Abstract: Qing Company Commanders can be divided into two broad categories，private and public，based on the method by which they were appointed． Private commanders were hereditary because they were direct descendents of previous company commanders． By the late Kangxi era the banner population had greatly expanded and those who qualified for hereditary status as commanders increased and lawsuits arose． By the Yongzheng reign this type of lawsuit was increasing day-by-day． In 1736，Emperor Qianlong issued an imperial order that that required the eight banners to report the origin of commanders and to draw up genealogies of commanders． On the basis of these genealogies the banners would determine the descendents of the commanders，grade two candidates for appointment． Eventually，this practice became The Imperial Commissioned Regulations and Precedents on Selection and Appointment of Company Commanders．