Lê Quýnh ( vi-hantu, 黎, 1750–1805) was a Vietnamese mandarin during

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. In 1787, a Tây Sơn general,

Vũ Văn Nhậm Vũ Văn Nhậm (武文任, ?–1788) was a general of Tây Sơn dynasty. At first Nhậm was a low-ranking officer of Nguyễn lord. Later, he committed a crime and had to join Tây Sơn army. Nguyễn Nhạc appreciated his bravery, and mar ...

, marched north to attack the capital

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(now Hanoi). After the fall of Thăng Long,

Lê Chiêu Thống Lê Chiêu Thống (1765–1793), born Lê Duy Khiêm and later Lê Duy Kỳ, was the last emperor of the Vietnamese Later Lê dynasty. He was overthrown by the Tây Sơn dynasty. He appealed to the Qing dynasty of China to help regain the thro ...

, the emperor of Lê dynasty, fled to Bảo Lộc mountain, and sent Quýnh to seek aid from the

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.'' Đại Nam chính biên liệt truyện'', vol. 30 Qing army invaded Vietnam to reinstall the deposed emperor, but was defeated by

Nguyễn Huệ Emperor Quang Trung ( vi-hantu, 光中, 1753 – 16 September 1792) or Nguyễn Huệ ( vi-hantu, 阮惠), also known as Nguyễn Quang Bình ( vi-hantu, 阮光平), was the second emperor of the Tây Sơn dynasty, reigning from 1788 until 17 ...

, the emperor of Tây Sơn dynasty. After this war, Nguyễn Huệ was recognized as the new ruler of Vietnam by Qianlong Emperor, and Lê Chiêu Thống did not manage to receive aid from Qing China any more.

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, the Viceroy of Liangguang, forced Lê Chiêu Thống and his followers to cut off their hair and change to Manchurian attire. Only Quýnh refused to do, and said: "Our heads can be cut off, but hairs cannot; skins can be flayed, but attires cannot be changed."''

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'', Quyển 2, Chương 11 He was imprisoned in

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Hoàng Lê nhất thống chí Hoàng Lê nhất thống chí (, ''Records of the Unification of Imperial Lê''), also known as An Nam nhất thống chí (, ''Records of the Unification of Annam''), written by the ''Writers of Ngô family'' (, ''Ngô gia văn phái''), is a Vie ...

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: "我輩頭可斷髮不可雉皮可削服不可易也" He was not allowed to return to Vietnam until 1804.

Works

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Le, Quynh Vietnamese Confucianists People from Bắc Ninh province Lê dynasty officials 1750 births 1805 deaths