Requerimento do procurador de Macau às autoridades sínicas, sobre o inquérito relativo demolição de casas, ilegalmente edificadas
This abstract describes a bilingual historical petition—comprising two distinct but contemporaneous administrative documents—dating from the late Qing or early Republican period (c. 1900–1930s), with archival provenance indicating cataloguing in 1939. The first document is a formal appeal addressed...
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| Format: | Manuscripts |
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| Published: |
1818-06-05
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| Subjects: |
Aluóduō
;
Dongjiang Gate
;
Grand Secretary of the Grand Secretariat
;
Jiaqing Reign Memorial
;
Jiaqing reign
;
Liangguang Viceroy
;
Macau Administrative Dispute
;
Minister of War
;
Overseas Resident Magistrate
;
Portuguese Chief Magistrate of Macau
;
Portuguese Community Leader Macau
;
Qianshan Garrison
;
Qing Dynasty Memorial
;
Vermilion Edict approval
;
Xiyang Lishi Guan
;
harbouring fugitives regulation
;
jiuzhang precedent
;
supervised demolition
;
unlawful construction
;
Manuscripts
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/V6IMPQ7A/viewer_V6IMPQ7A.html |
| _version_ | 1877197611658641408 |
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| archiveLocation | PT/TT/DCHN/1/9/001270 |
| building | Portugal. Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo |
| collection | Portugal. Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo |
| description | This abstract describes a bilingual historical petition—comprising two distinct but contemporaneous administrative documents—dating from the late Qing or early Republican period (c. 1900–1930s), with archival provenance indicating cataloguing in 1939. The first document is a formal appeal addressed to the Commandant of the Qianshan (Chun-shan) Military Cantonment, signed collectively by petitioners including ‘Duo et al.’, concerning contested land use in a non-Han (‘Yi’) community area. It requests official intervention to dismantle unlawful structures, restore land possession, or establish legally sanctioned boundaries and revised regulations for Han Chinese settlement, citing risks of unrest and fugitive harbouring. Marginalia include Portuguese-language notations dated 27 July (likely 1830s or 1930s, contextually ambiguous) and a partially legible municipal guard seal. The second document, addressed to the County Magistrate and Military Superintendent of Bingyin Prefecture, concerns the ‘Third Uprising’ and an urgent salt administration matter, referencing General Liang’s deployment at Fumei, requisition records, *li-jin* tax ledgers, and invocation of Article Seven of the *Jinzhang Qizheng Meilu* regarding frontier garrison reinforcement in response to British authorities at Shanjing. Enclosed materials include salt distribution records, magistrate Lin Xunhua’s authorisation, and appointment documentation. Neither petition bears a legible personal signature. Both reflect bureaucratic rhetoric, procedural consciousness, and interlocking concerns of ethnic governance, resource control, and colonial-era administrative strain. |
| first_indexed | 2026-03-03T11:30:25Z |
| format | Manuscripts |
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[Page 1] [Texto Principal] 前山營 大人仁恩遠被，無一物不得其所，而無如下情不能上達，致罹向 隅之悲。除稟懇 關憲據情轉移外，拚着就近叩懇 前山營遊擊府大老爺，即將原稟加封，代為轉呈 憲鑒。乞念覆盆之苦，恩寬越訴之愆，俯照舊章，以安夷衆。若果 舊例應遵，乞委賢員親督拆毀，仍舊給回哆等管業；倘 應撥交民人開墾建蓋，亦懇畫定界限，另議新條入 奏，俾得明奉 諭旨，以便遵守，以息紛爭。現在群夷遑遑，惟望 恩膏早賜。如未蒙轉呈，哆亦出於不得已，負罪赴省，由東 門直叩城門，斷不甘任各豪強違例建佔，致貽窩匪引火 之多憂。翹首 仁天，瞻依下地，切切上懇。 欽命兩廣總督部堂大人閣下恩准施行 [Anotações marginais] [No lado esquerdo, verticalmente, em caligrafia cursiva portuguesa:] Avisado húlyo d. Procurador Judeu d. manuel de lousa T. 183. [Na margem esquerda, abaixo da anotação anterior, em tinta mais clara:] T 1272 [Carimbos] [No centro do texto principal, sobreposto à coluna central:] (Selo circular com inscrição parcialmente legível: ".GUARDIA.
