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Hong-zhi: Year 10, Month 9, Day 14
9 Oct 1497
9 Oct 1497
The chief envoy Kun Ming-zhai, the deputy envoy and others who had been sent by Guo-long Bo-la Lue-kun Xi-li You-di-ya, the king of the country of Siam, came to offer tribute. On their departure, they were given brocaded silks and other goods to confer upon the king and his consort. A banquet, as well as variegated silks, clothing and other goods, as appropriate, were conferred upon Kun Ming-zhai and the others.
Xiao-zong: juan 129.3a
Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 56, page 2281
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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-10-month-9-day-14, accessed January 22, 2019