TREATY OF NIPCHU,OR NERCHINSK (1689).' (Signed 27th August 1689.) [NorE.-MAYERB,in his"Treaties,"p 96,gays of this Treaty:"It was translated from Latin into French by Pere GERBILLON,who,with the Portuguese Jesuit,THOMAs PEREYRA,was commis- sioned by the Emperor K'Ao Hat to accompany the Chinese Plenipotentiaries on their visit to the frontier with the Russian Envoys,and to act as interpreter to the two contracting parties.The Treaty,which was the result of long negotiations,was drawn up in Latin by GeRBrLLoN and his colleague,and translated by the former into French.(SeeArchives diplomatiques,Paris,186,ti, p.270,where the French text of the Treaty is given in full.)See also RAvgNsrEIs,The Russians on the Amur,p.62."The French text which follows is from Do HALDK's"Deseription de la Chine," edition of The Hague,1736.t.iv,p.42,but the orthogruphy has been slightly modernised;the English text is a translation from the Russian,made by a member of the Chinese Customs Service:and the Chinese text is from a new(I886)hinese work entitled通商豹章须幕. A want of correspondence will be observed in the division of the Treaty into Articles,and in some other respects,in the different versions] PAR ORDRE DU TRES-GRAND EMPEREUR Their Majesties the Gmnd Dukes Joaxs la garde du oorpe,Conseiller d'Etat et ALKXESYITCH Bnd PETER ALEXEBVEICH,by Grand du palais the Goe of God []mperoC 圈等 蠹 Tosa Qum KAxo,Grand du palais, and Autoerats of all the Russiss,Great, 定 Cong du prumiee ordre,sigoour d'un Smnll,and White;Emperors and Londa des etendards de I'Empire,ct onele de over,and auecesors from immediate and PEmperour. rumote auceators to the Crowr of,many LANO TAN,seigneur d'un des etendards LAMO TABTCHA,seigneur d'un des Envoya nud Plenipotentiaries TasocoRra etoodards de I'Empire. Govroor-General of Brianak PEmpereur aur le fleuve Sahalien la,et IvAN ABTAYYJEVITCH VLASOPP,Minister of Gourerneurgtofnldgpyntroaroitia the and Goverpor-General of 俄國使臣费岳多等在尼布 懷國黑範江和豹大條 两大臣 tom8k;and SgmEs K0ka置，Dea0m do I'Empire. fof the Orthodax Church; 鑫 WENTA,secoud President du tribural 1DrWu出in edition of s“i五i,”l.i,44,thAt this物h6irat apon by the C y"ol,4a
5 4 TREATY OF NIPCHU,OB NERCHINSK (1689). S'stant assembles proche le boarg de Sapreme Ruler of Great Asintie Countries terma of amity,either by sending Plenipo Niptebou Yan vingt-huititme de Casa H e docbarge au dan le fleuvn Saghalien tentiaries or by written darant la aeptiome Ine,avee les granda Exponent of Heaven's Law,Most Enllght- ou la,servirn de bornes entre les doux Ambassudeurs Plepipotentisires Teocons eocd Noble,entrusted by Heaven with Empires;que toutes les terra et for the welfaro pays qui pont au and do la dite riviire ant de Branki e转s compagno锅afin de and glory of ita people,baving appointed d'Eroond appartiondront a PEmpereur do rprimere de certaines cnnill B his Eproys sad.vtttt Comrander of the Imperial Body Gusrd,Grand, mourera A I'Empire de Mosoovin. Toutes leurs terres pour y chasse可，pillent tueot, and C'ouncillor of State;Tox-EE-KAM, Joa maisonset habitationg qui sont prsnte- Grand Secretary,Prince of the Firat Rank, ment d de a dite riviered Commander of Banner Corps,and Member I'umhouchom de B rivitro do erieen et distinetement des bornes entre les deux of the Imperinl Cian;and LAx.TAs,Com- seront transportles de I'autre cite sur lo Empires deChine de et enin pour dtablir u paix et ne And the aforesid Envoys baving met telligenee eternelles,nous sommes con noar Nerchinsk,they have agreod upon the AXTICLⅡ. following Articles: 179ants! Similarly,the river Argun,which fows dena le lien nomme Yees snr&ants rment into the Amur,will form the frontice 