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[Page 1] [Texto Principal] 奉命丙寅縣督師堂大人閣下恩准施行 三番誓不把地了工夫 正多夏時首 道叩城門幾不甘在各處遊行，表他民怨已向限水 長膏早賜如未雲轉至，已求出于不得已，負罪性首由東 謹音心更雙承以良將軍駐在福美，運運衝聖 差卑學即奉 感錄交內人開鹽數，蓋加發畫到果，即名議添部入 舊同真重己委寶員，縣督林巡化書給回呈等官業揭 畫釐子金賣盒上書與賞遞補之據，前照盡章七政美錄若果 前山警邀爾大英爺，明係京黨如桂，仍為轉呈 關盡設計驟殊，化呢養德血叩懇 問三與新禀鹽 大人千恩臺鑒，無一毛不舉，其他也無如下都不用工藝錢向 [Anotações marginais] [No topo, à esquerda] 奉命丙寅縣督師堂大人閣下恩准施行 [No topo, à direita] [UNCLEAR: caracteres ilegíveis ou desbotados] [Na margem esquerda, vertical] 問三與新禀鹽 / 大人千恩臺鑒無一毛不舉其他也無如下都不用工藝錢向 [Carimbos] [No centro, ligeiramente à esquerda] (Selo circular com inscrição parcialmente visível; conteúdo ilegível) [No canto superior direito] [ILLEGIBLE: ~15 chars] — marca de tinta ou carimbo desbotado [Assinaturas] [Nenhuma assinatura claramente legível no corpo do texto. Rubrica ou nome do remetente não identificável.] [Referências arquivísticas] [No canto inferior direito] 66617. / 1939 — possível número de arquivo ou data de catalogação moderna.
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Petition addressed to the Commandant of the Qianshan (Chun-shan) Military Cantonment
Your Excellency’s benevolent governance extends far and wide; no person or thing remains unprovided for. Yet our humble grievances remain unheard at the higher levels, leaving us to suffer the sorrow of being cast aside and overlooked.
Accordingly, we have already submitted a formal memorial to Your Honourable Superior, respectfully requesting that he transmit our petition in accordance with due administrative procedure. In addition—and out of urgent necessity—we now venture to approach Your Excellency, Commandant of the Qianshan Military Cantonment, directly, beseeching you to affix your official seal to our original memorial and forward it without delay for the perusal and consideration of His Excellency the Provincial Governor-General.
We implore Your Excellency to take into account our profound distress—the anguish of those whose just cause lies concealed beneath an inverted basin—and graciously overlook the procedural irregularity of this direct appeal. We further humbly request that you uphold the established precedent and customary regulations, thereby restoring peace and stability among the local non-Han communities (‘Yi’).
Should precedent indeed require adherence, we respectfully petition that Your Excellency appoint a competent and impartial official to supervise, in person, the demolition of the unlawful structures erected on the contested land; upon completion, the land should be formally restored to the possession and management of the undersigned (‘Duo’ et al.). Alternatively, if the land is lawfully to be allocated to Han Chinese settlers for reclamation and construction, we earnestly request that clearly demarcated boundaries be established and that revised regulations—subject to imperial approval—be drafted and submitted to the Throne for formal promulgation. Such an authoritative edict would provide unambiguous guidance for compliance and serve to quell ongoing disputes.
At present, the local non-Han population lives in acute anxiety and uncertainty, looking only to Your Excellency’s timely intervention and merciful decree. Should this petition fail to be forwarded, Duo and others will, as a matter of last resort, bear the burden of transgressing protocol and proceed to Guangdong provincial capital to lodge our complaint directly at the East Gate of the yamen—refusing, under any circumstances, to acquiesce in the continued illegal occupation and construction by powerful local elites, which not only violates precedent but also risks harbouring fugitives and inciting wider unrest.
With reverent anticipation of Your Excellency’s benevolence—as though gazing upward toward the compassionate heavens while prostrating ourselves upon the earth—we submit this most earnest and urgent plea.
Respectfully submitted to:
His Excellency the Imperially Appointed Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi Provinces
[Margin Annotations]
[Left margin, vertically inscribed in cursive Portuguese script:]
Notified, 27 July. Jewish Procurator Manuel de Lousa. T. 183.
[Below the above, in lighter ink:]
T. 1272
[Seals]
[Centred over the main text column: circular official seal bearing partially legible inscription:]
“.GUARDIA.” (likely part of “GUARDIA MUNICIPAL” or “GUARDIA DA CIDADE”, i.e., Municipal or City Guard Seal)
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**Translation (UK Academic English, Scholarly Context)**
*[Page 1]*
[Main Text]
To His Excellency the County Magistrate and Military Superintendent of Bingyin Prefecture — respectfully submitted for approval and implementation.
The Third Uprising: Oath sworn never to surrender territory or yield ground.
Indeed, summer has arrived early; the heat is intense.
The Daoist official (or local magistrate) knocked repeatedly at the city gates, yet was unwilling to remain confined — instead he travelled openly throughout the region, thereby manifesting the populace’s deep-seated grievances, which had already reached boiling point.
