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Hong-wu: Year 20, Month 8, Day 13
25 Sep 1387
Envoys were sent to the countries of Cambodia and Siam (Hu). A silver seal plated in gold, 28 bolts of fine silks and other silks interwoven with gold thread and 12 bolts of fine silks and other silks decorated with coloured embroidery were to be conferred upon the king of the country of Cambodia. Fourteen bolts of patterned fine silks were to be conferred upon the king's consort. Twenty bolts of patterned fine silks were to be conferred upon the king of the country of Siam (Hu), while 14 bolts were to be conferred upon the king's consort. Rewards, as appropriate, were to be conferred upon the attendant ministers.
Tai-zu: juan 184.3a
Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 7, page 2767
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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-8-day-13, accessed January 22, 2019