中山伝信録 巻二 - 翻刻

翻刻

　謹將送還屢次宴金四封共計一百九十二兩具本
　附遣陪臣法司王舅向龍翼紫金大夫程順則等齎
　進懇乞
欽賜使臣收受不勝惶恐激切之至謹上
　奏以
聞
　　禮部謹　題爲
領封大典巳竣懇存舊例以勞使臣事該《割書：臣｜》等議得琉
　球國王尚敬奏稱
欽差正使翰林院檢討海寶副使翰林院編修徐葆光
　等按臨敝國封臣敬爲王宴欵之際代物以金使臣
　屢辭往還再三堅持大義固郤不受但微臣酬德報
　功莫展萬一謹將宴金二封共計一百九十二兩具
　本附陪臣法司王舅向龍翼等進呈懇乞
勅賜收受等語査康煕二十三年使臣翰林院檢討汪
　楫等
冊封琉球國王所與宴金伊等未受該國王奏請《割書：臣｜》部
　議覆仍不准其收受具題奉

現代語訳

謹んで送還する屡次の宴金四封、共計一百九十二両を具本に附し、陪臣法司王舅向龍翼、紫金大夫程順則等を遣わして齎進し、懇ろに欽賜使臣の収受を乞う。惶恐激切の至りに勝えず。謹んで奏上して以て聞す。

礼部謹んで題す。領封大典已に竣り、懇ろに旧例を存して以て使臣を労する事。該臣等議して得たるは、琉球国王尚敬奏称するに、欽差正使翰林院検討海寶、副使翰林院編修徐葆光等、敝国に按臨し臣敬を封じて王と為す。宴款の際、物に代うるに金を以てす。使臣屡々辞し往還再三、大義を堅持し固く却けて受けず。但だ微臣徳に酬い功に報ゆること万一を展ぶこと莫し。謹んで宴金二封共計一百九十二両を将て、本に具し陪臣法司王舅向龍翼等に附して進呈し、懇ろに勅賜の収受を乞う等の語。査するに康熙二十三年使臣翰林院検討汪楫等、琉球国王を冊封するに与えし所の宴金、伊等受けず。該国王奏請するに臣部議覆して仍お其の収受を准さず。具題して奉ずるを得たり。

英語訳

I respectfully submit the banquet gold returned multiple times - four sealed packages totaling 192 taels - attached to this memorial, dispatching accompanying ministers Legal Officer and Royal Uncle-in-law Shō Ryūyoku, Purple-Gold Grand Master Tei Junsoku and others to carry and present it, earnestly requesting His Imperial Majesty to grant that the envoys accept it. I cannot overcome my utmost terror and intense feelings. I respectfully present this memorial to be heard.

The Ministry of Rites respectfully submits: Regarding the matter that the great ceremony of receiving investiture has been completed, and earnestly requesting to maintain old precedent to reward the envoys. We ministers deliberated and determined that Ryukyu King Shō Kei memorialized stating: "The imperially dispatched chief envoy Hanlin Academy Compiler Hai Bao, vice envoy Hanlin Academy Editor Xu Baoguang and others visited our humble kingdom and invested subject Kei as king. During banquet occasions, gold was substituted for material gifts. The envoys repeatedly declined, going back and forth three times, firmly upholding great righteousness and resolutely refusing to accept. However, this humble subject cannot repay virtue or requite merit even one ten-thousandth. I respectfully submit two sealed packages of banquet gold totaling 192 taels, attached to this memorial through accompanying ministers Legal Officer and Royal Uncle-in-law Shō Ryūyoku and others for presentation, earnestly requesting imperial grant of acceptance" and so forth. Upon investigation, in the 23rd year of Kangxi, when envoys Hanlin Academy Compiler Wang Ji and others invested the Ryukyu King, the banquet gold given to them was not accepted by them. When the king of that country memorialized requesting [acceptance], our Ministry deliberated and replied that we still would not permit their acceptance. This was formally memorialized and received imperial approval.