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Hong-wu: Year 30, Month 9, Day 19

10 Oct 1397

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Dao Gan-meng of the Lu-chuan/Ping-mian Pacification Superintendency rebelled and drove off the Pacification Superintendent Si Lun-fa. Initially, the people in Ping-mian did not believe in Buddhism. A monk went there from Yun-nan and spoke well about the effects of one's actions in successive lives [karma] . Si Lun-fa placed great trust in his words. Also some border troops from Jin-chi fled to his territory. They were familiar with cannons (火砲) and guns (火銃). Si Lun-fa was pleased with their abilities. Thus he gave them gold belts and, with the monk, placed them above the various tribes. Dao Gan-meng hated them and thus, together with his subordinates, rebelled. He then led his troops to attack Teng-chong Prefecture. Si Lun-fa, afraid of Gan-meng's power, fled to Yun-nan and the Xi-ping Marquis Mu Chun sent him to the capital.

Tai-zu: juan 255.2a-b

Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 8, page 3679/80

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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-30-month-9-day-19, accessed January 22, 2019