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After the establishment of the Tokugawa shinpai system, discussed in the preceding chapter, the Qing empire had to face the problem of how to respond to it. Based mainly on previous studies, this section will first give a brief outline of the copper supply system in China, which in the Qing dynasty was called the Copper Administration (tongzheng 銅政).
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Quang Nan (廣南), which was pronounced as kōnan in Japan, guangnan in Chinese, referred to the southern part of Vietnam.
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As mentioned in Ōba’s article, Guo and his family were engaged in the trade at Nagasaki for a long time. In addition, Guo also accepted orders from the shogunate to import horses from China secretly, and was given three shinpai as a reward.
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Shinpaikata Kiroku (see Chap. 3 Note 6) pp. 25–26. A similar source can be seen in the Kangxi Qijuzhu (康熙起居注)Vol. 3, Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company, p. 2373. In the Qing dynasty, the Qijuzhu official 起居注官 had the duty of recording the sayings and activities of the emperor’s daily life. These records are called Qijuzhu. One can also see some information about the political affairs in the imperial court in the Kangxi Era besides the records of the Emperor Kangxi’s daily life.
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“Yin Jishan’s Report on the 3rd day of the sixth month, Yongzheng 8 (July 17, 1730)” in Yongzhengchao Hanwen Zhupizouzhe Huibian (雍正朝漢文硃批奏摺彙編 complete collection of the Chinese memorials with the emperor’s comments of the Yongzheng period, YZCHW) Vol.18, Nanjing: Jiangsu Ancient Publishing House, 1989–1991, pp. 830–831.
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“Hao Yulin’s Report on the 21st day of the tenth month, Yongzheng 10 (December 8, 1732)”, YZCHW, Vol. 22, p. 482.
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“Chen Shixia’s Report on the 25th day of the ninth month, Yongzheng 5 (November 8, 1727)”, YZCHW Vol.10, pp. 720–721.
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Ibid., p. 720.
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“Zhang Tanlin’s Report on the 3rd day of the seventh month, Yongzheng 6 (August 8, 1728)”, YZCHW Vol.12, p. 819.
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“Yin Jishan’s Report on the 9th day of the eleventh month, Yongzheng 6 (Deccember 9, 1728)”, YZCHW Vol.13, p. 887.
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“The Report of the Ministry of Revenue on the 6th day of the twelfth month, Qianlong 3 (January15, 1739)”, First Historical Archives of China (FHAC): 02-01-04-13050-010.
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“Chen Dashou’s Report Without Date”, FHAC: 02-01-04-14541-001.
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“Lu Zuo’s Report on the 20th day of the leap fourth month, Yongzheng 13 (June 10, 1735)”, YZCHW, Vol.28, p. 271.
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“Li Wei’s Report on 4th day of the sixth month, Yongzheng 13 (July 23, 1735)”, YZCHW, Vol. 28, p. 522.
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“Gu Cong’s Report on the 25th day of the second month, Qianlong 1 (April 5, 1736)”, FHAC: 04-01-35-1226-030.
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“Zhang Qu’s Report on the 24th day of the fifth month, Qianlong 1 (July 2, 1736)”, FHAC: 04-01-35-1227-001.
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“The Report by Ji Zengyun and Shao Ji on the 13th day of the tenth month, Qianlong 1 (November 15, 1736)”, FHAC: 04-01-35-1227-005.
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両江, a district made up of three provinces: Jiangsu, Anhui, and Jiangxi.
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“Nasutu’s Report on the 17th day of the thrid month, Qianlong 4 (April 24, 1739)”, FHAC: 02-01-04-13202-013.
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There were 83 shinpai in the possession of merchants and 27 stored in the financial warehouse.
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雲貴, a district made up of two provinces: Yunnan and Guizhou.
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“The Report of the Ministry of Revenue on the 6th day of the twelfth month, Qianlong 3”. See note 10.
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“Nasutu’s Report on the 17th day of the third month, Qianlong 4”. See note 18.
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“Chen Dashou’s Report, undated”. See note 11.
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Peng, H. (2019). Qing China’s Response to the Shinpai Trading Permit System in the Eighteenth Century. In: Trade Relations between Qing China and Tokugawa Japan. Studies in Economic History. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7685-6_4
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