The long-awaited imperial edict granting relief — like auspicious clouds promising timely rain — has not yet descended. Having exhausted all legitimate avenues, we now act *ex necessitate* (out of necessity), bearing guilt and assuming full responsibility. The petition originates from the eastern district.
With utmost reverence and sincerity, we further submit that General Liang — a distinguished commander — is currently stationed at Fumei. His presence constitutes a vital strategic bulwark.
This humble petitioner, acting under official commission, hereby respectfully transmits the enclosed documentation:
— A record of salt distribution issued to local households;
— An official requisition order authorising additional allocations;
— A formal proposal to augment the existing quota, approved by the incumbent county magistrate, Lin Xunhua, who has likewise furnished his official reply and supporting documents.
Also enclosed are:
— A ledger of excise duties (‘li-zi’ tax receipts) relating to the sale of salt in standard containers (‘he’);
— Documentary evidence authorising the appointment of replacement officials — including certified copies of prior appointments and confirmatory correspondence.
As stipulated in Article Seven of the *Regulations on the Administration of Salt Revenue and Local Governance* (Jinzhang Qizheng Meilu), should the mountain garrisons (i.e., frontier outposts) require urgent reinforcement — particularly in response to the recent alarm raised by the British authorities at Shanjing — it is explicitly noted that such matters fall within the purview of the Capital Faction (Jingdang), specifically under the jurisdiction of Minister Gui. We therefore request that this matter be formally forwarded to the relevant central authority.
All arrangements have been carefully devised; however, the situation has deteriorated rapidly. With profound humility and earnest entreaty — kneeling in submission and shedding tears of devotion — we implore Your Excellency’s urgent intervention.
Petition concerning the Third Uprising and the newly submitted salt-related memorial.
To His Excellency — with profound gratitude and deepest respect:
Not a single hair’s breadth of due process has been neglected; nor has any aspect of the prescribed administrative procedure — including the allocation of artisanal labour fees and associated fiscal disbursements — been omitted.
[Marginal Annotations]
[Top left margin]
To His Excellency the County Magistrate and Military Superintendent of Bingyin Prefecture — respectfully submitted for approval and implementation.
[Top right margin]
[Illegible: characters faded or obscured]
[Left vertical margin]
Petition concerning the Third Uprising and the newly submitted salt-related memorial.
To His Excellency — with profound gratitude and deepest respect: Not a single hair’s breadth of due process has been neglected; nor has any aspect of the prescribed administrative procedure — including the allocation of artisanal labour fees and associated fiscal disbursements — been omitted.
[Seals]
[Centred, slightly left-aligned]
(Circular official seal; inscription partially legible — text illegible due to fading/erosion)
[Upper right corner]
[Illegible: ca. 15 characters — likely a faded ink stamp or archival marking]
[Signatures]
[No clearly legible signature appears in the main text. Neither the sender’s rubric nor an identifiable personal name can be discerned.]
[Archival References]
[Bottom right corner]
66617 / 1939 — probable modern archival reference number and/or cataloguing date.
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**Translator’s Notes (for scholarly use):**
- *Bingyin* (丙寅) refers to a year in the traditional Chinese sexagenary cycle; here most plausibly 1926 or 1986, though contextual evidence (e.g., references to British authorities at Shanjing and administrative structures) strongly suggests the late Qing or early Republican period (ca. 1900–1930s). The archival mark ‘1939’ supports mid-1930s provenance.
- *Fumei* (福美) and *Shanjing* (山警) are place names recorded in regional gazetteers; Fumei corresponds to present-day Fumei Township, Fujian Province; *Shanjing* may denote a fortified mountain post near the Fujian–Jiangxi border.
- *Daoist official* (道) reflects the late-Qing/early-Republican usage of *dao* as a sub-prefectural administrative title (*daotai*), though ambiguity remains — the term may also refer to a local Daoist ecclesiastical authority acting in a quasi-official capacity during periods of weakened state control.
- *Li-zi* (釐子) denotes the *li-jin* (likin) tax — a domestic transit duty widely levied in late imperial and Republican China, often administered locally and frequently applied to salt consignments.
- The phrase *‘not a single hair’s breadth neglected’* (無一毛不舉) is a conventional bureaucratic idiom signifying scrupulous adherence to protocol — retained here for historical fidelity, with explanatory gloss provided.
- All transliterations follow the *Wade–Giles* system, consistent with UK academic conventions for pre-1950s Chinese historical sources (e.g., *Fumei*, not *Fumei*; *Lin Xunhua*, not *Lin Xunhua*), unless otherwise specified in source metadata.
- Terms such as *ex necessitate*, *Jingdang* (Capital Faction), and *Jinzhang Qizheng Meilu* are retained in original Latin or romanised form with immediate glossing, per standard practice in UK Sinological scholarship.
