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Yong-le: Year 5, Month 11, Day 19
18 Dec 1407
18 Dec 1407
The native-official Vice Commander Chen Feng, the Battalion Commander Ruan Zheng, the Company Commander Song Ru-lu and others, a total of 20 persons, all from Jiao-zhou Right Guard, came to Court and offered tribute of local products. Eighty ding of paper money and a suit of clothing made from ramie-silk were conferred upon each of them, while paper money, as appropriate, was conferred upon their attendants.
Tai-zong: juan 73.5a
Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 11, page 1021
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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-5-month-11-day-19, accessed January 22, 2019