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Hong-wu: Year 20, Month 11, Day 22

1 Jan 1388

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The Emperor, noting that the envoy Xin-jia-duo from the country of Champa, who had offered tribute of elephants, and his fan troops lacked clothing to ward off the cold, ordered that a cotton quilt and a set of winter clothing be conferred upon each of them. When Xin-jia-duo and the others were returning to Guang-dong, the Emperor sent an Imperial commissioner to provide them with a banquet. Further, travelling expenses of 20 ding of paper money were conferred upon each person with half of that amount being given to each soldier.

Tai-zu: juan 187.2b

Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 7, page 2800

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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-20-month-11-day-22, accessed January 22, 2019