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Yong-le: Year 4, Month 10, Day 20
30 Nov 1406
The death was advised of the Cheng-guo Duke Zhu Neng, "General for Subduing the Yi" and regional commander of the force being sent on expedition to punish Annam. The Emperor went into mourning, cancelled Court audiences for five days and sent an envoy to offer official sacrifices. The appropriate offices were ordered to arrange funeral matters and to have his body escorted back to the capital. Neng (zi Shi-hong) had his origins in Huai-yuan County, Feng-yang....In the second year of the Yong-le reign (1404/05), he was promoted to concurrent Grand Mentor of the Heir Apparent. The Annam Li bandits then engaged in rebellion and Neng was ordered to take on the post of regional commander and the seal of "General for Subduing the Yi" and go there to punish them. At this time, he died.
Tai-zong: juan 60.6a-7a
Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 11, page 0875/77
Preferred form of citation for this entry:
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-4-month-10-day-20, accessed January 22, 2019