Ofício do mandarim substituto sub-prefeito de Macau, Guan, ao procurador de Macau, sobre a proibição do comércio de algodão, carregado pelos navios estrangeiros para Cantão
This abstract describes a bilingual historical document comprising an imperial edict issued in the forty-second year of the Qianlong reign (1777), specifically on the second day of the seventh lunar month, and bearing marginalia dated to the Ren Yin year—contextually aligned with 1777 rather than ot...
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1777-08-05
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/NMFH42Q9/viewer_NMFH42Q9.html |
| Summary: | This abstract describes a bilingual historical document comprising an imperial edict issued in the forty-second year of the Qianlong reign (1777), specifically on the second day of the seventh lunar month, and bearing marginalia dated to the Ren Yin year—contextually aligned with 1777 rather than other possible sexagenary cycle equivalents. The document is an official proclamation issued by Guan, Acting Prefect of the Guangzhou Maritime Defence Prefecture for Military and Civil Affairs, addressed to the foreign headman of Macau. It transmits an imperial directive originally promulgated by Li, Governor-General of Guangdong Province, concerning trade regulation and agricultural policy in Guangdong. Key provisions include: the prohibition of foreign (termed ‘Oceanic Barbarian’) vessels engaged in cotton trade from entering Guangdong ports, issued under direct imperial command; and a subsequent imperial rescission of the provincial ban on cotton cultivation. The text bears multiple official seals, including those of the Guangzhou Maritime Defence Prefecture, the Office of the Guangzhou Prefecture for Military and Administrative Affairs, and the National Archive of the Torre do Tombo, indicating its archival provenance and administrative circulation. The document reflects Qing-era governance mechanisms, Sino-foreign diplomatic protocol, and the interplay between imperial authority, provincial administration, and maritime trade oversight in late eighteenth-century Guangdong. It is a primary source of significance for scholars examining Qing legal administration, colonial-era commercial regulation, and cross-cultural diplomatic communication in southern China. |
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