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Hong-wu: Year 24, Month 7, Day 16
16 Aug 1391
16 Aug 1391
The Emperor instructed Gu Chang, the acting Minister of War, saying: "I have heard that Ba-bai and Bai-yi are engaged in hostilities, are enemies and that there has been no peace for years. I have noted that the Ba-bai Pacification Superintendency is 10,000 li in the distance, has been able to fulfil its duties and offer tribute, and I have observed its great sincerity. Now that it is engaged in hostilities with Bai-yi, the latter should be punished. You should instruct Ba-bai to train troops, strengthen defences and wait for the Imperial army to advance in attack."
Tai-zu: juan 210.3a
Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 7, page 3129
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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-24-month-7-day-16, accessed January 22, 2019