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The Emperor addressed liim repeatedly in the most kind and lauda- 

 tory way and gave orders that the letter to the Empress and the articles 

 which the king's wife had brought, should be laid out in one of the halls 

 of the palace. The king went to this hall and entered to present them, and 

 when this was done, the king, his wife and the others were presented with 

 caps, girdles and suits of clothes. After this the king was entertained at 

 the Fêng-t'ian-mên and his wife with her suite in another place, which 

 being finished they were escorted back to the place where they resided. 



The Masters of Ceremonies asked instructions about the ceremonies 

 for the king's visit to the princes of the blood, and the Emperor ordered 

 that he should be allowed to adopt the same forms as a noble of the flrst 

 rank. 



After some time the Emperor gave to the king different insignia, a 

 chair, silver utensils, umbrellas, fans, horses and saddles inlaid with gold, 

 and ten suits of dresses, made of different kinds of silk with flowers and 

 embroidered with gold. His retinue got presents each according to his rank. 



In the lOth month the king died at his residence; the emperor was 

 very much grieved, closed his court for three days and sent an officer to 

 perform sacrifices and to give the silk required for the funeral. The heir 

 apparent and the imperial princes also sent officers to perform sacrifices, and 

 when the coffin and other necessaries of the burial had been prepared by 

 these officers, they buried him on the Stone-hill outside the An-tê gate O, 

 where a tombstone was erected and the grave arranged as for a great per- 

 sonage. They also erected a temple at the side of the grave, where every 

 spring and autumn an ofïicer sacrificed a goat. The posthumous name Kung- 

 shun ( 2 ), //Reverent and dutiful", was given to him. 



The Emperor issued an edict to console his son Hia-wang ( 3 ), who 

 was ordered to succeed his father and appointed king of the country. Hia- 

 wang and his uncle reported that their country had to give Java forty caties 

 camphor baros every year and begged an imperial order to Java that this 

 annual tribute should be stopped, in order that it might be sent instead to 

 the Imperial court; they further said that, as they were going home now, 

 they asked for the Emperor's orders and for permission to remain at home 







