Bordered Blue Banner

The Bordered Blue Banner (Chinese: 鑲藍旗) was one of the Eight Banners of Manchu military and society during the Later Jin and Qing dynasty of China. It was one of the lower five banners. According to the general annals of the Eight Banners, the Bordered Blue Banner was one of the banners located on the south right wing (Blue banners are located southward, the Plain Blue Banner being on the south left wing).^[1]

Bordered Blue Banner
Flag of the Bordered Blue Banner
Active	1615–1912
Country	Later Jin  Qing dynasty
Type	Cavalry Musketeers
Part of	Eight Banners
Commander	Prince Zheng

Bordered Blue Banner
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	鑲藍旗
Simplified Chinese	镶蓝旗
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin xiānglánqí
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillic	Хөвөөт хөх хошуу
Manchu name
Manchu script	ᡴᡠᠪᡠᡥᡝ ᠯᠠᠮᡠᠨ ᡤᡡᠰᠠ
Romanization	kubuhe lamun gūsa

This banner was commanded by Prince Zheng, the lineage of Šurhaci and his son Jirgalang. By the blood of its commanders the Bordered Blue Banner was the remotest banner out of the Eight Banners; as all the other banners were led by descendants of Nurhaci.^[2] Due to its genealogical status, this banner was usually seen as the last banner of the Eight Banners although there were no concrete laws to officially acknowledge this status.

Some parts of Haixi Jurchens were incorporated into this banner after the defeat of the Haixi Jurchens by Jianzhou Jurchens.^[3]

Notable members

• Empress Dowager Cixi
• Empress Nara
• Sushun of Aisin-Gioro
• Shang Kexi
• Duanhua
• Gu Taiqing
• Šarhūda
• Imperial Noble Consort Xianzhe
• Noble Consort Yu
• Consort Chang
• Imperial Noble Consort Dunhui
• Noble Consort Xun( Consort to the Qianlong Emperor)

Notable clans

• Irgen Gioro
• Sirin Gioro
• Šušu Gioro
• Hešeri
• Nara clan
• Gogiya
• Keliyete
• Shang
• Giorca