Ofício do assistente do magistrado do distrito de Xiangshan, Jin, ao procurador de Macau, informando que vem a Macau para entregar um ofício do vice-rei
This is a formal imperial proclamation issued on the nineteenth day of the tenth lunar month in the thirty-second year of the Qianlong reign (1767) by Xīng, Magistrate of Xiāngshān County, Guǎngzhōu Prefecture, under authority delegated from the Provincial Governor (*Dūxiàn*) and the Military and Ci...
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1767-12-09
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/GEZ8Z2XU/viewer_GEZ8Z2XU.html |
| Summary: | This is a formal imperial proclamation issued on the nineteenth day of the tenth lunar month in the thirty-second year of the Qianlong reign (1767) by Xīng, Magistrate of Xiāngshān County, Guǎngzhōu Prefecture, under authority delegated from the Provincial Governor (*Dūxiàn*) and the Military and Civil Administration (*Jūnmín Fǔ*). Addressed to the foreign headmen (*yímù*) of Macau—including Wēiláiduō and others—the document mandates structural reforms to the annual Macau–Canton trade delegation (*jiélèisī*, rendered as ‘Jelaisi’), requiring it henceforth to operate under the same official permit (*pái*) as merchants from other foreign nations. It stipulates that delegation members must reside temporarily in Macau at premises assigned to foreign merchants and travel collectively to Guangzhou the following summer under a joint permit. The proclamation orders immediate preparation of official lodgings (*gōngguǎn*) in Macau, convening of the eight principal foreign headmen (*bā tóumù*), and assembly of interpreters (*shāng tōngshì*) at the designated residence to receive further instructions. It further announces the Magistrate’s personal visit to Macau on the twenty-first day of the current lunar month to deliver the Provincial Governor’s edict. The document bears multiple official seals, including the *Guǎngzhōu Fǔ Xiāngshān Xiàn Zhèngtáng Guānfáng*, the character *Yù* (‘Proclamation’), and a registration stamp (*Dēng nèi hào qì*), alongside archival markings (354/T31/2467) and an illegible wax seal. |
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