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Zheng-de: Year 3, Month 12, Day 8

29 Dec 1508

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The deputy envoy Duan Ya-zhi and others who had been sent by the king of the country of Melaka, came to Court and offered tribute of local products. On their homeward departure, they were given mang-dragon robes, variegated silks, silk gauzes and patterned brocades to confer, on their return, upon their king. Further, the envoys and attendants were rewarded with variegated silks, clothing, thin silks and paper money (Alt: silk gauzes) as appropriate.

Wu-zong: juan 45.2b

Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 63, page 1026

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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/zheng-de/year-3-month-12-day-8, accessed January 22, 2019