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78-542: Lê Thánh Tông (黎聖宗; 25 August 1442 – 3 March 1497), personal name Lê Hạo , temple name Thánh Tông , courtesy name Tư Thành , was an emperor of Đại Việt , reigning from 1460 to 1497, the fifth and the longest-reigning emperor of the Later Lê dynasty , and is widely praised as one of the greatest emperors in Vietnamese history. He came to power through a coup d'état against his second brother Lê Nghi Dân in 1460. His reign

156-457: A Chinese ship blew off course onto the shore. The Chinese were detained and not allowed to return to China as ordered by Le Thanh Tong. This incident may be the same one where Wu Rui was captured. Several Malay envoys from the Malacca sultanate were attacked and captured in 1469 by Vietnamese navy as they were returning to Malacca from China. The Vietnamese enslaved and castrated the young from among

234-620: A Vietnamese crackdown on trade with foreign countries. A 1499 entry in the Ming Shilu recorded that thirteen Chinese men from Wenchang including a young man named Wu Rui were captured by the Vietnamese after their ship was blown off course while traveling from Hainan to Guangdong 's Qin subprefecture ( Qinzhou ), after which they ended up near the coast of Vietnam, in the 1460s, during the Chenghua Emperor 's rule (1464–1487). Twelve of them were enslaved to work as agricultural laborers, while

312-515: A corps of bureaucrats selected through the Confucian civil service examinations. Following the Chinese model , he divided the government into six ministries: Finance, Rites, Justice, Personnel, Army, and Public Works. Nine grades of rank were set up for both the civil administration and the military. A Board of Censors was set up with royal authority to monitor governmental officials and report exclusively to

390-459: A coup again to overthrow Nghi Dan. On June 6 of the lunar calendar in 1460, Nguyen Xi launched a mutiny, slashed at Nghi Dan's close servants, Pham Don, and Phan Ban in the Street Agenda, seized the forbidden army, closed the gates tightly, and ordered Le Ninh Thuan to arrest them. besieged and deposed Emperor Thien Hung as Le Duc Hau, and took the youngest son of Thai Tong Tu Thanh to the throne,

468-467: A dignified appearance and was more intelligent than other people, so they considered him an extraordinary person. On the 3rd of the 10th lunar month, 1459, 6th year of Diên Ninh, Lê Thái Tông 's firstborn son, Lê Nghi Dân staged a coup in the middle of the night, assassinating reigning emperor Lê Nhân Tông . Nghi Dân then proclaimed himself Emperor. Nine months later, a counter-coup against Lê Nghi Dân led by two military leaders Nguyễn Xí and Đinh Liệt

546-568: A distant journey. Falling on the sails, the rain Softens the sounds of the army. Lê Thánh Tông may have had Cham women as concubines, dancers and singers in his court. [REDACTED] Media related to Lê Thánh Tông at Wikimedia Commons Temple name Modern academia usually refers to the following rulers by their temple names: Chinese monarchs from the Tang to the Yuan dynasties, Korean rulers of

624-762: A military position in northern Vietnam as military superintendent since his service in the palace was apparently valued by the Vietnamese. However, the Lạng Sơn guard soldier Dương Tam tri (Yang Sanzhi; 楊三知) told him of an escape route back to China and Wu Rui escaped to Longzhou after walking for 9 days through the mountains. The local ethnic minority Tusi chief Wei Chen took him into custody, overruling objections from his family who wanted to send him back to Vietnam. Vietnam found out about his escape and sent an agent to buy Wu Rui back from Wei Chen with 100 Jin in payment since they were scared that Wu Rui would reveal Vietnamese state secrets to China. Wei Chen planned to sell him back to

702-400: A new census should be taken every six years. Other public works that were undertaken including building and repair of granaries, using the army to rebuild and repair irrigation systems after floods, and sending out doctors to areas afflicted by outbreaks of disease. Even though the emperor, at 25, was relatively young, he had already restored Dai Viet's stability, which was a marked contrast from

780-484: A number of high-ranking mandarins, so he wrote poems and threw them on the street to slander them but rebelled them. King Tong Tong respected his efforts and did not cure Master's sin. [7] That year, he was promoted to the rank of Organic Import of the Nation. In 1463 he was again a Thai lieutenant. In 1465, Nguyen Xi passed away, aged 69, and was ordained as a Thai monk. End of mourning, in 1467, Emperor Le Thanh Tong ordered