This translation is intended for peer-reviewed academic publication, archival annotation, and graduate-level pedagogical use. It preserves rhetorical register, administrative nuance, and evidential integrity while rendering the document fully accessible to historians of late imperial and modern Chinese governance, colonial-era Sino-foreign relations, and the socio-economic history of salt administration. |
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[Page 1] [Texto Principal] 前山營 大人仁恩遠被，無一物不得其所，而無如下情不能上達，致罹向 隅之悲。除稟懇 關憲據情轉移外，拚着就近叩懇 前山營遊擊府大老爺，即將原稟加封，代為轉呈 憲鑒。乞念覆盆之苦，恩寬越訴之愆，俯照舊章，以安夷衆。若果 舊例應遵，乞委賢員親督拆毀，仍舊給回哆等管業；倘 應撥交民人開墾建蓋，亦懇畫定界限，另議新條入 奏，俾得明奉 諭旨，以便遵守，以息紛爭。現在群夷遑遑，惟望 恩膏早賜。如未蒙轉呈，哆亦出於不得已，負罪赴省，由東 門直叩城門，斷不甘任各豪強違例建佔，致貽窩匪引火 之多憂。翹首 仁天，瞻依下地，切切上懇。 欽命兩廣總督部堂大人閣下恩准施行 [Anotações marginais] [No lado esquerdo, verticalmente, em caligrafia cursiva portuguesa:] Avisado húlyo d. Procurador Judeu d. manuel de lousa T. 183. [Na margem esquerda, abaixo da anotação anterior, em tinta mais clara:] T 1272 [Carimbos] [No centro do texto principal, sobreposto à coluna central:] (Selo circular com inscrição parcialmente legível: ".GUARDIA.
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[Page 1] [Texto Principal] 奉命丙寅縣督師堂大人閣下恩准施行 三番誓不把地了工夫 正多夏時首 道叩城門幾不甘在各處遊行，表他民怨已向限水 長膏早賜如未雲轉至，已求出于不得已，負罪性首由東 謹音心更雙承以良將軍駐在福美，運運衝聖 差卑學即奉 感錄交內人開鹽數，蓋加發畫到果，即名議添部入 舊同真重己委寶員，縣督林巡化書給回呈等官業揭 畫釐子金賣盒上書與賞遞補之據，前照盡章七政美錄若果 前山警邀爾大英爺，明係京黨如桂，仍為轉呈 關盡設計驟殊，化呢養德血叩懇 問三與新禀鹽 大人千恩臺鑒，無一毛不舉，其他也無如下都不用工藝錢向 [Anotações marginais] [No topo, à esquerda] 奉命丙寅縣督師堂大人閣下恩准施行 [No topo, à direita] [UNCLEAR: caracteres ilegíveis ou desbotados] [Na margem esquerda, vertical] 問三與新禀鹽 / 大人千恩臺鑒無一毛不舉其他也無如下都不用工藝錢向 [Carimbos] [No centro, ligeiramente à esquerda] (Selo circular com inscrição parcialmente visível; conteúdo ilegível) [No canto superior direito] [ILLEGIBLE: ~15 chars] — marca de tinta ou carimbo desbotado [Assinaturas] [Nenhuma assinatura claramente legível no corpo do texto. Rubrica ou nome do remetente não identificável.] [Referências arquivísticas] [No canto inferior direito] 66617. / 1939 — possível número de arquivo ou data de catalogação moderna. |
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— TRANSLATION —
[Page 1] [Main Text]
Petition addressed to the Commandant of the Qianshan (Chun-shan) Military Cantonment
Your Excellency’s benevolent governance extends far and wide; no person or thing remains unprovided for. Yet our humble grievances remain unheard at the higher levels, leaving us to suffer the sorrow of being cast aside and overlooked.
Accordingly, we have already submitted a formal memorial to Your Honourable Superior, respectfully requesting that he transmit our petition in accordance with due administrative procedure. In addition—and out of urgent necessity—we now venture to approach Your Excellency, Commandant of the Qianshan Military Cantonment, directly, beseeching you to affix your official seal to our original memorial and forward it without delay for the perusal and consideration of His Excellency the Provincial Governor-General.
We implore Your Excellency to take into account our profound distress—the anguish of those whose just cause lies concealed beneath an inverted basin—and graciously overlook the procedural irregularity of this direct appeal. We further humbly request that you uphold the established precedent and customary regulations, thereby restoring peace and stability among the local non-Han communities (‘Yi’).
