Ofício do mandarim substituto sub-prefeito de Macau, Xu, ao procurador de Macau, sobre o furto de mercadorias a um comerciante, praticado pelos carregadores Liu Jin-Yi e outros, ocorrido num navio de Macau a Timor
This archival document is an official Qing dynasty administrative memorandum, dated 27th day of the second lunar month, Qianlong 56 (1791), with supplementary annotations and marginalia extending into early 1792, including a dated entry of 25 March 1792. Issued by the Office of the Pacification Comm...
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1792-03-29
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/W3X5A5UW/viewer_W3X5A5UW.html |
| Summary: | This archival document is an official Qing dynasty administrative memorandum, dated 27th day of the second lunar month, Qianlong 56 (1791), with supplementary annotations and marginalia extending into early 1792, including a dated entry of 25 March 1792. Issued by the Office of the Pacification Commissioner for Military and Civil Affairs, it addresses the theft and recovery of imperial silks—specifically hanfu duan (imperial satin), si juan (silk gauze), da hua duan (large-flowered damask), and bao lan duan (precious indigo-dyed damask)—reported lost by Portuguese residents in Macau, referred to in the text as ‘Triangular-Cap’ foreigners. The document records correspondence with Viletochi, identified as an Indigenous headman, and concerns the contested restitution of seized goods, including yuánqīng hàn fǔ duàn (dark-blue satin), bǎo lán duàn (precious-blue satin), and bái juān (white silk gauze). It details procedural responses from prefectural authorities, including conditional release of verified items, retention of disputed articles pending interrogation, and formal mandates directed at a foreign headman (yí mù). Marginalia reference the fifty-second year of the Qianlong reign, archival identifiers (T108), and a red seal impression. The text reflects Qing bureaucratic protocols governing cross-cultural commercial disputes, evidentiary standards, and colonial-era Sino-Portuguese interactions in southern China. |
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