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Zheng-tong: Year 14, Month 9, Day 8

24 Sep 1449

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Chen Fu-zong, a native-official company commander who had come to allegiance from Jiao-zhi, advised: "Elephants should be selected and trained and war saddles and war armour should be manufactured for them. I am willing to lead a force mounted on elephants to smash the bandit's ranks." It was ordered that this suggestion be sent to the Wu-qing Earl Shi Heng for examination.

Ying-zong: juan 183.10a

Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 30, page 3573

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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/zheng-tong/year-14-month-9-day-8, accessed January 22, 2019