Hitara (, pinyin: Xitala), earlier known as Hitan (溪滩氏, pinyin: xitanshi), was a clan of
Manchu
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nobility belonging to the Manchu
Plain White Banner. Due to the marriage of Empress Xuan to the
Jurchen chieftain
Taksi, the clan was called "Old Maiden House". Their ancestral homes were located in the
Changbai Mountains, Niyaman Mountains and Dong'e valley, from the beginning of
Ming dynasty
The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming was the last imperial dynasty of ...
.
After the demise of the
Qing dynasty
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, descendants of this clan changed their surnames to Zhao (赵), Tu (图), Wen (文), Qi (齐/祁), Sun (孙), Zhu (祝), Xi (希/喜/奚), Liu (刘), Xian (线) and other names.
Notable figures
Males
* Anggoduli Gayan
*Bayan (巴颜)
** Jindou (金都)
*** Gudou (古都), father of Empress Zhi
**** Cancha (参察)
***** A'gu (阿古), father of Empress Xuan
* Sabitu (萨璧图)
* Kuli(库理)
* Laibao (来保), a member of Grand Council of State, a secretary in the Ministry of Public Works and a Grand Secretary of Wuying hall
*Chang'an (常安)
**He'erjing'e (和爾經額/和尔经额), served as a second rank literary official (總管/总管, pinyin:zongguan) in the Imperial Household Department and a second rank military official (副都統/副都统，pinyin: fudutong), and held the title of a third class Cheng'en duke (三等公)
***Shengzhu (盛住)
***Mengzhu (孟住)
*
Yulu (裕禄), served as second class military official and governor of Anhui.
**Xichen (熙臣)
**Xiyuan (熙元), served as a
Shujishi
Shujishi (; Manchu: ''geren giltusi'') which means "All good men of virtue" is a scholastic title during the Ming and Qing dynasty of China. It can be used to denote a group of people who hold this title as well as individuals who possess the ti ...
in 1889
Prince Consorts
Females
Imperial Consorts
* Empress
**
Empress Xiaoshurui (1760–1797), the
Jiaqing Emperor
The Jiaqing Emperor (13 November 1760 – 2 September 1820), also known by his temple name Emperor Renzong of Qing, personal name Yongyan, was the sixth emperor of the Qing dynasty and the fifth Qing emperor to rule over China proper. He was ...
's first empress, the mother of second daughter (1780–1783), the
Daoguang Emperor (1782–1850) and Princess Zhuangjing (1784–1811)
Gallery
File:裕禄.jpg, Yulu, a Governor of Anhui
Anhui is an inland Provinces of China, province located in East China. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze and Huai rivers, bordering Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the east, Jiang ...
File:Yulu.jpg, A photograph of Yulu
File:《孝淑睿皇后朝服像》局部.jpg, Empress Xiaoshurui
File:熙元.jpg, Hitara Xiyuan, Yulu's son and professor in Hanlin academy
References
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Manchu clans
Plain White Banner
Qing dynasty people