Niohuru clan


The Niohuru were a prominent Manchu clan during the Qing dynasty. The clan had inhabited the Changbai Mountains since as early as the Liao dynasty. The clan was well known during the Qing dynasty for producing a variety of consorts of all ranks for emperors, several of whom went on to become mothers to reigning emperors. Prominent people who belonged or trace heritage to the Niohuru clan including famed Manchu warrior Eidu, his son the high official Ebilun, the Empress Dowager Ci'an, the infamous corrupt official Heshen, the contemporary concert pianist Lang Lang and Lang Tsuyun, Taiwanese TV, movie and stage actress, singer and producer.

Distribution

Written records of the Niohuru clan dates back to the Liao dynasty, when it was known as the Dilie clan by Chinese transliteration. The current transliteration Niohuru came into being during the Ming dynasty. The Niohuru clan inhabited the Changbai mountains region of present-day Jilin province in northeast China, and also on the banks of the Songhua River and Mudan River.
According to members of the clan who attempted to re-trace their genealogy, the common primogenitor of the vast tribe date back to one Sohoji Bayan, who was six generations removed from Eidu, the first eminent Niohuru clan member in recorded Qing history. The Niohuru were widely distributed throughout the territory of the Manchu empire, and each of the Eight Banners had some Niohurus among their ranks.
Towards the end of the Qing dynasty and particularly after the founding the Republic of China in 1912, many Manchus adopted single-character Chinese surnames based on their clan origin. The Niohuru were known to have adopted to two versions, "Niu", which could be found in the modern province of Jiangxi in addition to Manchuria; and "Lang". Lang sounded like "wolf" in Chinese, roughly corresponding to the Manchu root word Niohe for Niohuru meaning "wolf".
Niu 钮 is on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.

Notable figures

Males

; Prince Consort
DatePrince ConsortBackgroundPrincess
1608DaqiNurhaci's fifth daughter by mistress
EiduNurhaci's fourth daughter by mistress
1621Turgei-Nurhaci's fourth daughter by mistress
1790FengšenindePrincess Hexiao, the Qianlong Emperor's tenth daughter by Consort Dun
1863Jalafungga Princess Shouxi, the Daoguang Emperor's eighth daughter by Noble Consort Tong

Females

Imperial Consort
Princess Consort
  • Primary Consort
  • * Hong Taiji's first primary consort, the mother of Lobohoi
  • * Yunli's primary consort
  • * Yongrong's second primary consort, the mother of Mianxin, Princess and Mianqing
  • * Yonglin's first primary consort, the mother of Mianheng, second son and second daughter
  • * Miankai's primary consort, the mother of Yizuan
  • * Yihe's primary consort
  • Secondary Consort
  • * Yunbi's secondary consort, the mother of Lady and Hongkang
  • Concubine
  • * Nurhaci's concubine, the mother of Tanggūdai and Tabai
  • * The Kangxi Emperor's concubine, the mother of 20th daughter
  • * Changning's concubine, the mother of sixth daughter
  • Lang Tsuyun 郎祖筠, Taiwanese entertainment personality, famous for TV, movie and stage acting, singer, writer and producer.