Hùng King
Hùng king (c. 2524 BC – ?; Chữ Hán: 雄王; vi, Hùng Vương (雄王) or ''vua Hùng'' (𤤰雄); ''Vương'' means "king" and ''vua'' means "monarch; could mean emperor or king") is the title given to the ancient Vietnamese rulers of the Hồng Bàng period. Traditional Vietnamese account Etymology It is likely that the name Hùng Vương is a combination of the two Sino-Vietnamese words ''Hùng'' 雄 "masculine, virile, fierce, powerful, grand" and ''Vương'' 王, which means "king". The name Hùng Vương might have originally been a title bestowed on a chieftain. The Hùng Vương was allegedly the head chieftain of Văn Lang which at the time was composed of feudal communities of rice farmers. Hùng kings' narrative According to the Hùng kings narrative, the eighteen Hùng kings belonged to the Hong Bang dynasty (c. 2879–258 BCE) that ruled over the northern part of modern Vietnam in antiquity. Their progenitors were Lạc Long Quân and his consort F ...
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