1880년 朝鮮 庇仁縣에 표착한 潮州․泰國 상인의 표류 사정과 교역 활동

Abstract

I analyzed in this paper all the matters of merchants from Chaozhou and Thailand who were cast away on the coast of Biinhyun in 1880. According to existing documents, it was the only case that Chaozhou Chinese and Thais came together and cast away on the coast of the Korean Peninsula in Joseon(朝鮮) dynasty. They departed from Thailand for the Gulf of Balhae(渤海灣) in 1880 and traded in Yantai(煙臺) of Shandong(山東) Province and Yingkou(營口) of Liaodong(遼東) Province. They met with a disaster in areas of sea near Shandong because of bad weather on their return voyage. The number of people who drifted on the shore near Biinhyun was known at first as 9 of Chineseand 18 of Thai and later modified as 9 of Chaozhou people and 1 from Hainan(海南), and 17 of Thai. Things that they brought at the time of drifting include a Mazu(媽祖) figurine as religious goods, red ginseng from Yingkou, food and objects which were necessary to survive on the float, and dogs and cats as companion animal. Among those, red ginseng which were taken by them at the urgent situation might have been a Korean export item to China. We can grasp the process of Korean ginseng' monopolizing sale to southern China and Chinese living in Thailand. Chaozhou merchants vitalized trade greatly by constructing a new network linking Hongkong, Singapore, Thailand, and Shantou adding to the existing network of linking China with Southeast Asia. Among Chaozhou merchants, there was a man named Xu Biji(許必濟) who left for trade by a ‘Red Head Ship(紅頭船)’ which was built in Thailand. He was the same person with Xu Biji who was cast way on the coast near Biinhyun in 1880. It is difficult to find the situation of activities in China by Chinese people who were drift on the coast of Korean Peninsula. Therefore, the case of Xu Biji was a good material to grasp their activities.