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Zheng-tong: Year 1, Month 7, Day 15
26 Aug 1436
26 Aug 1436
Zhao Gong, retired Auxiliary Minister of Justice, died. Gong (zi Yun-han) had his origins in Xia County, Shan-xi...When the Tai-zong Emperor inherited the throne, Gong was ordered to go as an envoy to Jiao-zhi, where he refused their bribes of gold and precious stones. On his return, he was promoted to vice minister of the right in the Ministry of Justice....
Ying-zong: juan 20.3a-b
Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 23, page 0391/92
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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-tong/year-1-month-7-day-15, accessed January 22, 2019