The short conflict concerning Malacca and ??i Vi?t in the reign of Lê Thánh Tông (r.?1460–1497), commenced shortly following the 1471 Vietnamese invasion of Champa, then now a Muslim kingdom. The Chinese governing administration, without the need of understanding in regards to the party, despatched a censor Ch'en Chun to Champa in 1474 to setu