858-565: A second edition of "Cuong duong Nguyen Xi clan". On the occasion of the Nguyễn Xí Temple Festival 2012, the tomb area of the father, mother, and the tomb of Grand Master Cuong, the princess Nguyen Xi, was upgraded to be bigger and more beautiful with funding of over 2 billion dongs from descendants and tourists from near and far. Nguyen Du Entrepreneur of the World Culture, The 11th-Generation Grandchildren Nguyen Xi Door belongs to

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936-517: A signal fireworks to attack Le Trien from both front and back. He and Dinh Le planned to use Thong's plan against him, by enticing him into an ambush into Tot cave, then set off a signal fireworks to signal the Ming army to enter. Vuong Thong army took a severe loss, with Tran Hiep, Ly Luong and 50,000 troops killed, and 10,000 captured. Thong and his generals ran back to entrench themselves in Dong Quan. Le Loi

1014-486: A signal, the whole pack obeyed with remarkable unison. Le Loi praised and believed that he had great potential as a general and gave him command of the army of Thiet Đot. Note: some of the dates are directly from ancient texts, with only the year adjusted to the Gregorian calendar. Months and dates follow the lunar calendar. In 1418, spring, First Month, Canh Than day, Le Loi proclaimed himself "Binh Dinh king" and launched

1092-438: Is an adjective, chosen to reflect the circumstances of the monarch's reign. The vocabulary may overlap with that of the posthumous names' adjectives; however, for one sovereign, the temple name's adjective character usually does not repeat as one of the many adjective characters in his posthumous name. The last character is either "祖" or "宗": Nguy%E1%BB%85n X%C3%AD Nguyễn Xí ( chữ Hán : 阮熾 ; 1397–1465 ), or Lê Xí ,

1170-458: Is an extraordinary person Several times, the Chinese and Chiem soldiers were chased. He has even high conspiracy, Our people know together one heart. So even though Tau hung hung, Our people still keep our home country. ”- Ho Chi Minh [11] In his Vietnamese History poem, Historian Le Quy Don praised him: “Nguyen Xi during the reign of Thai To and Thai Tong. I carry, I carry, I carry, I carry ... During

1248-690: Is recognized for the extensive administrative, military, education, and fiscal reforms he instituted, conquests of Champa states and expansion of Đại Việt territory in the south, and a cultural revolution that replaced the old aristocracy with a generation of literati scholars. His reign was later praised as the Prospered reign of Hồng Đức ( Hồng Đức Thịnh trị; 洪德盛治). Lê Thánh Tông is known by several names, including his birth name Lê Hạo (黎灝), his courtesy name Tư Thành (思誠), pseudonym Đạo Am chủ nhân (道庵主人), rhymed name Tao Đàn nguyên súy (騷壇元帥), formal title Thiên Nam động chủ (天南洞主). Lê Tư Thành

1326-684: The Ming Shilu , in 1488 Burmese Ava embassy in China complained about Dai Viet's incursion into its territory. In the next year (1489) the Ming court sent envoys to admonish Dai Viet to stop. According to the Ming Shilu , Thánh Tông led ninety thousand troops to invade Lan Xang but was chased by the troops of the Malacca Sultanate , who killed thirty thousand Vietnamese soldiers. In 1485, envoys of Champa, Lan Xang, Melaka, Ayutthaya , and Java arrived Dai Viet. In 1470 he sent an anti-pirate expedition in

1404-565: The Goryeo (until AD 1274) and Joseon dynasties, and Vietnamese rulers of the Lý , Trần , and Later Lê dynasties (with the Hồ and Later Trần dynasties as exceptions). Numerous individuals who did not rule as monarch during their lifetime were posthumously elevated to the position of monarch by their descendants and honored with temple names. For example, Cao Cao was posthumously honored as an emperor and given

1482-537: The Gulf of Tonkin , secured the maritime transit. Also in 1475, pirates from Ryukyu Islands and Champa raided the port of Quy Nhơn . In 1480 a battle occurred on the Vietnamese coast between Vietnamese and a shipwrecked Ryukyuan ship. The Ming received a message requesting aid by Lan Song in 1481 against the Vietnamese invasion. Lê Thánh Tông claimed as tributaries the countries of Melaka, Java, Siam, Laos and Champa in "The Regulations concerning Tribute Missions from Vassals to