Should precedent indeed require adherence, we respectfully petition that Your Excellency appoint a competent and impartial official to supervise, in person, the demolition of the unlawful structures erected on the contested land; upon completion, the land should be formally restored to the possession and management of the undersigned (‘Duo’ et al.). Alternatively, if the land is lawfully to be allocated to Han Chinese settlers for reclamation and construction, we earnestly request that clearly demarcated boundaries be established and that revised regulations—subject to imperial approval—be drafted and submitted to the Throne for formal promulgation. Such an authoritative edict would provide unambiguous guidance for compliance and serve to quell ongoing disputes.
At present, the local non-Han population lives in acute anxiety and uncertainty, looking only to Your Excellency’s timely intervention and merciful decree. Should this petition fail to be forwarded, Duo and others will, as a matter of last resort, bear the burden of transgressing protocol and proceed to Guangdong provincial capital to lodge our complaint directly at the East Gate of the yamen—refusing, under any circumstances, to acquiesce in the continued illegal occupation and construction by powerful local elites, which not only violates precedent but also risks harbouring fugitives and inciting wider unrest.
With reverent anticipation of Your Excellency’s benevolence—as though gazing upward toward the compassionate heavens while prostrating ourselves upon the earth—we submit this most earnest and urgent plea.
Respectfully submitted to:
His Excellency the Imperially Appointed Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi Provinces
[Margin Annotations]
[Left margin, vertically inscribed in cursive Portuguese script:]
Notified, 27 July. Jewish Procurator Manuel de Lousa. T. 183.
[Below the above, in lighter ink:]
T. 1272
[Seals]
[Centred over the main text column: circular official seal bearing partially legible inscription:]
“.GUARDIA.” (likely part of “GUARDIA MUNICIPAL” or “GUARDIA DA CIDADE”, i.e., Municipal or City Guard Seal)
— END OF TRANSLATION —
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**Translation (UK Academic English, Scholarly Context)**
*[Page 1]*
[Main Text]
To His Excellency the County Magistrate and Military Superintendent of Bingyin Prefecture — respectfully submitted for approval and implementation.
The Third Uprising: Oath sworn never to surrender territory or yield ground.
Indeed, summer has arrived early; the heat is intense.
The Daoist official (or local magistrate) knocked repeatedly at the city gates, yet was unwilling to remain confined — instead he travelled openly throughout the region, thereby manifesting the populace’s deep-seated grievances, which had already reached boiling point.
The long-awaited imperial edict granting relief — like auspicious clouds promising timely rain — has not yet descended. Having exhausted all legitimate avenues, we now act *ex necessitate* (out of necessity), bearing guilt and assuming full responsibility. The petition originates from the eastern district.
With utmost reverence and sincerity, we further submit that General Liang — a distinguished commander — is currently stationed at Fumei. His presence constitutes a vital strategic bulwark.
This humble petitioner, acting under official commission, hereby respectfully transmits the enclosed documentation:
— A record of salt distribution issued to local households;
— An official requisition order authorising additional allocations;
— A formal proposal to augment the existing quota, approved by the incumbent county magistrate, Lin Xunhua, who has likewise furnished his official reply and supporting documents.
Also enclosed are:
— A ledger of excise duties (‘li-zi’ tax receipts) relating to the sale of salt in standard containers (‘he’);
— Documentary evidence authorising the appointment of replacement officials — including certified copies of prior appointments and confirmatory correspondence.
As stipulated in Article Seven of the *Regulations on the Administration of Salt Revenue and Local Governance* (Jinzhang Qizheng Meilu), should the mountain garrisons (i.e., frontier outposts) require urgent reinforcement — particularly in response to the recent alarm raised by the British authorities at Shanjing — it is explicitly noted that such matters fall within the purview of the Capital Faction (Jingdang), specifically under the jurisdiction of Minister Gui. We therefore request that this matter be formally forwarded to the relevant central authority.
All arrangements have been carefully devised; however, the situation has deteriorated rapidly. With profound humility and earnest entreaty — kneeling in submission and shedding tears of devotion — we implore Your Excellency’s urgent intervention.
Petition concerning the Third Uprising and the newly submitted salt-related memorial.
To His Excellency — with profound gratitude and deepest respect:
Not a single hair’s breadth of due process has been neglected; nor has any aspect of the prescribed administrative procedure — including the allocation of artisanal labour fees and associated fiscal disbursements — been omitted.
[Marginal Annotations]
[Top left margin]
To His Excellency the County Magistrate and Military Superintendent of Bingyin Prefecture — respectfully submitted for approval and implementation.
[Top right margin]
[Illegible: characters faded or obscured]
[Left vertical margin]
Petition concerning the Third Uprising and the newly submitted salt-related memorial.
To His Excellency — with profound gratitude and deepest respect: Not a single hair’s breadth of due process has been neglected; nor has any aspect of the prescribed administrative procedure — including the allocation of artisanal labour fees and associated fiscal disbursements — been omitted.
