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Hong-wu: Year 19, Month 2, Day 18
18 Mar 1386
18 Mar 1386
The envoy Zhao Yi-ren and others who had been sent by the king of the country of Siam (Hu), offered tribute of pepper, sapan-wood, frankincense and other products. It was ordered that patterned fine silks and clothing be conferred upon the envoys and that they be sent home.
Tai-zu: juan 177.2b
Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 6, page 2678
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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-19-month-2-day-18, accessed January 22, 2019