Lý Thiên Bảo (

traditional Chinese A tradition is a belief or behavior (folk custom) passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. A component of cultural expressions and folklore, common examples include holidays or ...

: 李天寶,

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: Lǐ Tiānbǎo) (499–555) was the older brother of

Lý Nam Đế Lý Nam Đế (chữ Hán: 李南帝, 503 – 13 April 548), personal name Lý Bí or Lý Bôn (李賁), was the founder of the Early Lý dynasty of Vietnam, ruling from 544 to 548. Overview Lý Bôn (李賁, sometimes read as Lý Bí) was a loc ...

, who tried unsuccessfully to resist the forces of China's

Liang dynasty The Liang dynasty (), alternatively known as the Southern Liang () in historiography, was an imperial dynasty of China and the third of the four Southern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties period. It was preceded by the South ...

. The Lý family was of

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, the ancestors of his family were Chinese who fled

Wang Mang Wang Mang () (c. 45 – 6 October 23 CE), courtesy name Jujun (), was the founder and the only Emperor of China, emperor of the short-lived Chinese Xin dynasty. He was originally an official and consort kin of the Han dynasty and later ...

's seizure of power during the interregnum between the Western and Eastern Han dynasties. In 548 Lý Nam Đế had fallen ill while resisting the Liang dynasty forces led by

Chen Baxian Emperor Wu of Chen (; 503– 9 August 559According to Chen Baxian's biography in ''Book of Chen'', he died aged 57 (by East Asian reckoning) on the ''bingwu'' day (written as "jingwu" to avoid the naming taboo of Li Bing, father of Tang Gaozu Li Y ...

(founder of the Chen dynasty) in the Northwest Vietnam mountains. Lý Nam Đế decided to relinquish his imperial authority and transferred his power to his older brother Thiên Bảo and trusted lieutenant

Triệu Quang Phục Triệu is a Vietnamese surname, it is the equivalent of the Mandarin Chinese surname Zhao (surname), Zhao (趙). Trieu is the anglicized variation of the surname Triệu. Notable people with the surname Triệu *Triệu Thị Trinh or Lady Triệ ...

as co-rulers in his place with the intention of continuing the struggle against the Han. In 555, Lý Thiên Bảo fell ill and died without leaving an heir, thus making Triệu Quang Phục as sole ruler.Anh Thư Hà, Hồng Đức Trần ''A Brief Chronology of Vietnam's History'' 2000 Page 22 "draw to a cave in Tam Nông (Phú Thọ), while his relatives Lý Thiên Bảo and

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led a number of troops to Thanh Hóa. The King fell seriously ill. After handing the powers to

for continuing the struggle, the King died ..." Triệu Quang Phục, better known as the emperor

Triệu Việt Vương Triệu Việt Vương (Chữ Nôm 趙越王, 524–571), born Triệu Quang Phục (趙光復), was a king of the Vietnamese Early Lý dynasty in the 6th century. He was co-ruler alongside Lý Thiên Bảo from 548 until Lý Thiên Bảo's death ...

, was able to consolidate the armed forces under Lý Thiên Bảo and Lý Nam Đế against the Han invasion.

References

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