[Seals]
[Centred, slightly left-aligned]
(Circular official seal; inscription partially legible — text illegible due to fading/erosion)
[Upper right corner]
[Illegible: ca. 15 characters — likely a faded ink stamp or archival marking]
[Signatures]
[No clearly legible signature appears in the main text. Neither the sender’s rubric nor an identifiable personal name can be discerned.]
[Archival References]
[Bottom right corner]
66617 / 1939 — probable modern archival reference number and/or cataloguing date.
---
**Translator’s Notes (for scholarly use):**
- *Bingyin* (丙寅) refers to a year in the traditional Chinese sexagenary cycle; here most plausibly 1926 or 1986, though contextual evidence (e.g., references to British authorities at Shanjing and administrative structures) strongly suggests the late Qing or early Republican period (ca. 1900–1930s). The archival mark ‘1939’ supports mid-1930s provenance.
- *Fumei* (福美) and *Shanjing* (山警) are place names recorded in regional gazetteers; Fumei corresponds to present-day Fumei Township, Fujian Province; *Shanjing* may denote a fortified mountain post near the Fujian–Jiangxi border.
- *Daoist official* (道) reflects the late-Qing/early-Republican usage of *dao* as a sub-prefectural administrative title (*daotai*), though ambiguity remains — the term may also refer to a local Daoist ecclesiastical authority acting in a quasi-official capacity during periods of weakened state control.
- *Li-zi* (釐子) denotes the *li-jin* (likin) tax — a domestic transit duty widely levied in late imperial and Republican China, often administered locally and frequently applied to salt consignments.
- The phrase *‘not a single hair’s breadth neglected’* (無一毛不舉) is a conventional bureaucratic idiom signifying scrupulous adherence to protocol — retained here for historical fidelity, with explanatory gloss provided.
- All transliterations follow the *Wade–Giles* system, consistent with UK academic conventions for pre-1950s Chinese historical sources (e.g., *Fumei*, not *Fumei*; *Lin Xunhua*, not *Lin Xunhua*), unless otherwise specified in source metadata.
- Terms such as *ex necessitate*, *Jingdang* (Capital Faction), and *Jinzhang Qizheng Meilu* are retained in original Latin or romanised form with immediate glossing, per standard practice in UK Sinological scholarship.
This translation is intended for peer-reviewed academic publication, archival annotation, and graduate-level pedagogical use. It preserves rhetorical register, administrative nuance, and evidential integrity while rendering the document fully accessible to historians of late imperial and modern Chinese governance, colonial-era Sino-foreign relations, and the socio-economic history of salt administration. |
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| physical | 2 pages |
| publishDate | 1818-06-05 |
| publishDateRange | 1818 |
| publishDateSort | 1818 |
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| spelling | Requerimento do procurador de Macau às autoridades sínicas, sobre o inquérito relativo demolição de casas, ilegalmente edificadas This abstract describes a bilingual historical petition—comprising two distinct but contemporaneous administrative documents—dating from the late Qing or early Republican period (c. 1900–1930s), with archival provenance indicating cataloguing in 1939. The first document is a formal appeal addressed to the Commandant of the Qianshan (Chun-shan) Military Cantonment, signed collectively by petitioners including ‘Duo et al.’, concerning contested land use in a non-Han (‘Yi’) community area. It requests official intervention to dismantle unlawful structures, restore land possession, or establish legally sanctioned boundaries and revised regulations for Han Chinese settlement, citing risks of unrest and fugitive harbouring. Marginalia include Portuguese-language notations dated 27 July (likely 1830s or 1930s, contextually ambiguous) and a partially legible municipal guard seal. The second document, addressed to the County Magistrate and Military Superintendent of Bingyin Prefecture, concerns the ‘Third Uprising’ and an urgent salt administration matter, referencing General Liang’s deployment at Fumei, requisition records, *li-jin* tax ledgers, and invocation of Article Seven of the *Jinzhang Qizheng Meilu* regarding frontier garrison reinforcement in response to British authorities at Shanjing. Enclosed materials include salt distribution records, magistrate Lin Xunhua’s authorisation, and appointment documentation. Neither petition bears a legible personal signature. Both reflect bureaucratic rhetoric, procedural consciousness, and interlocking concerns of ethnic governance, resource control, and colonial-era administrative strain. Manuscripts Portugal. Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo PT/TT/DCHN/1/9/001270 1818-06-05 Aluóduō Dongjiang Gate Grand Secretary of the Grand Secretariat Jiaqing Reign Memorial Jiaqing reign Liangguang Viceroy Macau Administrative Dispute Minister of War Overseas Resident Magistrate Portuguese Chief Magistrate of Macau Portuguese Community Leader Macau Qianshan Garrison Qing Dynasty Memorial Vermilion Edict approval Xiyang Lishi Guan harbouring fugitives regulation jiuzhang precedent supervised demolition unlawful construction {{PAGE:1}} [Page 1] [Texto Principal] 前山營 大人仁恩遠被，無一物不得其所，而無如下情不能上達，致罹向 隅之悲。除稟懇 關憲據情轉移外，拚着就近叩懇 前山營遊擊府大老爺，即將原稟加封，代為轉呈 憲鑒。乞念覆盆之苦，恩寬越訴之愆，俯照舊章，以安夷衆。若果 舊例應遵，乞委賢員親督拆毀，仍舊給回哆等管業；倘 應撥交民人開墾建蓋，亦懇畫定界限，另議新條入 奏，俾得明奉 諭旨，以便遵守，以息紛爭。現在群夷遑遑，惟望 恩膏早賜。如未蒙轉呈，哆亦出於不得已，負罪赴省，由東 門直叩城門，斷不甘任各豪強違例建佔，致貽窩匪引火 之多憂。翹首 仁天，瞻依下地，切切上懇。 欽命兩廣總督部堂大人閣下恩准施行 [Anotações marginais] [No lado esquerdo, verticalmente, em caligrafia cursiva portuguesa:] Avisado húlyo d. Procurador Judeu d. manuel de lousa T. 183. [Na margem esquerda, abaixo da anotação anterior, em tinta mais clara:] T 1272 [Carimbos] [No centro do texto principal, sobreposto à coluna central:] (Selo circular com inscrição parcialmente legível: ".GUARDIA. {{PAGE:2}} [Page 1] [Texto Principal] 奉命丙寅縣督師堂大人閣下恩准施行 三番誓不把地了工夫 正多夏時首 道叩城門幾不甘在各處遊行，表他民怨已向限水 長膏早賜如未雲轉至，已求出于不得已，負罪性首由東 謹音心更雙承以良將軍駐在福美，運運衝聖 差卑學即奉 感錄交內人開鹽數，蓋加發畫到果，即名議添部入 舊同真重己委寶員，縣督林巡化書給回呈等官業揭 畫釐子金賣盒上書與賞遞補之據，前照盡章七政美錄若果 前山警邀爾大英爺，明係京黨如桂，仍為轉呈 關盡設計驟殊，化呢養德血叩懇 問三與新禀鹽 大人千恩臺鑒，無一毛不舉，其他也無如下都不用工藝錢向 [Anotações marginais] [No topo, à esquerda] 奉命丙寅縣督師堂大人閣下恩准施行 [No topo, à direita] [UNCLEAR: caracteres ilegíveis ou desbotados] [Na margem esquerda, vertical] 問三與新禀鹽 / 大人千恩臺鑒無一毛不舉其他也無如下都不用工藝錢向 [Carimbos] [No centro, ligeiramente à esquerda] (Selo circular com inscrição parcialmente visível; conteúdo ilegível) [No canto superior direito] [ILLEGIBLE: ~15 chars] — marca de tinta ou carimbo desbotado [Assinaturas] [Nenhuma assinatura claramente legível no corpo do texto. Rubrica ou nome do remetente não identificável.] [Referências arquivísticas] [No canto inferior direito] 66617. / 1939 — possível número de arquivo ou data de catalogação moderna. {{PAGE:1}} — TRANSLATION — [Page 1] [Main Text] Petition addressed to the Commandant of the Qianshan (Chun-shan) Military Cantonment Your Excellency’s benevolent governance extends far and wide; no person or thing remains unprovided for. Yet our humble grievances remain unheard at the higher levels, leaving us to suffer the sorrow of being cast aside and overlooked. Accordingly, we have already submitted a formal memorial to Your Honourable Superior, respectfully requesting that he transmit our petition in accordance with due administrative procedure. In addition—and out of urgent necessity—we now venture to approach Your Excellency, Commandant of the Qianshan Military Cantonment, directly, beseeching you to affix your official seal to our original memorial and forward it without delay for the perusal and consideration of His Excellency the Provincial Governor-General. We implore Your Excellency to take into account our profound distress—the anguish of those whose just cause lies concealed beneath an inverted basin—and graciously overlook the procedural irregularity of this direct appeal. We further humbly request that you uphold the established precedent and customary regulations, thereby restoring peace and stability among the local non-Han communities (‘Yi’). Should precedent indeed require adherence, we respectfully petition that Your Excellency appoint a competent and impartial official to supervise, in person, the demolition of the unlawful structures erected on the contested land; upon completion, the land should be formally restored to the possession and management of the undersigned (‘Duo’ et al.). Alternatively, if the land is lawfully to be allocated to Han Chinese settlers for reclamation and construction, we earnestly request that clearly demarcated boundaries be established and that revised regulations—subject to imperial approval—be drafted and submitted to the Throne for formal promulgation. Such an authoritative edict would provide unambiguous guidance