Ofício do mandarim substituto sub-prefeito de Macau, Lin, ao procurador de Macau, sobre os mercadores dinamarqueses que chegaram a Macau e que pretendem ir a Cantão para tratar de comércio
This archival document is an Imperial Edict (*Yù*) issued on the ninth day of the eighth lunar month in the twenty-second year of the Qianlong reign (4 September 1757) by Lin, Acting Prefect of Guangzhou and Commissioner for Maritime Defence and Civil-Military Affairs. It addresses Ailuoduo and othe...
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1767-09-26
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Guangdong Provincial Administration
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Guangzhou Maritime Defence Commissioner
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Imperial Edict
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Lin Acting Prefect of Guangzhou
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Officially Recognised Foreign Headmen
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Portuguese Merchants
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Qianlong reign
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Qing Dynasty Foreign Trade Regulation
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Qing–Portuguese Diplomatic Protocol
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Unauthorised Inland Travel
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Wúbāhēinǎjǐ
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Manuscripts
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/J57CI4PF/viewer_J57CI4PF.html |
| Summary: | This archival document is an Imperial Edict (*Yù*) issued on the ninth day of the eighth lunar month in the twenty-second year of the Qianlong reign (4 September 1757) by Lin, Acting Prefect of Guangzhou and Commissioner for Maritime Defence and Civil-Military Affairs. It addresses Ailuoduo and other officially recognised foreign headmen (*yìmù*) regarding the unauthorised inland travel of two Portuguese merchants, identified as Wúbāhēinǎjǐ, who arrived in Guangdong aboard a foreign vessel from Tongwen (Tonkin, northern Vietnam) rather than under the licensed *hong* merchant system. The edict specifies that foreign merchants seeking access to Guangzhou city must obtain an official travel permit (*páizhào*) through formal petition submitted via their designated *yìmù*, as mandated by established precedent and recorded administrative practice. It commands immediate verification of the vessel’s registered number and requires the merchants to present themselves without delay at the Prefectural office to apply for the permit, emphasising strict adherence to protocol to ensure documentation, inter-agency coordination, and regulatory compliance. The document bears the official seal of the Prefecture of Guangzhou (*Guǎngzhōu Fǔ Yìn*) and a supplementary circular seal affirming its binding authority (*Zhào wú wéi tè yù*), reflecting Qing imperial governance of foreign commerce and mobility in the Canton System during the mid-eighteenth century. |
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