孕 demolis,et tous les sujeta de I'Empire de 第 La rivlore nommio Kerbeteki,qul est la The river Gorbitan,whigh joins the qui demearent dans la dite foe the loft bank is to be under the rule of 斯 流 pl prochrivppelie Schilka from its left side Dear the river 溪 器 tereeee,srout rsmeis avee tous Jours tbe Emperor of ChinsKhan of Han]i 愾 a,ia to form the 第 all on the right bank will be ineluded in 其 dans le Seuve gagdalien os i,servir de tween the two Empires.The boundazy 此 tbe Empire of the Ceur.All habitatlona ornes aux deur Empires,et oette longue from the source of that river to the sea 盡 饰 Les chasseurs des deux Empires ne pour on the south aide will be trmnaferred to 岸 江 will run along the top of the mountain de In souree de In dite riviere de Kerbereki, chain [in which the river risea]The 上 of the two Empires will be 俄 Que s'il arive qu'upe ou deux personnes et qui 8'iteod jusqu'la mer orientale, 之用 之額 les deux divided in such n way that the Empires:en sorte quo toutes les rivieres all the rivers or atreams flowing from the 其以 exeursions sadeli des limite,aoit pour southern alope of theae mountaina to join t比e Amur shall belong to Empire of 石大安以 北流入黑能江之爾 chaser,soit pour voler ou piller,on le8 勒解客河 voot se jeter dana le flonve de Sughalien China [fit.of Han),while [tho valley of] 北 Gouverneurs et nux Officiers etablis gur 河 l the Ies frootir dea deux Empires les dits dit mountains 為界 sppsrtiendront a I'Empire de In Chine,et ahall be similariy under the rule of His Majesty the Cear of the Russinn 至於 即 crime,lea paniront comme ils le miri- 口所有 Empire teront. de I'autre du A [the the other river8 偷 Que si des gens assembles jusqu'au sommet dee春utres mont包gnes 8'tendant which lie betwroen the Rugsian river Ond 之溪盡属俄羅 nombre de dix ou de quinse vont en armes 羅斯 之南岸 vers le nor,demeureront I'Empire de chasser ou piller sur les terres qui soat the 凡南 an-deli de lenrs limites ou gils tuent amur tout le pays qui est immedintement entre which are now under Chinese rule,the quelques sujets de I'autre couroone,on en la dite chalne de montagnes et la rivire qution of the over informera les Emperours dos deux Ea- nommee Outi,demeurera indecis,jusqu'a remnin open.On thia point the [Ruin] 河湘近格爾必齊何 plres,et tous oeur qui seroot troures 舍遥移 我河 ce que les Ambassadeurs des deux partis Ambaassdora are [as preaent]without ex- from the Car. mot e on pe suscitera point de guerre 界 pour quelque exols que ee puisse dtre de 辈 之北 les informations et lea connaisnnces poes after,wben the Ambsseadors on both sides sairea pour traiter de eet Article,apris aball have returned [1 to their respeetive ，esw2 oup molns quoi on I'affaire, the (ear aod the Emperor of agira-t-on par voie de fait en ripandant ,on par lettres. China [Han)will decide tho question on 江 du sng
RU88IA. TREATY OF NIPCHU,OR NERCHINSK (1689). AwnatE IIJ. ARTICLE IIL. Tous les differends surreous sur les handedo tothe he ot frontires des deux conronnes etant aingi [military]who will inflict on thom the Tout ce gul s'eat pasd jungu'a pricent, The fortifed town of Albaxin,built by 地 聪 oslty as a punishment of their de quelquo nntare qu'il puisse et une dterelle unlon ontre les deux enseveli dans un deroel oubli. with all military and other stores and ,are to be moved into Russian 往察汗汗之 羅斯所治之城盡 克隆之地 第三條 nations,i n'y aura plus aucun sujet de by private people on the frontier must trouble,si I'on oteerve exaotement ls not be made the esuse of war and blood- Articlea eldessus mentionnis du present sbed by cither side. When of this h物 territory.Thos moved can take all their kind arise,they are to bo reported by [the officers of]the side on which