Qing · Diplomat

Bourée 浦理燮

Pǔlǐxiè

Attested AD 1885 - AD 1886

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Bourée was a Diplomat.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1885 to AD 1886 命赴廣西與法使會勘中、越分界
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 205

Career and standing

French envoy 法使
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 205

Places and affiliations

Polity France 法 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 205

Works and attributed material

Cable · Author
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 206

Events and relationships

Border survey dispute
Diplomatic · Envoy
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passages 205-206

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 444Volume 444 Biographies 231: Huang Tifang, Zong Shibaoting, Zong Shishengyu, Zhang Peilun, Deng Chengxiu, Xu Zhixiang · 2 passages

未出都，命赴廣西與法使會勘中、越分界，至則單騎出關會法使浦理燮。 Before he could leave Beijing he was ordered to Guangxi to survey the Sino-Vietnamese border with the French envoy; on arrival he rode out alone through the frontier pass to meet Bourée.

浦理燮欲先勘原界，承修據約先欲改正界限，不相下，乃陽以文淵、保樂、海寧歸我，而陰電其駐京使臣，詆承修違約爭執，謂非先勘原界，勢將罷議。 Bourée wanted to survey the old boundary first; Chengxiu, citing the treaty, insisted on correcting the line first, and neither would yield. Bourée openly offered Wenyuan, Baole, and Haining to China while secretly cabling his minister in Beijing to accuse Chengxiu of violating the treaty, warning that unless the old boundary were surveyed first talks would collapse.