.[31][32][33] Other utilization of Chinese family names, such as Tong, Gu, Yi, Sa, Gong, Zhao (兆), Cao, Bao, Zhe, Xi, Yu, Ge, Ma, Gao, Hu, Bai, and Chen, are also reported.[34]

Notable figures

Emperor Huizong of Song, allegedly the ancestor of Irgen Gioro clan

A statue of Chang Shuhong

Noble Consort Xun

Ministers and Generals

Name	Sub-clan	Remarks
Arjin	Muki	Hereditary Viscount First Class
Asan	Muki	Arjin's elder cousin, hereditary Viscount First Class
Fiyangū	Yehe	Hereditary Baron Second Class
Fulata	Neyin	Viceroy of Liangjiang and Minister of Justice
G'ag'ai[35]	Hunehe	a main creator of Manchu alphabet
Gūbadai	Sunggari Ula	Hereditary Master Commandant of Light Chariot, Minister of Rites
Isangga	Warka	Grand Secretariat of the Empire
Jinšun	Girin Ula	Ili General, earned a minor noble title of Knight Commandant of Cavalry and a warrior title of "Tulgeci Baturu"
Turusi	Yehe	Fiyangū's older brother, hereditary Viscount Third Class

Prince Consort

Date	Prince Consort	Background	Princess
1583	Gahašan Hashū		Taksi's daughter (d. 1624) by Empress Xuan (Hitara Emeci)
1644 or 1645	Kuazha		Hong Taiji's sixth daughter (1633–1649) by secondary consort (Jarud Borjigit)
1723	Fusengge		Yinxiang's second daughter (1707–1726) by primary consort (Joogiya)

Modern

Name	Remarks
Chang Shuhong	the head of Dunhuang Research Academy
Zhao Ermi	Herpetologist and a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Imperial Consort

Imperial Consort	Background	Emperor	Sons	Daughters
Secondary consort	Father: Zhaqin (札親), a wealthy man	Nurhaci	7. Abatai, Prince Raoyumin (1589–1646)	2. Princess (Yanzhe; 1587–1646)
Mistress	Father: Chabi (察弼)			7. Lady (1604–1685)
	Father: Antaxi (安塔錫)	Hong Taiji	7. Duke Cangšu (1637–1700)
Noble Consort Xun (1758–1798)		Qianlong Emperor
Concubine Rong (1837–1869)		Xianfeng Emperor

Princess Consort

Princess Consort	Background	Prince	Sons	Daughters
Primary consort		Fiyanggū	1. Natai (1632–1674) 2. Caigui (1636–1684)
Mistress		Hooge, Prince Suwu	7. Shushu (1645–1685)
Primary consort		Prince Yunzhi	1. Hongyu (1696–1718)	1. Princess (1688–1711) 2. Princess (1689–1716) 3. Lady (1691–1723) 4. Lady (1692–1711)
Mistress		Yunzhi, Prince Chengyin		3. Princess (1702–1746)
		Yunyou, Prince Chundu
Secondary consort		Yunti, Prince Xunqin	3. Hongying (1707–1771)	1. (b. 1705) 4. Lady (b. 1706)
Mistress				7. Princess (b. 1753)
Primary consort		Prince Yunhu	1. Prince Honglong (1727–1784)	1. Princess (1730–1775) 2. Princess (1731–1785)
Secondary consort		Yonghuang, Prince Ding'an	2. Mian'en, Prince Dinggong (1747–1822)
Primary consort		Yongcheng, Prince Lüduan
		General Huazhuang
		Zhaolian
Secondary consort		Chuntai, Prince Kangdao	Chong'an, Prince Kangxiu
		Chong'an, Prince Kangxiu	Yongkui, Prince Li (禮)

See also

• Manchu people
• Manchu name
• List of Manchu clans

References

Citations

1. International Arts and Sciences Press 1982, p. 21
2. 中国関係論說資料保存会 2004, p. 101
3. Sometimes transliterated as IrgenGioro.[1][2]
4. Vargyas 2015, p. 270)
5. Hu 1994, p. 347
6. Sometimes alternatively spelled "Irgen Giyoro"(ᡳᡵᡤᡝᠨ
   ᡤᡳᠶᠣᡵᠣ[4][5]) in Manchu.
7. Hungjeo 2002, p. 181
8. Rawski 1998, p. 66
9. Elliott 2001, p. 398
10. Chen 1997, pp. 229–230
11. Xu 1986, pp. 2144–2145
12. Yang 1933, pp. 1–2
13. Jooliyan 1980, p. 316
14. "Xibe Language Association of Xinjiang: Brief Introduction of Xibe Family Names (simplified Chinese)". Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
15. Zhao & Yao 1997, p. 76(Zhuyeting Various Notes)
16. Zhao 2012, p. 5
17. American Geographical Society of New York 1940, p. 116
18. Liu 2012, p. 4
19. Zheng 2009, p. 44
20. Elliott 2001, p. 133
21. Norman 2013, p. 199
22. Zhao 2012, p. 380
23. Hungjeo 2002, pp. 179, 180, 189, 190, 199, 200, 207, 208, 209
24. Zhao 2012, pp. 381–383
25. 中国社会科学院近代史研究所政治史研究室 2011, p. 62
26. Du 2008, p. 75
27. Elliott 2001, p. 59
28. Zhao 2012, pp. 491–519
29. Zhao 2012, pp. 372, 373, 383, 384, 385
30. Hu 1994, p. 876
31. Jin, Jin & Ulhicun 1996, p. 207
32. Jin 2009, pp. 118, 126
33. Zhao 2012, pp. 5, 381
34. Zhao 2012, p. 381
35. Kanda 1956, p. 752

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	Eight Great Clans of Manchu Nobility
	Tunggiya | Gūwalgiya | Nara | Irgen Gioro | Tatara | Niohuru | Šumuru | Hešeri