Second Opium War

Japanese: 第2次アヘン戦争 - だいにじあへんせんそう

After the Opium Wars, the Arrow Incident triggered the invasion of China by the allied forces of Britain and France. It is also called the Arrow War or the Arrow Incident. On October 8, 1856 (the 6th year of Xianfeng), Chinese soldiers pulled down the British flag on the Arrow, a Hong Kong-registered, Chinese-owned ship (whose registration had actually expired) that was anchored on the Pearl River in front of Guangdong, and the crew was kidnapped on suspicion of piracy. At the time, negotiations to revise the treaty between China and Britain were not progressing, and British envoy to China and Governor of Hong Kong J. Bowing and Guangdong consul HS Parkes forcibly turned the Arrow incident into an "incident" to urge their home country to declare war, thus breaking off negotiations with Governor-General of Guangdong and China Ye Ming-chen (1807-59).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

アヘン戦争ののち，アロー号事件を発端として起こったイギリス･フランス連合軍による中国侵攻戦争。アロー戦争，アロー号事件ともいう。1856年(咸豊6)10月8日，広東前面の珠江に停泊していた，香港船籍，中国人所有のローチャ船アロー号(実際は船籍期限が切れていた)のイギリス国旗が中国兵によって引き下ろされ，船員は海賊容疑で拉致された。当時，中国･イギリス間の条約改訂交渉が進を見せておらず，イギリスの中国駐在公使兼香港総督J.ボーリングと広東領事H.S.パークスは，アロー号問題を強引に〈事件〉にして本国に開戦を促し，両広総督葉名琛（ようめいちん）(1807‐59)との交渉を決裂させた。

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