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Hong-wu: Year 23, Month 4, Day 11
26 Apr 1390
26 Apr 1390
The minister Si-li Tan-la-er-si-di and others who had been sent by the country of Siam (Hu), presented a memorial and offered as tribute sapan-wood, pepper, laka-wood and other products, weighing a total of 171,880 jin. It was Imperially commanded that patterned fine silks, clothing and paper money, as appropriate, be conferred upon the envoys.
Tai-zu: juan 201.1b
Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 7, page 3008
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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-23-month-4-day-11, accessed January 22, 2019