they ocour to the Sovereigns of botb Powers any of it] for settlemont by diplomatio negutistion ian manner. AnnICLs IV. ARTICLE IV. Depuis le jour que oette poir (ralle Fugitives [i.runsways]from either If the Emperor of China desires to entre les donx Empires aura t jure on side who may have aottld in the other's couromnea se donneront riciproquement ne recevra plus ancun tmnsfuge on ddeor- country prenious to the date of this 有 abore Treaty agneed upon by the Envoya teur de part ni d'autre:mais si quelqne Trenty may remnin.No elsims for their 必奏 第四條 for the determinstion of the frontier,and uj'dex Emplresf rendition will be made on either sde 彩缘 Trait倾wee tous ses Artiole,的a grave los terres do I'autre,i sera ansitot pris But thoee wbo may take refuge in either enngue tartare,chinoinethe fromtierreord,he isbery cont after ths to do 8o.Whether this is to be donn or date of this Treaty of Amity are to be sent withoub delay to the irontier and at ooee handed over to 起景 人犯禁被此 類 所在官司 雨國戶人等 ati%ardg erres qal aux bornes itabliea ontre les deux Empine& the 准 偷盗者即 許 ntr'eur. ARTICLE V. Tous lee sujets do la courone de Mow It is to be mnderatood by both Govern- 送 不 如 menta that from the time when this de Is Chine,et tous ceur de la couromne Treaty of Amity is made,the of de Is Chine qul sont dans either nation,being prorlded with proper 1Empire de Moocovie,demeureront dans may come and go [acroes the 許收留 frootier)on their private businers and 後有逃亡者 不必遣回 我國之人仍留 及懷羅斯所有 有懷羅斯之人 從前我 第 l'etat ou ils sont. may carry on oommero [it buy and l) 所 ARTICLB VI Ayant dgnrd au prisent Tmaite de paix d'anion reciproque may have ocourred between the subjecta 易不禁 准 couromnes,toutes sortes de peraonnes de Tof ption]on the frontier up to the 六 date of this Trenty will be forgotten and pourroalert venir reciprogue [elaims arising out of them will]not be toute sorte de libert des terres entertained.But if hereafter any of the I'an dee doux Empires dans oelles de 好即定以後 I'autre,pourvu qu'ils alent dea patentes elther nationality pa88 the frontier [ns if par leaquelles il conste qu'il8 rionnent for private [and legitimate]buainess,and [while in the foreign territory]commit vondre et d'acbeter tout co qu'ila jugeront 來文票者許其贸 they are at once to be arrestod and sent 切行旅 A propos,et de faire to the frontier of their own country and
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10 RUSSIA. TREATY OF NIPCHU,OR NERCHINSK (1689). BHyTpeHHis nomaTw CL BoeBOaoo lapcTBa Magnis ac plenipotentibus Suae Tzareae o epxaBoo HapcKoro BenyyecTBa intermediae inter fuvium Vdi et seriem mon. COBSTHHKOM,a Ch TyMke-KaMoMt)BHY- Mujestatis Legatis Proximo Okolnitio ac Poccinckoro TocvaapcTBa,npogieb PBKH, tium pro limitibus desigoutam prointerim in- TPeHHiA HONATHI CL BoeBOnO nepBoro locitenente Branski Theodoro Alexiewicz KOTOpHe exaTL BL cpeiuHe Meb p6RO determinatae relinquantur.De his autem poet yHHy KHA3eMb H XaHckoro 3HaMeHH Cb ToC- Golovin dapifero ae locitenente Ielatomski, Yb0Π0I五PoccincK0I'o Tocy.1 apcrBa Bna uniuscuiusque Imperii legatorum in proprium nOIHHOML H XaHCKHML Aeio IaMTOMb, Ioanne Eustahievicz Wlasoph Cancellario ABHieMb H Met orpaHngeHHbMM ropaME, regnum reditum rit examinatis et clare cognitis OMH0roaX五3HaeHⅢI0CI0IMH0 Mb H IIP0T Simeone Cornitaki KoTopLe coaepiarua &3 AMypa Biar vel per legatoe vel per litteras poetea determi- YHMH HOCTAHOBHIH H CHMH HOTOBOPHLINH Anno Cam Hi 28 crooai serpentis dicto Hia XnHcKoro Tocyaperea H BnanaoTb BE nabitur.Item fluvins nomine Ergon qui etiam CTaTbAMH yTBepanH 7 Lunae die 24 prope oppidum Nipehou Mope H BCHKis 3eMIN nOcpeaH cymis Met supra dictum fluvium Sagalien