Ofício do mandarim substituto sub-prefeito de Macau, Liu, ao procurador de Macau, sobre a advertência aos estrangeiros, residentes em Macau, relativa à proibição de empregar moradores chineses ou tancareiros, para pilotarem ilegalmente as sampanas
This abstract describes a Qing dynasty imperial edict issued in the fourth month of the fifty-second year of the Qianlong reign (1787), originating from the Office of the Sub-Prefect of Macau and bearing its official seal. The document is addressed to foreign heads of community in Macau, including a...
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1787-05-20
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| Subjects: |
Canton maritime laws
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Macau Sub-Prefect Office
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Portuguese Macau governance
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Qianlong reign
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Qing Dynasty Edict
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Qing imperial seal
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Sino-foreign administrative interaction
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Tanka boat-dwellers
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danmin maritime employment
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foreign maritime regulation
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illicit emigration control
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Manuscripts
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/7HEWVQBT/viewer_7HEWVQBT.html |
| Summary: | This abstract describes a Qing dynasty imperial edict issued in the fourth month of the fifty-second year of the Qianlong reign (1787), originating from the Office of the Sub-Prefect of Macau and bearing its official seal. The document is addressed to foreign heads of community in Macau, including an individual named Rurudo, and concerns regulatory enforcement against the unauthorised engagement of *danmin*—specifically Tanka boat-dwellers—as sailors and pilots on foreign-operated vessels. It records official findings that foreign residents had employed Chinese civilians to pilot sampans beyond Macau’s waters without authorisation, engaged in offshore loitering, discharged firearms for bird-shooting, and departed the port unlawfully by sea. The edict prohibits foreign nationals—referred to using the historical administrative term ‘Yi’—from hiring local mariners or civilians for private maritime navigation, citing risks of illicit emigration, collusion with foreign ships approaching Guangzhou, and broader disturbances to imperial maritime order. It mandates immediate investigation by foreign community leaders into such practices and requires strict compliance with Qing maritime laws under penalty of administrative sanction. Marginalia identify the document as pertaining to the ‘Yangba Yangren’ (‘Eight Oceanic Peoples’) and assign it archival reference T103. The text reflects late imperial governance mechanisms in Macau and Sino-foreign administrative interaction during the High Qing period. |
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