The Plain White Banner () was one of the

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military and society during the Later Jin and

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of China. It was one of the three "upper" banners (

Plain Yellow Banner The Plain Yellow Banner () was one of the Eight Banners of Manchu military and society during the Later Jin and Qing dynasty of China. The Plain Yellow Banner was one of three "upper" banner armies under the direct command of the emperor himself ...

Bordered Yellow Banner The Bordered Yellow Banner () was one of the Eight Banners of Manchu people, Manchu military and society during the Later Jin (1616–1636), Later Jin and Qing dynasty of China. The Bordered Yellow Banner was one of three "upper" banner armies u ...

, and Plain White Banner) directly controlled by the emperor, as opposed to the other five "lower" banners. The '' Hoise Niru'' was a military unit associated with the Plain White Banner.

Notable members

Dorgon Dorgon (17 November 1612 – 31 December 1650) was a Manchu prince and regent of the early Qing dynasty. Born in the House of Aisin-Gioro as the 14th son of Nurhaci (the founder of the Later Jin dynasty, which was the predecessor of the Qi ...

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Duanfang Duanfang (; 20 April 1861 – 27 November 1911), courtesy name Wuqiao (), was a Manchu people, Manchu politician, educator and collector who lived in the late Qing dynasty. He was a member of the Tohoro () clan and the Plain White Banner of the ...

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Ronglu Ronglu (6 April 1836 – 11 April 1903), courtesy name Zhonghua, was a Manchu political and military leader of the late Qing dynasty. He was born in the Guwalgiya clan, which was under the Plain White Banner of the Manchu Eight Banners. D ...

* Yinchang * Nergingge *

Empress Xiaoshurui Empress Xiaoshurui (孝淑睿皇后), of the Manchu Plain White Banner Hitara clan (喜塔臘氏) was a posthumous name bestowed to the wife and first empress consort of Yongyan, the Jiaqing Emperor. She was empress consort of Qing from 1796 ...

Youlan (Gūwalgiya) Youlan (1884 – 30 September 1921), of the Manchu Plain White Banner Gūwalgiya clan, was a consort of Zaifeng and the mother of Puyi (Xuantong Emperor), the last emperor of China's Qing dynasty. Life Family background * Father: Ronglu (18 ...

Consort Donggo Consort Donggo (1639 – 23 September 1660), of the Manchu Plain White Banner Donggo clan, was a consort of the Shunzhi Emperor. She was one year his junior. Life Family background Lady Donggo's personal name was not recorded in history. He ...

* Consort Dun *

Minggatu Minggatu (Mongolian script: ; , c.1692-c. 1763), full name Sharavyn Myangat (), also known as Ming Antu, was a Mongols, Mongolian astronomer, mathematician, and topography, topographic scientist at the Qing Empire, Qing court. His courtesy nam ...

(Mongol) *

Imperial Noble Consort Chunhui Imperial Noble Consort Chunhui (13 June 1713 – 2 June 1760), of the Han Chinese Eight Banners, Plain White Banner Su clan, was a consort of the Qianlong Emperor. She was two years his junior. Life Family background Imperial Noble Consort Ch ...

(Han) * ( a descendant * of Yuan Chonghuan) (Han) * Wanrong, The Empress Xiaokemin Titular Empress of the Qing, Empress of Manchukuo, Wife of Puyi, The Xuantong Emperor

Notable clans

Donggo Donggo ( mnc, ᡩᠣᠩᡤᠣ, ) was a clan of Manchu nobility belonging to the Manchu Plain White Banner, one of the 3 upper banners of Eight Banner system. Several lineages were members of Manchu Plain Red Banner. Donggo Hala was a branch of I ...

* Feimo *

Hitara Hitara (, pinyin: Xitala), earlier known as Hitan (溪滩氏, pinyin: xitanshi), was a clan of Manchu nobility belonging to the Manchu Plain White Banner. Due to the marriage of Empress Xuan to the Jurchen chieftain Taksi, the clan was called "O ...

Gūwalgiya Gūwalgiya was one of the most powerful Manchu clans. It is often listed by historians as the first of the eight prominent Manchu clans of the Qing dynasty. After the demise of the dynasty, some of its descendants sinicized their clan name to th ...

* Tohoro * Su * Cao * Hu'erlate * Yehe Nara * Tubot * Gobulo * Ilari * Zhu * Chen * Bai * Yuan *Wang * Namdulu

References

Bibliography

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