Qing Dynasty On The Management Of The Ryukyu Tribute Study

The author choose the Ryukyu tributary envoy to China as the examined subject.By neatening the scale,times and the tribute lists in the general tributary, appreciation and celebrity activities.Based on this,the article analyses the regulations of the Qing government,and the change of these regulations can explain the mode of operation of Qing tributary system and reflects its new features.Firstly, the article analyses the basic conditions of the Ryukyu tributary envoy to China in Qing dynasty and defines the sorts and scale of the Qing tributary,especially the change of the management rule:Qing government, to cutting down the cost, limits the scale and times of tributary.But Ryukyu wants to carry out tributary activity in time.And the process of the communication expresses a posture of harmonization,which proves the friendly communication of China and Ryukyu.In the second part,based on the basic conditions,the article dissertates the entire trip activities of the Ryukyu tributary envoys in China, focusing on analysis of the change of the regulations of the Qing government,which is becoming stricter and stricter.And then,the conclusion is that strict control is obvious a characteristic of the Qing tributary system.. Finally, by analyzing the reason for the strict management system,the article reveals the close and detailed monitoring of the Qing Dynasty behind the autocracy under the control of the weak against essence.From a different angle,all of this makes it out that Qing tributary system is going to decline to overripe.As a aspect of Qing tributary system, management system of tribute envoys to China can contribute to understanding that tribute envoys to China are carriers of the communications of the two states in politics economy and culture,and by examining this we can get the details of the activities of the Ryukyu tribute envoys and get the connotation os the close relation of the two states. Meanwhile, the management system of the Qing government, which is featured by contraposing tribute states,can be used to other similar tribute states.The principia "yong zhu wei li","yi ti shi yong" makes the research of the management system of tribute envoys have a universal meaning,which is helpful to study the tribute system leading by China in East Asia.