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Yong-le: Year 10, Month 8, Day 12
17 Sep 1412
17 Sep 1412
The envoy Bu-gai Ji-biao and others who had been sent by Zhan-ba Di-lai, the king of the country of Champa, presented a memorial and offered tribute of elephants and local products. Paper money and silks, as appropriate, were conferred upon them. Bu-gai Ji-biao memorialized, requesting headwear and a belt. It was ordered that the Ministry of Rites confer these upon him.
Tai-zong: juan 131.2a-b
Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 12, page 1617/18
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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/yong-le/year-10-month-8-day-12, accessed January 22, 2019