Vla influit, congregati tum ad coercendam et reprimen- TONO BEJIEnOMAHYT00p5 KOF YAb0HMe涿玉 limites ita constituet,ut omnes terrae quae dam ingolentiam eorum inferioris notae ropayH,KOTOPbe no rpaHlbI HamnexaT sunt ex parte meridionali ad Sinicum,quae venatorum hominum,qui extra proprios He orpaHnqeHbI HHH a npe6uiBaT rero sunt ex parte boreali,ad Ruthenicum limites,sive vensbundi,sive se mutuo occi- HoHexxe Ha OHbt seMix BarpaniyeHie Be- Imperium pertineant:et omnes aedes quae dentes,sive depraedantes,sive perturbationes IHRie K IIONHOMOYHble nOCILI,He mrsIue ex parte dicti fuminis meridionali in faucibus aut tumultus qucecumque commoventes pro ykasy Hapcroro BemryecTBa,ornaraTb fuvii nomine Meyrelke extructae sunt ad suo arbitrio exeurrunt,tum ad limites inter HeorpaHayemLI o HHOrO OnarononyHOrO littus boreale trunsferentur. utrumque Imperiam Sinicum videlicet et BpeMeHH,B KOTOPOMB OPH BO38paieHiH Ruthenicum elare ac perspicue determinandos Ch O0onxb CTopoHb HOCHOBb Iapckoe Be- ae constituendoe,tum denique ad pacem per- JHyeCTBO H3BOUHT M ByTAbIxaHOBO BLICo- petuam stabiliendam aeternumque foedus per- yecTBO HOXOYeTb O TOMb 0G0CHATECA HOCIN cutiendum,sequentia puncta ex mutuo con- HTH HOCAaHHHKM JGHTeNbHLIMH epeCblKH, sensu statuimus ac determinavimu8. H TorIa HA H4pe3b rpayoTH HZH qpe3b HOC- OBB Twe HasHayemble HeorpamngeHnbe 1. 3eyTH HOROMHbIMH HPHCTOMHLIMK CIyqaH Pa,M田er Top6La,oropa月na Rivulus nomine Kerbichi,qui rivo Chorna YCHOROITM M pa3rpaHINTb MOrYTb. Aaerb,H0四B路3b,pbky IIImK), Tartarice Vrum dicto proximus adjacet et Ch ITEBbe CTopOHE以，Gat3五pBxn Hepnon flavium Sagalien Vla influit,limites inter 2. 2. py6 Mexny OGoHMH TocyapcTBbI nO utrumque Imperium eonstituet.Item a ver- Takoxe pika peremman Apry,ROTO- Arx seu fortalitia in looo nomine Yagsa CTaHOBHTB:Takone OTb BepIH TO8 tice rupis seu montis lapidei,qui est supra pas B pbky AMyp Bnanaerb,rpaHmny a Russis extructa funditus ernetur ac des pKH RaMeHHNMM ropaMM,KOTopble Haym dicti rivuli Kerbichi fontem et originem et NOCTaHOBHTb Tako Ko BceMb 3eMAAM'b, truetur.Omnesque illam incolentes Rutheni Ha0Tc月0 T ToR Bep取PBRH H I0 per ipsa huius montis cacumina usque ad KOTOPbIe CyTb CTOPOHLI ITEBMe HIYYH TOH Imperii subditi cum omnibus suis cuiuscum- cayMb TEX'b rop'b BepiumnayrE,naxke o mare,utriusque Imperii ditionem ita dividet, pEROO 0 CaMLIX BepIHb HOTb BIa- que generis rebus in Russi Iiperii terras MOPA IPOTAI'HCHHEIMH)OGONXE Tocy- ut omnes terrae et fuvii sire parvi sive magni HieMb XmcKoro Xana na.conepxyrua, deducentur. apcTBb Nepxany TaRo pa3rBITb,HKO qui a meridionali huius montis parte in fluvium npanan cTopoHa Takoe Bct 3eMm na Atque extra hos limites determinatoe nullam BCBMb pBEaMb ManbIMb HIH BenHKEM, Sagalien Vla infuunt sint sub Imperii Sinici coxepiarna Bb cTopont Lapcroro Be ob causam utriusque Imperii venatores tran- KOTOPEe Cb HOMYIHeBHble CTOPOHL CL HXL dominio,omnes terrue vero et omnes rivi qui nnyecrBa Poccinckoro Tocyapcrna n BCB sibunt. ropb BnalaTs B pEgy AMypb,GbITH ex altera montis parte ad Borealem plagam CTpoeHie Cb nony neBble cTopOHb Toi pEER Quod si unus aut duo inferioris notae noms BnansHieM XHHcKoro TocynapcTBa; vergunt sub Ruthenici Imperii dominio re- maneant ita tamen,ut quicunque fuvii in Ap叮HHCH6 CTb Ha apyr灯o CTop0 ay TOR玉b homines extra hoe statutos limites vel ven- Takoe BCEMb pERaMb,KoTOPHe Ch py- abundi,vel latrocinaturi divagabuntur,statim TiR CTOPOHL TEXb TOPb HIUTE,TBMb GLITH mare infuunt et quaecumque terrae sunt in vincula conieeti ad illarum terrarum con- In 6s Tyuse Rawow-ncntyxe Aano. stitutos in utroque Imperio Praefectoa de- ducentur,qui cognitam illorum culpam debit