澳门因对外贸易而兴起,但后来在清末闻名于世却是因博彩业。《粤闽巡视纪略》和《澳门记略》为两部史料价值极高的中文著作,可以有助于研究清前期对澳门的影响。故本文尝试根据这两部文献记载的清前期对外贸易政策, 思考所实行的政策在相距数十年间的变化,以及这些政策如何影响澳门的历史发展进程,探析今日澳门的形成原因。

Macau grew out of foreign trade, but later became famous for gambling in the late Qing Dynasty.  A Brief Account of Inspections in Guangdong and Fujian and A Brief Account of Macau are two Chinese works with high historical value, which can help to study the influence of Macau in the early Qing Dynasty. Therefore, based on the foreign trade policies recorded in these two documents in the early Qing Dynasty, this paper tries to think about the changes of the policies implemented in the decades apart, and how these policies affected the historical development of Macau, so as to explore the reasons for the formation of today's Macau.