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Hong-zhi: Year 1, Month 2, Day 3	(15 Mar 1488)

The attendant minister and royal grandson Ha-na-ba and others who had been sent by Gu-lai, the king of the country of Champa, presented a gold-leaf memorial and came to Court to offer tribute of local products. A banquet as well as clothing, variegated silks and other goods, as appropriate, were conferred upon them. Also, it was ordered that they take back with them clothing and variegated silks, in accordance with the precedents, to confer upon the king of the country and his consort.

Xiao-zong: juan 11.2a

Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 51, page 239

Geoff Wade, translator, Southeast Asia in the Ming Shi-lu: an open access resource, Singapore: Asia Research Institute and the Singapore E-Press, National University of Singapore, http://epress.nus.edu.sg/msl/entry/259, accessed May 22, 2013.

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