Ofício do magistrado do distrito de Xiangshan, Yang, ao procurador de Macau, sobre a compra de rapé
This imperial edict, dated 16th day of the fifth lunar month in the sixty-first year of the Kangxi Emperor’s reign (1722 CE), and reissued with marginalia referencing the forty-first year of the Qianlong reign (1776 CE), is a formal administrative directive issued by Magistrate Yang of Xiangshan Cou...
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1776-06-30
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Archival Marginalia and Seals
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Historical Measurement Units in Qing Documents
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Macau Foreign Headman
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Opium Consignment Restrictions
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Qing Dynasty administrative directive
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Regulation of Foreign Merchants in Macau
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Sino-Portuguese Trade Provenance
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Snuff Trade Regulation
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Xiangshan County Magisterial Authority
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Manuscripts
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/BF82I6JA/viewer_BF82I6JA.html |
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| description | This imperial edict, dated 16th day of the fifth lunar month in the sixty-first year of the Kangxi Emperor’s reign (1722 CE), and reissued with marginalia referencing the forty-first year of the Qianlong reign (1776 CE), is a formal administrative directive issued by Magistrate Yang of Xiangshan County to Wei Luo Duo, the Foreign Headman in Macau. The document concerns the regulation of foreign merchants resident in Macau and their trading vessels, specifically addressing the consignment of opium—measured in *lā*, a local unit approximating 0.57 kg—and snuff (*rapé*), identified with its Portuguese term and literal translation. It instructs the Foreign Headman to ensure that over four hundred *lā* of opium be reserved for official collection by county officers, who would subsequently settle the agreed price; merchants are explicitly prohibited from delaying or withholding delivery. The edict notes repeated deferrals causing administrative delay and adverse impact upon the tribute ceremony, which it deems unsuitable. Marginal annotations indicate archival classification (T4/, T41) and identification numbers (No. 168; Person No. 76). The text bears an official red square seal of indeterminate inscription. As a primary source, this document provides direct evidence of Qing dynasty provincial oversight of foreign trade, opium procurement practices, bureaucratic protocol, and Sino-Portuguese administrative interaction in Macau during the early eighteenth century. |
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{{PAGE:1}}
[Page]
16 de 5 luna do anno 61 de
Xin-lum
[Marginalia — center]
諭
168
T41
1776
{{PAGE:2}}
[Main text]
香山縣正堂楊
諭夷目唩囉
哆知悉照得駐澳夷人商船已
陸續回澳所有帶回鼻煙該
{{PAGE:3}}
[Main text]
夷目即傳知夷商預留四百餘
辣聼候
本縣差役到取給價不得臨
{{PAGE:4}}
[Main text]
時多方推諉有悞
貢典致干未便特諭
{{PAGE:5}}
[Stamp — center]
[Red square seal with illegible seal script]
[Main text]
乾隆四十一年五月
吉
日諭
[Marginalia — right]
T41
[translation]
{{PAGE:1}}
[Page]
16th day of the fifth lunar month in the sixty-first year of the reign of the Kangxi Emperor (1722 CE)
[Marginalia — centred]
Imperial Edict
No. 168
T4/
Person No. 76
{{PAGE:2}}
Magistrate Yang of Xiangshan County
To the Foreign Headman, Wei Luo Duo
You are hereby instructed to take notice that foreign merchants resident in Macau, together with their trading vessels, have now returned to Macau in successive batches. With them, they have brought back snuff (Portuguese: *rapé*; lit. ‘nasal tobacco’).
{{PAGE:3}}
The foreign headman was immediately instructed to inform the foreign merchants that they were to reserve over four hundred *lā* (a unit of weight, approximately equivalent to 1.25 lb or 0.57 kg) of opium, pending further instructions.
The county magistrate’s officers would shortly arrive to collect the consignment and settle the agreed price; merchants were expressly forbidden from delaying or withholding delivery at that stage.
{{PAGE:4}}
The matter has repeatedly been deferred, causing delay and inconvenience;
the tribute ceremony has thereby been adversely affected. This is deemed unsuitable.
