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Hong-wu: Year 15, Month Intercalary 2, Day 29
13 Apr 1382
13 Apr 1382
E Tao, native chieftain of Jing-dong, presented 160 horses, 3,100 liang of silver and two trained elephants. It was Imperially commanded that Jing-dong Prefecture be established, that E Tao take charge of prefectural affairs and that patterned fine silk robes be conferred upon him.
Tai-zu: juan 143.3a
Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 5, page 2247
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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-wu/year-15-month-intercalary-2-day-29, accessed January 22, 2019