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Tian-qi: Year 1, Month 12, Day 15
26 Jan 1622
26 Jan 1622
Dao Men-zhi, the native official of Zhen-kang Subprefecture in Yun-nan, presented female elephants and local products. The Grand Coordinator Shen Jing-jie requested permission to forward these elephants and local products to the Court, and that the number of elephants to be procured for the Court by the province be reduced accordingly. This was Imperially approved.
Xi-zong: juan 17.12b
Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 126, page 856
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/tian-qi/year-1-month-12-day-15, accessed January 22, 2019