1560-699: The Yongle Emperor of the Ming dynasty was originally honored as Taizong by the Hongxi Emperor , but his temple name was later amended to Chengzu by the Jiajing Emperor . There were also instances of individuals ruling as the sovereign of a particular realm but being accorded a temple name by another realm, as was the case for Möngke of the Mongol Empire , who was later honored as Xianzong by Emperor Shizu of

1638-516: The Yuan dynasty . The "temple" in "temple name" (廟號) refers to the grand temples (太廟) built by each dynasty for the purpose of ancestor worship. The temple name of each monarch was recorded on their respective ancestral tablet placed within the grand temple. Temple names trace their origins to the Shang dynasty of China. In earlier times, temple names were exclusively assigned to competent rulers after their death. The temple name system established during

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1716-479: The 10th branch [1] Do Muoi La Nguyen Cua succession Chi 5 Nguyen Dinh family. Nguyen Manh Cam (Nguyen Khac – Hung Dung – Vinh City – Nghe An) – Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Duy Trinh – Minister of Foreign Affairs – Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Phong Sac General Secretary of the Indochinese Communist Party. Nguyen Manh Dau , Lieutenant General, Vietnamese Army. Nguyen Dinh Khoa Hero of

1794-469: The 1440s, but they still commanded respect due to their association with the dynasty's founder, Lê Lợi . The new king appointed these men to the highest positions in his new government: Nguyễn Xí became one of the king's councilors, and Đinh Liệt was gifted command over the royal army of Đại Việt. Lê Thánh Tông introduced reforms designing to replace the Thanh Hoá oligarchy of Dai Viet's southern region with

1872-630: The 30th of the first lunar month every year, at the temple of Nguyen Xi, in Nghi Hop commune, Nghi Loc district, Nghe An province (an ancient temple, large scale and architectural value, built today 546 year, national heritage), organized the Nguyen Xi Temple Festival. [1] In the ancient capital of Hue, Nguyễn Xí was appointed by the Nguyễn emperors as the "Show of Greatness of the Kingdom of Great Prince of

1950-727: The Chinese Confucian system of government outside of China. However, following the deaths of Thánh Tông and of his son and successor, Lê Hiến Tông (r. 1498–1504), this new model of government crashed not once but twice in the next three following centuries. In 1483 Lê Thánh Tông created a new code for Đại Việt, called the Hồng Đức Code, which is Vietnam's National Treasures and is kept in the National Library in form of woodblocks No A.314. The new laws were "based on Chinese law but included distinctly Vietnamese features, such as recognition of

2028-584: The East Asian cultural sphere|Sinosphere, including those based on the Korean Peninsula and in Vietnam. Japan, while having adopted both posthumous names and era names from China, did not assign temple names to its monarchs. Most temple names consist of two Chinese characters, unlike the more elaborate posthumous names. In extremely rare cases, temple names could consist of three characters. The first character

2106-668: The Great King". His name was given to a street in Hanoi, Nguyen Xi Street connecting Dinh Le Street to Trang Tien Street (during the French colonial period, Boa-xi-e street, rue Boissière). His name is also given to a street in Ward 13, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Grand Master Cuong Quoc Cong Nguyen Xi is the ancestor of the Nguyen Dinh family. The Nguyen Dinh family has a total of 15 large genera,

2184-495: The Han era that other adjectives aside from the four listed above began appearing in temple names. Numerous Han emperors had their temple names removed by Emperor Xian of Han, Liu Xie, in AD 190. Initially, in deciding whether a monarch should be honored as "祖" ( zǔ ; "progenitor") or "宗" ( zōng ; "ancestor"), a principle was strictly adhered to: "祖" was to be given to accomplished rulers while "宗"

2262-617: The Imperial Capital" (Chư phiên sứ thần triều cống kinh quốc lệ) in 1485. The Tusi system was used to rule "barbarian" ethnic minorities in peripheral and mountain border areas. A group of 28 poets were formally recognized by the court (the Tao Dan). Lê Thánh Tông himself was a poet and some of his poems have survived. He wrote the following at the start of his campaign against the Champa: One hundred thousand officers and men, Start out on

2340-532: The Lam Son uprising. Nguyen Xi, 22 years old at the time, and his brother Nguyen Bien joined Le Loi. On the 16th of the first Month, the traitorous Ai led the Ming army to take a shortcut and assaulted Le Loi's forces from the rear, capturing his family and many of his household members. Many soldiers left, but only Le Xi and Le Le, Le Nao, Le Bi and Le Dap followed Le Loi to take refuge in Chi Linh Mountain. In

