Nguyễn Phúc Khoát (26 September 1714 – 7 July 1765) was one of the
Nguyễn lords
The Nguyễn lords (, 主阮; 1558–1777, 1780–1802), also known as the Nguyễn clan (; ), were Nguyễn dynasty's forerunner and a feudal noble clan ruling southern Đại Việt in the Revival Lê dynasty. The Nguyễn lords were membe ...
who ruled over the southern portion of
Vietnam
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from the 16th-18th centuries. Also known as Chúa Võ (主武) or Võ vương (武王)
(roughly ''Martial King''), he continued the southern expansion undertaken by his predecessor,
Nguyễn Phúc Trú. Provinces and districts originally belonging to Cambodia were taken by Khoát. The Vietnamese-Cambodian border established by the end of his reign remains the border today.
The de jure pretense of loyalty to the
Lê dynasty
The Lê dynasty, also known in historiography as the Later Lê dynasty (, chữ Hán: 朝後黎, chữ Nôm: 茹後黎), officially Đại Việt (; Chữ Hán: 大越), was the longest-ruling List of Vietnamese dynasties, Vietnamese dynasty, h ...
was performed by Khoát.
In 1747, Khoát sent a number of Vietnamese warriors to aid rebel princes of Cambodia against the newly crowned Cambodian King
Ang Tong. These forces seized
Sóc Trăng town and then moved towards
Oudong
Oudong (; also romanized as Udong or Odong) is a former town of the post-Angkorian period (1618–1863) situated in present-day ''Phsar Daek'' Commune, Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia, near the border between Kandal Province and Kampong Chhnang Pr ...
, then royal capital of Cambodia. Ang Tong requested aid from
Mạc Thiên Tứ, who secured a truce with the Nguyễn lord, in exchange for a few more provinces, namely
Gò Công and
Tân An. Ten years later, the Cambodian throne was seized by
Outey II, with the help of Nguyễn and Mạc. In return for their contributions, he granted them seven provinces, including Sóc Trăng,
Trà Vinh,
Kampot, and
Kompong Som.
Nguyễn Phúc Khoát died in 1765, and was succeeded by his sixteenth son,
Nguyễn Phúc Thuần. The presumed heir was originally his second son Nguyễn Phúc Chương.
After his death, his demise was taken advantage of by the
Tây Sơn and its subsequent rebellion later in 1778.
Culture
Trousers and tunics on the Chinese pattern in 1774 were ordered by the Võ vương Emperor to replace the traditional Vietnamese skirt of women.
However, Han-Chinese clothing are assembled by several pieces of clothing including both pants and skirts called quần (裙) or thường (裳) which is a part of
Hanfu
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garments throughout the history of Han Chinese clothing. The Chinese Han, Tang and Ming dynasty clothing was referred to by Nguyễn Phúc Khoát.
Missionaries and Christianity were banned by Nguyễn Phúc Khoát in 1750,
however he did listened to music by western missionaries.
References
Sources
*Coedes, G. (1962). ''The Making of South-east Asia''. London: Cox & Wyman Ltd. p213.
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1714 births
1765 deaths
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