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Hong-wu: Year 20, Month 9, Day 18
30 Oct 1387
30 Oct 1387
The Emperor's birthday....The envoy sent by Chen Wei, the king of the country of Annam, presented 30 horses. The envoy sent by Can-lie Bao Pi-ye Gan-pu-zhe (Alt: Can-lie Bao Kun-ye Gan-ruo-zhe), the king of the country of Cambodia, presented elephants and local products. Patterned fine silks interwoven with gold thread, clothing and paper money, as appropriate, were conferred upon the envoys from the countries of Korea, Cambodia and Annam.
Tai-zu: juan 185.4a
Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 7, page 2781
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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-9-day-18, accessed January 22, 2019