嘉庆二十一年川军入藏考述

The Investigation and Description on Sichuan Army Marched into Tibet in 1816

嘉庆二十一年(1816),廓尔喀与英国爆发战争,危及西藏地方边界。嘉庆帝因担忧边界安危,于是降旨令赛冲阿为钦差大臣,前往西藏查看情形。这是继乾隆末年两次廓藏战争之后,清廷再次派遣川军入藏,对西藏地方和清藩属国廓尔喀都产生重大影响。

In the 21th year of Jiaqing(1816),the war between Great Britain and Gorkhas broke out,which threated the safety of the border of Qing.Worried about the security of the border,The Qing emperor Jiaqing nominated Sai-Chong-A as the imperial envoy to assessed the situation in Tibet.This was the second time that the Qing central government dispatched its troops to Tibet after the twice Gorkha-Tibet wars in late Qianlong period,which had a significant impact on Tibet and Qing’s vassal state,Gorkha.Based on the official documents disclosed by the Archives of Tibet Autonomous Region and foreign materials,this paper will introduce the background and process,then analyze the influence of this event.