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Yong-le: Year 4, Month 7, Day 18
1 Aug 1406
1 Aug 1406
Imperial orders were sent to the Cheng-guo Duke Zhu Neng, regional commander of the force being sent on expedition to punish Annam. The orders read: "The weather is still hot. While the army is en route, you should provide the troops with comfort and sympathy. Do not cause them to become undisciplined."
Tai-zong: juan 56.5b
Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 11, page 830
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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-4-month-7-day-18, accessed January 22, 2019