Accordingly, this official directive is hereby issued.
{{PAGE:5}}
[Stamp — centred]
[Red square seal bearing illegible seal script]
[Main text]
In the forty-first year of the Qianlong reign, fifth month,
auspicious day — imperial edict.
[Marginalia — right]
T41 |
| fulltext_transcription | {{PAGE:1}}
[Page]
16 de 5 luna do anno 61 de
Xin-lum
[Marginalia — center]
諭
168
T41
1776
{{PAGE:2}}
[Main text]
香山縣正堂楊
諭夷目唩囉
哆知悉照得駐澳夷人商船已
陸續回澳所有帶回鼻煙該
{{PAGE:3}}
[Main text]
夷目即傳知夷商預留四百餘
辣聼候
本縣差役到取給價不得臨
{{PAGE:4}}
[Main text]
時多方推諉有悞
貢典致干未便特諭
{{PAGE:5}}
[Stamp — center]
[Red square seal with illegible seal script]
[Main text]
乾隆四十一年五月
吉
日諭
[Marginalia — right]
T41 |
| fulltext_translation | {{PAGE:1}}
[Page]
16th day of the fifth lunar month in the sixty-first year of the reign of the Kangxi Emperor (1722 CE)
[Marginalia — centred]
Imperial Edict
No. 168
T4/
Person No. 76
{{PAGE:2}}
Magistrate Yang of Xiangshan County
To the Foreign Headman, Wei Luo Duo
You are hereby instructed to take notice that foreign merchants resident in Macau, together with their trading vessels, have now returned to Macau in successive batches. With them, they have brought back snuff (Portuguese: *rapé*; lit. ‘nasal tobacco’).
{{PAGE:3}}
The foreign headman was immediately instructed to inform the foreign merchants that they were to reserve over four hundred *lā* (a unit of weight, approximately equivalent to 1.25 lb or 0.57 kg) of opium, pending further instructions.
The county magistrate’s officers would shortly arrive to collect the consignment and settle the agreed price; merchants were expressly forbidden from delaying or withholding delivery at that stage.
{{PAGE:4}}
The matter has repeatedly been deferred, causing delay and inconvenience;
the tribute ceremony has thereby been adversely affected. This is deemed unsuitable.
Accordingly, this official directive is hereby issued.
{{PAGE:5}}
[Stamp — centred]
[Red square seal bearing illegible seal script]
[Main text]
In the forty-first year of the Qianlong reign, fifth month,
auspicious day — imperial edict.
[Marginalia — right]
T41 |
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| spelling | Ofício do magistrado do distrito de Xiangshan, Yang, ao procurador de Macau, sobre a compra de rapé This imperial edict, dated 16th day of the fifth lunar month in the sixty-first year of the Kangxi Emperor’s reign (1722 CE), and reissued with marginalia referencing the forty-first year of the Qianlong reign (1776 CE), is a formal administrative directive issued by Magistrate Yang of Xiangshan County to Wei Luo Duo, the Foreign Headman in Macau. The document concerns the regulation of foreign merchants resident in Macau and their trading vessels, specifically addressing the consignment of opium—measured in *lā*, a local unit approximating 0.57 kg—and snuff (*rapé*), identified with its Portuguese term and literal translation. It instructs the Foreign Headman to ensure that over four hundred *lā* of opium be reserved for official collection by county officers, who would subsequently settle the agreed price; merchants are explicitly prohibited from delaying or withholding delivery. The edict notes repeated deferrals causing administrative delay and adverse impact upon the tribute ceremony, which it deems unsuitable. Marginal annotations indicate archival classification (T4/, T41) and identification numbers (No. 168; Person No. 76). The text bears an official red square seal of indeterminate inscription. As a primary source, this document provides direct evidence of Qing dynasty provincial oversight of foreign trade, opium procurement practices, bureaucratic protocol, and Sino-Portuguese administrative interaction in Macau during the early eighteenth century. Manuscripts Portugal. Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo PT/TT/DCHN/1/1/000041 1776-06-30 Archival Marginalia and Seals Historical Measurement Units in Qing Documents Macau Foreign Headman Opium Consignment Restrictions Qing Dynasty administrative directive Regulation of Foreign Merchants in Macau Sino-Portuguese Trade Provenance Snuff Trade Regulation Xiangshan County Magisterial Authority {{PAGE:1}} [Page] 16 de 5 luna do anno 61 de Xin-lum [Marginalia — center] 諭 168 T41 1776 {{PAGE:2}} [Main text] 香山縣正堂楊 諭夷目唩囉 哆知悉照得駐澳夷人商船已 陸續回澳所有帶回鼻煙該 {{PAGE:3}} [Main text] 夷目即傳知夷商預留四百餘 辣聼候 本縣差役到取給價不得臨 {{PAGE:4}} [Main text] 時多方推諉有悞 貢典致干未便特諭 {{PAGE:5}} [Stamp — center] [Red square seal with illegible seal script] [Main text] 乾隆四十一年五月 吉 日諭 [Marginalia — right] T41 {{PAGE:1}} [Page] 16th day of the fifth lunar month in the sixty-first year of the reign of the Kangxi Emperor (1722 CE) [Marginalia — centred] Imperial Edict No. 168 T4/ Person No. 76 {{PAGE:2}} Magistrate Yang of Xiangshan County To the Foreign Headman, Wei Luo Duo You are hereby instructed to take notice that foreign merchants resident in Macau, together with their trading vessels, have now returned to Macau in successive batches. With them, they have brought back snuff (Portuguese: *rapé*; lit. ‘nasal tobacco’). {{PAGE:3}} The foreign headman was immediately instructed to inform the foreign merchants that they were to reserve over four hundred *lā* (a unit of weight, approximately equivalent to 1.25 lb or 0.57 kg) of opium, pending further instructions. The county magistrate’s officers would shortly arrive to collect the consignment and settle the agreed price; merchants were expressly forbidden from delaying or withholding delivery at that stage. {{PAGE:4}} The matter has repeatedly been deferred, causing delay and inconvenience; the tribute ceremony has thereby been adversely affected. This is deemed unsuitable. Accordingly, this official directive is hereby issued. {{PAGE:5}} [Stamp — centred] [Red square seal bearing illegible seal script] [Main text] In the forty-first year of the Qianlong reign, fifth month, auspicious day — imperial edict. [Marginalia — right] T41 |
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| title_fullStr | Ofício do magistrado do distrito de Xiangshan, Yang, ao procurador de Macau, sobre a compra de rapé |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ofício do magistrado do distrito de Xiangshan, Yang, ao procurador de Macau, sobre a compra de rapé |
| title_short | Ofício do magistrado do distrito de Xiangshan, Yang, ao procurador de Macau, sobre a compra de rapé |
| title_sort | ofício do magistrado do distrito de xiangshan, yang, ao procurador de macau, sobre a compra de rapé |
| topic | Archival Marginalia and Seals Historical Measurement Units in Qing Documents Macau Foreign Headman Opium Consignment Restrictions Qing Dynasty administrative directive Regulation of Foreign Merchants in Macau Sino-Portuguese Trade Provenance Snuff Trade Regulation Xiangshan County Magisterial Authority |
| topic_autocomplete | Archival Marginalia and Seals Historical Measurement Units in Qing Documents Macau Foreign Headman Opium Consignment Restrictions Qing Dynasty administrative directive Regulation of Foreign Merchants in Macau Sino-Portuguese Trade Provenance Snuff Trade Regulation Xiangshan County Magisterial Authority |
| topic_facet | Archival Marginalia and Seals Historical Measurement Units in Qing Documents Macau Foreign Headman Opium Consignment Restrictions Qing Dynasty administrative directive Regulation of Foreign Merchants in Macau Sino-Portuguese Trade Provenance Snuff Trade Regulation Xiangshan County Magisterial Authority |
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