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Wan-li: Year 8, Month Intercalary 4, Day 14	(26 May 1580)

The pirate Lin Dao-qian had occupied islands in the ocean and was bringing calamities through sudden appearance and rapid disappearance. The generals and troops were unable to apprehend him and he used Patani and Siam as his lairs. Subsequently, he threatened Patani and engaged in violent attacks on Siam, and an interpreter noted that those countries wished to offer their services by capturing him. Liu Yao-hui, the supreme commander of Guang-dong/Guang-xi proposed that a reward for him be again established, as thereby he would certainly be captured. The ministry re-submitted the proposal as a request and the Emperor approved it.

Shen-zong: juan 99.4a

Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 100, page 1977

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/entry/1724, accessed November 24, 2009.

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