有關李旦的研究以岩生成一的作品最為重要，但他誤讀了一小段 史料。重新解讀那個文件，我們當可推算李旦是在1607年左右從馬尼 拉移住到日本。四年之前，即1603年，馬尼拉發生西班牙人大規模屠 殺華人的事件，當時被殺者將近兩萬五千人，而倖存者不過才兩百人上 下。他們都被處以到排櫓船擔任划槳手的酷刑。透過中國官方遲來的干 涉，西班牙人終於在1606年釋放華人划槳手。李旦有可能就是這些幸 運的人員之一，並且在隨後不久移居到日本長住。

The most important research on Li Tan must be Iwao Seiichi’s works. However, he misreads a short part of his materials. After re–inspecting that source, we are enabled to establish the date of Li Tan’s migration to Japan to the year of 1607. Four years before, an unmerciful killing had happened in Manila, where the Spanish killed about 25,000 Chinese. Of the local Chinese residents only some two hundred souls survived but were sentenced to the galleys as rowers. At the much delayed instance of the Chinese officials from their home country, those rowers were finally released in 1606. It is likely that Li Tan was one of those fortunate guys, and he moved to Japan permanently not long after his release.

李旦；馬尼拉大屠殺；馬尼拉總督；福建巡撫；華人客長

Lin Tan（Andrea Dittis） Manila Massacre Governor of Manila Governor of Fujian Governor of the Chinese