藩属体系下的礼仪之争——老官屯和约考略

The Conflict of Ritual under the Tributary System:A Study of Kaungton Treaty

老官屯和约是乾隆朝中缅冲突期间,清缅双方于1769年在缅甸老官屯签订的和平协议。本文考察了和约的背景,指出清缅双方都有和平愿望,在战场上难分胜负的情况下,前方将帅才开始和谈,并对和谈的过程进行了考辨,提出和约内容实际包含了双方恢复传统友好关系、互相遣返战俘、互相尊重领土主权、恢复贸易。和约不被遵守的根本原因,在于缅王不愿意接受和清王朝的宗主-藩属关系。传统时代王朝追求的中国中心的礼制秩序,常常对边疆的经济社会造成损害。

The Kaungtong Treaty was a peace agreement signed by the Qing Imperial Court and the Burmese Kingdom in Kaungton of Burma in 1769.The paper studies the background of this treaty and reaches the conclusion that because neither side could win in the battlefield,they agreed to negotiate.The contents of the treaty include the following： to resume the traditional friendly relations,to repatriate the prisoners of war mutually,to respect the other＇s territorial sovereignty,and to resume the trade mutually.The major cause for the failure in implementing the treaty was that the King of Burma couldn＇t accept the status as a vassal state of China.The fact that the feudal dynasties of China pursued the order of ritual with China as the center often led to social and economic damages to the borderland.