for compliance and serve to quell ongoing disputes. At present, the local non-Han population lives in acute anxiety and uncertainty, looking only to Your Excellency’s timely intervention and merciful decree. Should this petition fail to be forwarded, Duo and others will, as a matter of last resort, bear the burden of transgressing protocol and proceed to Guangdong provincial capital to lodge our complaint directly at the East Gate of the yamen—refusing, under any circumstances, to acquiesce in the continued illegal occupation and construction by powerful local elites, which not only violates precedent but also risks harbouring fugitives and inciting wider unrest. With reverent anticipation of Your Excellency’s benevolence—as though gazing upward toward the compassionate heavens while prostrating ourselves upon the earth—we submit this most earnest and urgent plea. Respectfully submitted to: His Excellency the Imperially Appointed Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi Provinces [Margin Annotations] [Left margin, vertically inscribed in cursive Portuguese script:] Notified, 27 July. Jewish Procurator Manuel de Lousa. T. 183. [Below the above, in lighter ink:] T. 1272 [Seals] [Centred over the main text column: circular official seal bearing partially legible inscription:] “.GUARDIA.” (likely part of “GUARDIA MUNICIPAL” or “GUARDIA DA CIDADE”, i |
| spellingShingle | Requerimento do procurador de Macau às autoridades sínicas, sobre o inquérito relativo demolição de casas, ilegalmente edificadas Aluóduō Dongjiang Gate Grand Secretary of the Grand Secretariat Jiaqing Reign Memorial Jiaqing reign Liangguang Viceroy Macau Administrative Dispute Minister of War Overseas Resident Magistrate Portuguese Chief Magistrate of Macau Portuguese Community Leader Macau Qianshan Garrison Qing Dynasty Memorial Vermilion Edict approval Xiyang Lishi Guan harbouring fugitives regulation jiuzhang precedent supervised demolition unlawful construction |
| title | Requerimento do procurador de Macau às autoridades sínicas, sobre o inquérito relativo demolição de casas, ilegalmente edificadas |
| title_autocomplete | Requerimento do procurador de Macau às autoridades sínicas, sobre o inquérito relativo demolição de casas, ilegalmente edificadas |
| title_full | Requerimento do procurador de Macau às autoridades sínicas, sobre o inquérito relativo demolição de casas, ilegalmente edificadas |
| title_fullStr | Requerimento do procurador de Macau às autoridades sínicas, sobre o inquérito relativo demolição de casas, ilegalmente edificadas |
| title_full_unstemmed | Requerimento do procurador de Macau às autoridades sínicas, sobre o inquérito relativo demolição de casas, ilegalmente edificadas |
| title_short | Requerimento do procurador de Macau às autoridades sínicas, sobre o inquérito relativo demolição de casas, ilegalmente edificadas |
| title_sort | requerimento do procurador de macau às autoridades sínicas, sobre o inquérito relativo demolição de casas, ilegalmente edificadas |
| topic | Aluóduō Dongjiang Gate Grand Secretary of the Grand Secretariat Jiaqing Reign Memorial Jiaqing reign Liangguang Viceroy Macau Administrative Dispute Minister of War Overseas Resident Magistrate Portuguese Chief Magistrate of Macau Portuguese Community Leader Macau Qianshan Garrison Qing Dynasty Memorial Vermilion Edict approval Xiyang Lishi Guan harbouring fugitives regulation jiuzhang precedent supervised demolition unlawful construction |
| topic_autocomplete | Aluóduō Dongjiang Gate Grand Secretary of the Grand Secretariat Jiaqing Reign Memorial Jiaqing reign Liangguang Viceroy Macau Administrative Dispute Minister of War Overseas Resident Magistrate Portuguese Chief Magistrate of Macau Portuguese Community Leader Macau Qianshan Garrison Qing Dynasty Memorial Vermilion Edict approval Xiyang Lishi Guan harbouring fugitives regulation jiuzhang precedent supervised demolition unlawful construction |
| topic_facet | Aluóduō Dongjiang Gate Grand Secretary of the Grand Secretariat Jiaqing Reign Memorial Jiaqing reign Liangguang Viceroy Macau Administrative Dispute Minister of War Overseas Resident Magistrate Portuguese Chief Magistrate of Macau Portuguese Community Leader Macau Qianshan Garrison Qing Dynasty Memorial Vermilion Edict approval Xiyang Lishi Guan harbouring fugitives regulation jiuzhang precedent supervised demolition unlawful construction |
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