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Hong-zhi: Year 1, Month 9, Day 25
29 Oct 1488
29 Oct 1488
The chieftain Da-jia-su and others who had been sent by Bu-la-lang, the pacification superintendent of the Ava-Burma Pacification Superintendency in Yun-nan, came to Court and offered tribute of elephants as well as elephant tusks, gold and silver utensils and other goods. A banquet as well as clothing and variegated silks were conferred upon them. In addition, they were given patterned brocades and variegated silks, as appropriate, to confer, on their return, upon Bu-la-lang.
Xiao-zong: juan 18.6b
Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 52, page 438
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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-zhi/year-1-month-9-day-25, accessed January 22, 2019