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Tian-qi: Year 1, Month 12, Day 16
27 Jan 1622
27 Jan 1622
As the Annam Commander Li Wei-xin had died, the attendant minister Ruan Shi-biao (Alt: Ruan Biao) and others, a total of 42 persons, who had been sent by [Li] Wei-qi, the eldest son of Li Wei-xin's primary wife, arrived at the capital and presented the two batches of tribute due for the 39th year (1611/12) and the 42nd year (1614/15) of the Wan-li reign. They were rewarded in accordance with the precedents. It was ordered that interpreters escort them to Zhen-nan Pass in Guang-xi, where they would cross the border.
Xi-zong: juan 17.13a
Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 126, page 857
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-16, accessed January 22, 2019