2418-469: The Ming army to My cave. Lam Son rear army did not keep up, so Vuong Thong turned back and fought. The two generals rode an elephant into a swamp, got stuck, and were captured by the Ming army and brought back to the fortress. Dinh Le refused to surrender and was killed; and Nguyen Xi, during a night of heavy rain, deceived the prison guards to escape. Le Loi was overjoyed seeing him come back, saying: "Truly, he returned to life". Afterwards, he participated in

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2496-496: The Ming reinforcements from Yunnan were about to arrive, Trien divided his troops into Pham Van Xao, and Trinh Kha to intercept Yunnan troops, while Triet and Do Bi joined with Dinh Le and Nguyen Xi troops to attack Dong Quan (Thang Long, Hanoi). Pham Van Xao routed the Yunnan reinforcements and they fled to the fortress of Changjiang, entrenching themselves. King Ming then sent Vuong Thong and Ma Anh to bring reinforcements. Combining with

2574-572: The Righteous Prayer of the Great King", erected a temple in Nghi Hop commune, Nghi Loc district, province. Nghe An. [8] In 1485 Lê Thánh Tông ordained Father Nguyễn Xí to become a crown prince to Duke Nguyễn Hội and his brother Phiêu cavalry Lieutenant General Nguyễn Thái. According to Dai Viet history, he had 16 sons and 8 daughters. The descendants of Nguyễn Xí later helped Le Trung Hung's family. [9] "Nguyen Xi King, King Wang, King Wang Wu calculated deep heroic capital. Help Cao Hoang when opening

2652-499: The Shang period utilized only four adjectives: Chinese monarchs of the Zhou dynasty were given posthumous names but not temple names. During the Qin dynasty , the practices both of assigning temple names and posthumous names was abandoned. The Han dynasty reintroduced both titles, although temple names were assigned sporadically and remained more exclusive than posthumous names. It was also during

2730-467: The Tang Dynasty Emperor Tai were no better. ”- Phan Boi Chau</ref> In his Vietnamese History poem, Poinsettia Nguyen Truc praised him: “Principality of Nguyen Xi Forever shining with the openness of the Nation, Thousand years glorious Chi Binh Ngo. ”- Nguyen Truc [13] In the poem "History of our country", "Receiving the posterity" and praising the descendants: “THE WONDERFUL Celebrating

2808-588: The Vietnamese but told them the amount they were offering was too little and demanded more however before they could agree on a price, Wu was rescued by the Pingxiang magistrate Li Guangning and then was sent to Beijing to work as a eunuch in the Ming palace at the Directorate of Ceremonial (silijian taijian 司禮監太監). The Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư records that in 1467 in An Bang province of Dai Viet (now Quảng Ninh Province )

2886-426: The Vietnamese captured Chinese whose ships had blown off course and detained them. Young Chinese men were selected by the Vietnamese for castration to become eunuch slaves to the Vietnamese. It has been speculated by modern historians that Chinese who were captured and castrated by the Vietnamese were involved in regular trade between China and Vietnam instead of being blown off course, and that they were punished after

2964-461: The advancement of learning. He expanded the national university, perfected examinations, encouraged literature, patronized the publication of mathematical and scientific treaties. and issued the first complete map of Vietnam. He also encouraged the spread of Confucian values throughout the kingdom by having temples of literature built in all the provinces. There, Confucius was venerated and classic works on Confucianism could be found. He also halted

3042-550: The balance of power between the Cham and the Vietnamese for more than 500 years came to an end. The Ming annals recorded that in 1485 that "Champa is a distant and dangerous place, and Annam is still employing troops there." Back in 1448, the Vietnamese had annexed the land of Muang Phuan in what is today the Plain of Jars in northeastern Laos, and Thánh Tông made that territory a prefecture of Đại Việt in 1471. Began in 1478, Thánh Tông felt it

3120-409: The battle of Changjiang to assist Le Sat in capturing Hoang Phuc and Khoi Tu, who were the survivors of the reinforcements after Lieu Thang was killed. It was the victory that ended the Lam Son uprising. In 1428, Le Loi ascended to Emperor Le Thai To . Nguyen Xi was conferred with title and special privileges as one participated in establishing the country (by expelling the Chinese occupation). Note:

