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Yong-le: Year 3, Month 7, Day 20
14 Aug 1405
14 Aug 1405
Meng-gen Prefecture was established subordinate to the Yun-nan Regional Military Commission and the Dai-ken native official Dao Ai was appointed as prefect, provided with a seal and patent and had headwear and a belt conferred upon him. At this time, a person who had been sent by Dao Ai had come to Court and requested that a government office be established. This order was accordingly issued.
Tai-zong: juan 44.6b
Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 10, page 700
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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-3-month-7-day-20, accessed January 22, 2019