《使琉球录》中的“清廉”

The Honest and Clean in the Record of the Ryukyu Expedition

《使琉球录》详尽记录了明代嘉靖、万历年间三次册封琉球的史实。每次册封,面对琉球国王的七场宴会款待和“一宴一酬金”的礼节,中国册封使只参加重要的几场宴会,推辞其余宴请,拒收所有礼金。册封使的却金之举,展现了中华大国风范和使臣的高风亮节,那霸的却金亭见证了中琉友好交往的历史和中国使臣清廉高尚的品格。

It records the historical facts of conferring Ryukyu three times during the Jiajing and Wanli periods of the Ming Dynasty.In the face of the seven banquets of the Ryukyu king and the etiquette of"one banquet and one reward",the Chinese ministers only attended a few important banquets,refused the other banquets,and refused to accept all the gifts.The demonstration of the style of the Chinese power and the integrity of the envoys,"the Pavilion of Refusing Gifts"is able to witness the history of friendly exchanges between China and Ryukyu and the clean and noble character of the Chinese envoys.