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“Under the Forbidden Border Decree”: Research on a Cross-border Homicide Case Involving a Korean, Jin Renshu

ZHANG Xinyu   

  1. The Institute of Qing History, Renmin University of China
  • Online:2020-09-15 Published:2020-09-15

Abstract: During the early period of the Qing dynasty, the China-Korea border was gradually delineated, and the supervision of the border was strengthened. In 1749, a group of Korean soldiers led by Jin Renshu crossed the Tumen River and attacked and killed a ginseng miner in Qing territory. According to the precedent set in Kangxi reign, the court sentenced Jin to be beheaded, and the local officials involved in the incident were sentenced to be exiled. However, an analysis of the Manchu archives reveals that the circumstances of the case were more complicated and involved the theft of ginseng. The case reveals how frontier people made use of a strengthened border on the Tumen River, to their benefit. Despite the Qing policy of closing the border, there were economic and social interactions in the border area. At the same time, Hunchun Bannermen exerted influence on the aspect of border management. The incident provided a grassroots perspective on the China-Korea relationship in the Mid-Qing period.

摘要: 清初以来,中朝边界逐渐明晰,管理日益强化。乾隆十四年,以金仁述为首七名朝鲜土兵越过图们江,在清方一侧击杀清朝参夫,酿成惨案。清廷援引康熙朝案例,判处金仁述等斩立决,涉事地方官革职流放。然而通过清朝满文史料的解读,案件呈现更复杂的情况,它也是一桩盗采人参案。该案生动展现了在清廷封禁政策背景下,两国边民如何利用被强化的边界——图们江,作为其谋取利益的手段,揭示了越境案背后的经济、社会因素;同时,珲春协领在案件中的活动,体现其身处邦交前沿,在边界管理上具有特殊地位。该案件为检视清中叶中朝关系提供新的微观视角。