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Yong-le: Year 3, Month 9, Day 23
15 Oct 1405
15 Oct 1405
The envoy Ba-zhi Chen Wei-da and others who had been sent by Du-ma-ban, the Western king of the country of Java, presented a memorial and offered tribute of local products. At this time, three nearby countries Die-li, Ri-xia-luo-zhi and Jin-mao-li each sent people with local products to accompany the Javanese envoy and come and offer tribute. Clothing made from patterned fine silks was conferred upon all of them.
Tai-zong: juan 46.3b
Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 10, page 714
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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-3-month-9-day-23, accessed January 22, 2019