In August1882,China and Korea under the rule of Rhee family signed”Regulations of Sea and Land Trade between Chinese and Korean Merchants”and after that the number of Chinese merchants visiting Korea(now South Korea and North Korea)increased day by day.This essay tries to make a rough statistics of the ratio of Cantonese merchants visiting that area,their trade range and origins in the early years(from1883to1886)of the trade relations.
