Ofício do [magistrado do distrito de Xiangshan], ao [procurador de Macau], sobre o estrangeiro Deng Lei Si
This archival document is an official edict issued in September 1767 (Qianlong 32nd year, ninth month) by Magistrate Zhang, Chief Magistrate of Xiangshan County, addressed to foreign residents—including Ailuo Duo—residing in Macau. The edict concerns the 1762 (Qianlong 27th year) apprehension and de...
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| Format: | Manuscripts |
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1767-11-20
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| Subjects: |
Buddhist Monks Deportation
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Deng Leisi
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Jesuit Churches in Macau
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Macau Foreign Residents
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Official Seal Authentication
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Qianlong Dynasty Edict
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Qing Dynasty Religious Regulation
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Santo Agostinho Church
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São Paulo Church
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Traditional Chinese Document Verification
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Xiangshan County Magistracy
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Manuscripts
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/8C3WBGPT/viewer_8C3WBGPT.html |
| Summary: | This archival document is an official edict issued in September 1767 (Qianlong 32nd year, ninth month) by Magistrate Zhang, Chief Magistrate of Xiangshan County, addressed to foreign residents—including Ailuo Duo—residing in Macau. The edict concerns the 1762 (Qianlong 27th year) apprehension and deportation of Buddhist monks from the Great and Small Sām Pá Temples—identified as the Jesuit churches of São Paulo and Santo Agostinho in Macau—and demands a comprehensive, verified report on three matters: the total number of individuals apprehended; their full personal particulars, including nationality, names, and ages; and the subsequent disposition of the case in their home country, specifically the monarch’s adjudication, any official notification sent to Chinese authorities, and confessions implicating Deng Leisi (Domingos da Costa, SJ) or revealing accomplices aware of his activities. The document bears multiple imperial and official seals—including a red square seal dated Qianlong 32nd year, ninth month; a circular ‘illegible imperial seal’; a ‘Su’ (‘Urgent’) seal; and an ‘illegible official seal’—and features traditional authentication marks such as the *Hua* (‘Flower’) annotation indicating formal promulgation. It constitutes a primary source for studying Qing imperial administration, Sino-foreign legal interactions in Macau, Jesuit presence in late imperial China, and colonial-era religious regulation under the Qianlong reign. |
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