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Hong-wu: Year 8, Month 11, Day 11
4 Dec 1375
The envoy Nai Bao-lun, who had been sent by Zhao Bo-luo-ju (Alt: Zhao Chi-luo-ju), the heir to the prince/king of old Ming-tai in Siam (Hu) (暹羅斛國舊明壹王世子) presented a gold-leaf memorial and offered tribute of local products. It was Imperially commanded that six bolts each of patterned fine silks, variegated silks and silk gauzes interwoven with gold thread be conferred upon Zhao Bo-luo-ju (Alt: As above), that two bolts each of silks and silk gauzes, a set of clothing and boots and socks be conferred upon Nai Bao-lun, and that appropriate rewards be conferred upon the interpreter and the subordinates.
Tai-zu: juan 102.3a
Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 4, page 1721_
Preferred form of citation for this entry:
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-8-month-11-day-11, accessed January 22, 2019