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Hong-xi: Year 1, Month 7, Day 27

10 Aug 1425

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Paper money, biao-li of variegated silks and suits of clothing made from silk gauzes and thin gauze, as appropriate, were conferred upon the envoy Bu-sha-pa Ma-shu and others from the country of Champa. Headwear and belts were conferred upon the interpreter Shu-yi and others. It was also ordered they they take patterned brocades, ramie-silk and silk gauzes to confer, on their return home, upon the king of their country.

Xuan-zong: juan 4.10b

Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 16, page 118

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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/reign/hong-xi/year-1-month-7-day-27, accessed January 22, 2019