Hitara

{{Short description|Manchu clan of the Plain White Banner}}

Hitara ({{lang|zh|喜塔臘/喜塔腊}}, 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 "Old Maiden House". Their ancestral homes were located in the Changbai Mountains, Niyaman Mountains and Dong'e valley, from the beginning of Ming dynasty.{{Cite book|last=刘 /Liu|first=庆华/Qinghua|title=《满族家谱序评注》/"Genealogy of manchu clans"|publisher=Liaoning public press|year=2010|pages=1}} After the demise of the Qing dynasty, 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.{{Cite book|last=赵/Zhao|first=力/Li|title=《满族姓氏寻根词典》/ "Dictionary of Manchu Surnames"|publisher=辽宁民族出版社/Liaoning public press|year=2012|pages=310}}

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){{Cite book|title=《乙卯进贺兼谢恩行首译李镇复闻见事件》}}
  • Yulu (裕禄), served as second class military official and governor of Anhui.
  • Xichen (熙臣)
  • Xiyuan (熙元), served as a Shujishi in 1889{{Cite book|title=《大清德宗同天崇运大中至正经文纬武仁孝睿智端俭宽勤景皇帝实录》/ "The Chronicles of emperor Dezong of Great Qing"}}

== Prince Consorts ==

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|Chongduan

|Zaitong, Yihui's third daughter by Gu Taiqing

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=Females=

Imperial Consorts

Gallery

File:裕禄.jpg|Yulu, a Governor of Anhui

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