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Wan-li: Year 6, Month 11, Day 10
8 Dec 1578
8 Dec 1578
It was Imperially commanded that as arrangements for the opening of the Siam department [within the Translators Institute] had been instituted, regulations governing matters such as the selection of students and the erection of halls be considered and set down, so as to ensure that arrangements complied with requirements.
Shen-zong: juan 81.3b
Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 100, page 1728
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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/wan-li/year-6-month-11-day-10, accessed January 22, 2019