THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF MAJAPAHIT4D

To revive the fortune of Malayu in Sumatra, from the 1370s, a Malay ruler of Palembang despatched an envoy for the court of the 1st emperor on the newly founded Ming dynasty. He invited China to resume the tributary program, much like Srivijaya did several generations earlier. Learning this diplomatic manoeuvre, straight away King Hayam Wuruk sent