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Zheng-tong: Year 8, Month 4, Day 4

3 May 1443

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The interpreter Luo Rong, the king's nephew Qie-yang-le-cui and others who had been sent by Mo-he Bi-gai, the king of the country of Champa, presented a gold-leaf memorial expressing gratitude for Imperial grace and offered tribute of shields and flags for dancing (舞牌旗), black elephants and other products. A banquet as well as variegated silks and other goods, as appropriate, were conferred upon them.

Ying-zong: juan 103.2a

Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 27, page 2077

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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-8-month-4-day-4, accessed January 22, 2019