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people of this country, who carried precious articles ancl a letter of tribute. 

 The emperor praised him and gave him a golden tiger badge. 



In the year 1275 he went again to the same country and brought 

 back a functionary, who offered a famous medicine to the emperor; on this 

 occasion he got again most valuable presents. 



In 1277 he became a vice-president of the board of war. 



In 1281 he was made Resident of King-hu and Champa ( 1 ). 



In 1284 he was recalled and sent again accross the sea as an envoy 

 to Ceylon ( 2 ) , in order to inspect the almsbowl (patra) and other relies of 

 Bucldha ; the emperor gave him a precious girdle , dresses and horse-trappings. 



In 1285 he came back from this voyage and was appointed Resident 

 at the court of the king of Chin-nan ( 3 ). Again a precious girdle was be- 

 stowed on him. Whilst in this position he made war against Champa, to- 

 gether with two other generals ; they were defeated and one of the generals 

 killed. Ike Mese then told the king of Chin-nan to collect soldiers at the 

 monastery of the Highwaved Lake, in order to be able to move again. His 

 orders were obeyed by the king and so he succeeded in saving his army and 

 came back. 



In 1287 he was sent to the kingdom of Mapar ( 4 ), to get the alms- 

 bowl and other relies of Buddha. On his voyage he had adverse winds and 

 it took him a year to arrive there. He succeeded in obtaining clever phy- 

 sicians and excellent medicines and came back with people of the country 

 bringing tribute. From his own money he had bought boards of red san- 

 dalwood, in order to make a pavilion for the emperor; these he presented also. 



Once, as he waited on the Emperor in his bathroom, the Emperor 

 asked him how many times he had crossed the ocean. He answered: four 

 times. The emperor took pity on all his hardships and gave him again a 

 girdle ornamenteel with jade and the title of Minister of Accumulated Virtue. 



Next he was appointed governor residing at Ch'üan-chou and in 1292 

 he was called to court, on which occasion he presented to the emperor all 

 precious articles in his possession. At that time an expedition against Java 



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 of Champa, 



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( 3 ) >BE jsï , a ^ that time a small, semi-independent state in the present province 

 Yün-nan. 



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