3198-635: The brilliant kind who deserves the title of Emperor, whose ingenuity and bravery will preserve the nation". When Tư Thành was three years old, he was brought to the royal palace and was educated just like his half-brother, the ruling emperor Lê Nhân Tông , and other brothers, Lê Khắc Xương and Lê Nghi Dân in Đông Kinh (東京). In 1445, Le Nhan Tong issued a decree and conferred Le Tu Thanh as Prince of Binh Nguyen (Bình Nguyên Vương), and sent to kinh sư, to study with other kings in Kinh Dien. Officials in Kinh Dien such as Tran Phong noticed that Binh Nguyen Vuong had

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3276-443: The building of any new Buddhist or Taoist temples and ordered that monks were not to be allowed to purchase any new land. During his reign, Vietnamese Confucian scholarship had reached its golden era, with over 501 tiến sĩ (royal scholars) graduated, out of the total 2,896 tiến sĩ graduated from 1076 to 1911. In 1460, he ordered Confucian scholar Ngô Sĩ Liên (1401–1489) to compile an official national history book, and in 1479

3354-643: The captured. A 1472 entry in the Ming Shilu reported that some Chinese from Nanhai escaped back to China after their ship had been blown off course into Vietnam, where they had been forced to serve as soldiers in Vietnam's military. The escapees also reported that they found out that more than 100 Chinese men remained captives in Vietnam after they were caught and castrated by the Vietnamese after their ships were blown off course into Vietnam in other incidents. The Chinese Ministry of Revenue responded by ordering Chinese civilians and soldiers to stop going abroad to foreign countries. These 100 men were taken prisoner around

3432-588: The chronicle Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư was finished, and was presented to the emperor. During the reign of Thánh Tông, two related events put the Ming tributary system to the test. The first was the final destruction of Champa in 1471, and the other, the invasion of Laos between 1479 and 1481. After destroying Champa in 1471, the Vietnamese informed the Ming court that the fall of Champa's ruling house had come about as "a result of civil war." In 1472, as Vietnamese pirates attacked Chinese and merchant ships in Hainan and

3510-733: The coast of Guangzhou , the Ming emperor called on Thánh Tông to end such activities. The court of Đại Việt denied its people would do such things. Article 344 of the Nguyen dynasty code and Article 305 of the Le dynasty code both forbade self-castration and castration of Vietnamese men. Self-castration of Vietnamese men was banned by Lê Thánh Tông, the emperor, in 1464. The Vietnamese under Emperor Le Thanh Tong cracked down on foreign contacts and enforced an isolationist policy. A large amount of trade between Guangdong ( Leizhou Peninsula and Hainan ) and Vietnam happened during this time. Early accounts recorded that

3588-462: The country including the thirty-six urban wards that lay between the royal compound and the Red River at Dong Kinh , the only city in the country; with the total population was approximately 3.7 million people, the Red River delta had been the most densely inhabited region of Southeast Asia in the early-modern era. The new government proved to be effective and represented a successful adaptation of

3666-534: The country through hundreds of arduous battles. Help the anecdote at a goalkeeper. In addition to all the titles of general and martial; Before and after, I kept studying as a child and a child. Keeping yourself religious, and innocent as a pearl does not show light. Stunning face at the court, as fierce as a new sword. The mandarins all revealed their demeanor; all four seas see prestige." ” – Essay written by Lê Thánh Tông given to Nguyễn Xí [10] In his Vietnamese History poem, President Ho Chi Minh praised him: “Nguyen Xi

3744-547: The defeat of Champa in 1471, he sent large groups of ethnic Vietnamese, including prisoners and criminals, to settle in the new conquered territories. Lands were distributed fair equally, bureaucrats and military garrisons were set up to help people in the new provinces. The fall of Champa enabled the Vietnamese to monopolize Central Highlands' products which most desired in oversea markets. At the end of 15th century, according to Hall, "Vietnamese civilization had reached its zenith in prosperity." Thánh Tông devoted much of his time to

3822-536: The eighth month of 1426, after gaining control of the region from Thanh Hoa to Thuan Hoa , Le Loi assigned troops to his generals forming three wings advancing to the north. Pham Van Xao, Do Bi, Trinh Kha, Le Trien to the Northwest, Luu Nhan Chu and Bui Be to the Northeast; Dinh Le and Nguyen Xi attacked Dong Quan (Eastern Gate). Le Trien approached Dong Quan and encountered Tran Tri and promptly defeated him. Hearing that

