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Xuan-de: Year 9, Month 5, Day 27

3 Jul 1434

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Variegated silks, silk gauzes (luo), thin silks, cotton cloth as well as suits of clothing made from silk interwoven with gold thread and clothing made from thin silk, as appropriate, were conferred upon the envoy Kun Si-li La-zhe-wan-zhi and others, including the interpreter Ruan Ai, all from the country of Siam. In addition, headwear and a belt were conferred upon Kun Si-li La-zhe-wan-zhi and others, and they were given Imperial orders, brocades, fine silks and silk gauzes to confer, on their return home, upon the king of their country.

Xuan-zong: juan 110.13b

Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 21, page 2486

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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/xuan-de/year-9-month-5-day-27, accessed January 22, 2019