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//was wanton, libidinous, stupid and weak, his mind was not bent on the 

 //people and the brave men in the empire took away pieces on the frontier. 

 //I feit pity that the people was thus trodden upon , I raised an army of 

 //patriotic soldiers and made an end to that state of disorder, and the soldiers 

 //and the people of the empire honored me with the throne; the name of 

 //the universal empire is the Great Ming and the name of my reign is Hung-wu. 

 //Two years ago I have taken the capital of the Yuan, the whole country is 

 //settled now and Champa, Annani, Corea and other countries have already 

 //brought tribute. This year I sent a general to subdue the north and only 

 //then I learnt that the prince of the house of Yuan had died; his 

 //grandson was brought a prisoner and I bestowed upon him the title of an 

 //earl. Following the example of the emperors and kings of former dynasties 

 //in organizing the world, it is my only wish that the people in and out of 

 //China should enjoy tranquillity , and as the different foreigners {fan, bar- 

 //baroi) live in far distant countries and do not yet know all these events, 

 //I now send envoys to go and inform them of it." 



In the 9th month of the same year (1370) the king Sri Pah-ta-la-pö (*) 

 sent envoys with a letter written on a sheet of gold and products of the 

 country as tribute. The envoys were treated according to the prescribed forms. 



In the year 1372, when the imperial envoy Ch'ang K'o-ching ( 2 ) 

 came back to China, the king of this country sent an envoy with tribute 

 along with him , bringing back three imperial decrees which they had received 

 from the Yuan dynasty. 



In the year 1375 they sent tribute again. 



In the year 1377 the king Pa-ta-na-pa-na-bu ( 3 ) sent envoys with 

 tribute to the imperial court. 



In this country there is a western and an eastern king, the latter is 

 called Bogindo Bong-kit ( 4 ) and the former Bu-la-po-bu ( 5 ); both of them 

 sent envoys with tribute, but as their politeness was not sincere, the Emperor 

 ordered them to be detained and it was only after some time that they were 

 allowed to return. 



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