3900-690: The emperor Le Thanh Tong, opening a period of prosperity lasting 38 years. [6] In June 1460, Nguyễn Xí was appointed as an official of the People's Committee, Entering the State's Office of the Vice Principal of the Military Medal of A County, serving as a civil servant, giving a bag of gold and silver, a silver seal, and 5000 acres of hard soil. In October of that year, he was made a Chief of Public Relations. In 1462, Nguyen Xi's son, Nguyen Su Hoi, did not agree with

3978-626: The field of martial arts. In the ancient capital of Hue, he was worshipped in the Temple of the Emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty, considered to be the nation's first patriarch, the illustrious General was registered by the historical dynasties. Rarely has any god like Nguyen Xi been granted the title of national god twice. In 2011, Nghe An Publishing House and the Council of Great Families Nguyen Dinh republished

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4056-464: The fifteenth century. However, he took an unfavorable view toward international trade, and emphasized for a national self-sustaining economy based on agriculture . In 1461 he warned the provincial officials not to pursue the insignificant trade/commerce to ensure internal welfare and prohibit foreigners from entering the kingdom. He also introduced a marketplaces code to standardize weights and measures. In 1469 he nationalized gunpowder and weapons. After

4134-551: The four radiant realms, Ha proud descendants of our ancestors Chase and invade the robbers The peaceful rebellion of the evil "Binh Ngo Khai Quoc" compliments "Tinh Ngan Trung Hung" praises "Cuong Quoc Cong" The word "save posterity. His instructions echoed far away! ”- The folk tradition passed down In countless words and poems praising him, there were words of the first intelligent army Le Thanh Tong, Poinsettia Nguyen Truc, scientist Le Qui Don, scientist Phan Huy Chu, Emperor Tu Duc, and great love. Phan Bội Châu all praised his merit. On

4212-415: The higher position of women in Vietnamese society than in Chinese society. Under the new code, parental consent was not required for marriage, and daughters were granted equal inheritance rights with sons." During the reign of Thánh Tông, Vietnamese export porcelains from Hải Dương kilns were found as far as West Asia . Trowulan , capital of Majapahit , has yielded numerous Vietnamese ceramic products of

4290-419: The king. However, governmental authority did not extend all the way to the village level. The villages were ruled by their own councils. In 1469, all of Dai Viet was mapped and a full census, listing all the villages in the kingdom, was taken. Around this time, the country was divided into 13 dao (provinces). Each was administrated by a Governor, a Judge, and the local army commander. Thánh Tông also ordered that

4368-460: The main church of their family is the Temple of Grand Master Cuong Quoc Nguyen Xi in Nghi Hop, Nghi Loc and Nghe An communes. Up to now, the Nguyen Dinh family has expanded widely throughout the country, including abroad, but the most concentrated is in Nghi Loc district, Nghe An province. The Nguyen Dinh family is one of the most glorious families in the feudal regime of Vietnam, especially prosperous in

4446-446: The official titles cannot be directly translated. Yet to find an article listing the common titles/offices of Dai Viet to link to. In 1429, on the list of courtiers, Nguyễn Xí was ranked fifth, conferred the title Head of District, and granted the Emperor's surname. In 1433, Emperor Le Thai To died. According to the will of the Emperor, Crown Prince Le Nguyen Long ascended the throne, becoming Emperor Le Thai Tong , only 10 years old at

4524-455: The reign of Emperor Thai To, Thai Tong and the paddy fields were full of buffaloes, they did not eat.”- Le Quy Don [12] In his poem History of our country Patriotic Phan Boi Chau praised him. " Nguyễn Xí, a patriotic loyalist in the blind old-time patriotism In the eyes of the old man Tien Founding the founder of a satisfactory literary regime, expanding the land and fairly wide shore, was a king of strategic heroes, though The Emperor Wu Emperor and

4602-631: The right to denounce sins should be abolished. function. In 1448 Nguyễn Xí was restored to the rank of Major General Military Civilian. [5] In 1450, he was promoted to Thai Bao as an official helper. In October 1459, he was different from Nhan Tong's mother, Lạng Sơn Vương Lê Nghi Dân , as a mutiny to kill Queen Nguyen Thi Anh and Emperor Nhan Tong. Nghi Dan ascended the throne of the emperor and named Thien Hung. The ambassadors Do Bi, Le Thu, and Le Ngang who attempted to overthrow King Revealed were killed. Thai security told Nguyen Xi to discuss with Le Lang (Le Trien's son), and Le Niem (Le Lai's grandson) to make

