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Yong-le: Year 17, Month 12, Day 8
24 Dec 1419
24 Dec 1419
On this day, Ding Zong-lao and other bandits, from Jian-ping and other prefectures and Da-wan and other counties in Jiao-zhi, rebelled. The Feng-cheng Marquis Li Bin, regional commander of Jiao-zhi, sent Fang Zheng, the commander of the Jiao-zhou Rear Guard, to lead his forces in destroying them. The bandits were defeated and fled. Over 400 heads were taken and the heads were all exposed as a warning.
Tai-zong: juan 219.2a
Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 14, page 2173
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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-17-month-12-day-8, accessed January 22, 2019