4680-521: The same time as Wu Rui and the historian Leo K. Shin believes all of them may have been involved in illegal trade instead of being blown off course by wind. The over 100 Chinese men who were castrated and made into eunuchs by the Vietnamese remained captives in Vietnam when the incident was reported. Both the incidents of the young Chinese man Wu Rui and the more than 100 Chinese men being castrated and used as eunuchs point to possible involvement in trade according to historians John K. Whitmore and Tana Li which

4758-568: The temple name Taizu by Cao Pi of the Cao Wei dynasty . Meanwhile, several individuals who were initially assigned temple names had their titles revoked, as was the case for Emperor Huan , whose temple name, Weizong , was abolished by Emperor Xian of the Eastern Han dynasty . In other cases, numerous individuals were honored with more than one temple name by intentional changes or being accorded different titles by different individuals. For instance,

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4836-417: The temple to be rebuilt according to the national and international regime and ordered the poet Nguyen Trung Truc to write the epitaph inscription: "Superior superiority and blessedness, showing the dignity of the elders. Trung Trinh Dai Vuong ". In the 15th year of Hong Duc's reign (1484), he was conferred the title of National Duchy, after being conferred the title of "Superior God of Blessings, Appealing for

4914-593: The time. Nguyen Xi was assigned assistant tutor to the Emperor. In 1437, Thai Tong appointed him as the Deputy Prime Miniter equivalent. In 1442, the emperor Le Thai Tong died at the age of 20. Nguyen Xi and Trinh Kha, Le Thu received the emperor's will to serve the next Emperor Le Nhan Tong. In 1445, Emperor Nhan Tong was a young, Queen Nguyen Thi Anh regent, he entered the Admiral and received orders from Le Than to bring troops to fight Chiem Thanh, but if not gone,

4992-708: The troops in Dong Quan, troop count was a hundred thousand (100,000), divided into Phuong Chinh and Ma Ky. Le Trien and Do Bi defeated Ma Ky in Tu Liem and then defeated Chinh's wing as well. Both generals lost and retreated to Co So, joining up with Vuong Thong. Le Trien again attacked Vuong Thong, but Thong was prepared. Thus Trien was defeated and had to retreat to Cao Bo, and sent a messenger to request help from Nguyen Xi. Nguyen Xi and Dinh Le brought troops to put an ambush in Tot cave and Chuc cave. Nguyễn Xí captured Vương Thông's spy, thus finding out his plan to divide up his army, and using

5070-413: The turbulent times marking the reigns of the two emperors before him. By 1471, the kingdom employed more than 5,300 officials (0.1 percent of the population) into the bureaucrat army, equally divided between the court and the provinces, with at least one supervising officer every three villages. A national-wide census was conducted in 1490, reported approximately 8,000 village-level jurisdictions throughout

5148-527: The youngest Chinese man, Wu Rui (吳瑞) was selected by the Vietnamese court for castration since he was the only young man in among the thirteen and he became a eunuch at the Vietnamese imperial palace in Thang Long for nearly one fourth of a century. After years of serving the Vietnamese as a eunuch slave in the palace, he was promoted to a position with real power after the death of the Vietnamese ruler in 1497 to

5226-504: Was a general, politician, and public servant who served as a minister for four generations of rulers during the late Lê dynasty . He grew up while Đại Việt was under the Fourth Era of Northern Domination under the Ming dynasty of China and participated in Lam Sơn uprising under Lê Lợi . He is considered a historical military genius of Vietnam . Nguyễn Xí in Chinese means "Light of Light"

5304-654: Was born in 1397. His grandfather was Nguyen Hop and his father was Nguyen Hoi. Nguyen Hop moved his house to live in Thuong Xa village, Chan Phuc district, now Khanh Hop commune, Nghi Loc district, Nghe An province. Here, Nguyen Hop and Nguyen Hoi rallied his people to establish a hamlet and expanded the salt-making industry. Nguyen Hoi fathered two sons: Nguyen Bien and Nguyen Xi. Father and son Nguyen Hoi and Nguyen Bien often sold salt in Luong Giang area, Thieu Hoa district – Thanh Hoa, hence becoming very familiar with Le Loi, who

5382-513: Was born on the 20th of the 7th lunar month ( August 25th in Gregorian calendar ) in the third year of Đại Bảo (1442). A legend surrounding his birth is that, his mother Ngô Thị Ngọc Dao , was bestowed a Tiên đồng (仙童) by the Jade Emperor in her dream, and started to become pregnant with Tư Thành the following day. He was the fourth son of emperor Lê Thái Tông and his consort Ngô Thị Ngọc Dao . He

5460-500: Was captured and the Laotian ruler Chakkaphat was killed. His forces pushed further to the upper Irrawaddy River , around Kengtung in modern-day Myanmar . In 1482 Momeik borrowed troops of Dai Viet to invade Hsenwi and Lan Na . The Dai Viet forces suffered a defeat after facing Lan Xang-Lanna allied forces, which resulted in their troops diminishing. By November 1484, Thanh Tong and his forces had withdrawn back to Dai Viet. According to

5538-602: Was informed of the victory and marched the bulk of his army to the north and lay siege to Dong Quan. Nguyen Xi was ordered to bring Dinh Le and troops to the south of the city. In the Second Month of 1427, Ming general Phuong Chinh ambushed Le Trien in Tu Liem, and Trien was killed in battle. In the Third Month, Vuong Thong attacked Lam Son camp in Tay Phu Liet. Nguyen Xi and Dinh Le brought 500 armored troops to reinforce, driving

5616-547: Was seen as an affront, and according to legend a box filled with dung was sent instead. Thánh Tông also realized that Laos was expanding its authority over Tai peoples who had previously acknowledged Vietnamese suzerainty and had regularly paid tribute to Đại Việt. Thus, the campaigns to reassert Dai Viet's authority over the Tai tribes led to the invasion of Laos. In fall 1479, Thánh Tông led an army of 180,000 men marched westward, attacked Muang Phuan, Lan Xang and Nan . Luang Phabang

5694-416: Was successfully carried out, and Nghi Dân was killed in the royal palace. The plotters asked Prince Tư Thành to become the new emperor and he accepted. Two days after Lê Nghi Dân's death, Lê Hạo was proclaimed Emperor. The leaders of the counter-coup which removed and killed Nghi Dân were two of the last surviving friends and aides of Lê Lợi - Nguyễn Xí and Đinh Liệt . The pair had been out of power since

5772-550: Was the fourth grandson of Lê Lợi , the half-brother of Lê Nhân Tông and it is likely that his mother and consort Nguyễn Thị Anh (the mother of Lê Nhân Tông ) were related (cousins or perhaps sisters). Young Tư Thành was described in the national chronicle, the Complete Annals of the Great Viet as "Magnificently gifted, his mind and body are marvelous, his looks elegantly strong; kind-hearted and generous, bright, earnest, truly

5850-469: Was the time to take his revenge on King Chakkaphat of Laos , preparing his army along the Annamite border in preparation for an invasion. Around the same time a white elephant had been captured and brought to King Chakkaphat. The elephant being a potent symbol of kingship was common throughout Southeast Asia, and Thánh Tông requested the animal's hair to be brought as a gift to the Đại Việt court. The request

5928-400: Was then a tutor in Lam Son. At the age of 9 (1405), Nguyen Xi first met Le Loi. In the same year, his father was mauled and killed by a tiger in his home town of Thuong Xa, so he followed Le Loi and became part of his household. Growing up, Nguyễn Xí displayed extraordinary valour, and was loved by Lê Lợi like a son. Le Loi ordered him to raise more than 100 hunting dogs. He used the music as

6006-410: Was then suppressed by the Vietnamese government instead of them really being blown off course by the wind. China's relations with Vietnam during this period were marked by the punishment of prisoners by castration. In 1470, a Cham army numbered 100,000 under king Maha Sajan arrived and besieged the Vietnamese garrison at Huế. The local commander sent appeals to Hanoi for help. Champa was defeated and

6084-632: Was to be assigned to virtuous rulers. However, this principle was effectively abandoned during the Sixteen Kingdoms era with the ubiquitous usage of "祖" by various non- Han regimes. Temple names became widespread from the Tang dynasty onwards. Apart from the final ruler of a dynasty, monarchs who died prematurely, or monarchs who were deposed, most Chinese monarchs were given temple names by their descendants. The practice of honoring rulers with temple names had since been adopted by other dynastic regimes within

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