Nguyễn Phúc Miên Thẩm ( vi-hantu, 阮福綿審, 11 December 1819 – 1 April 1870),

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''Trọng Uyên'' (仲淵),

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''Bạch Hào Tử'' (白毫子), was a prince of

Nguyễn dynasty The Nguyễn dynasty (chữ Nôm: 茹阮, vi, Nhà Nguyễn; chữ Hán: 阮朝, vi, Nguyễn triều) was the last Vietnamese dynasty, which ruled the unified Vietnamese state largely independently from 1802 to 1883. During its existence, ...

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Life

Born Nguyễn Phúc Hiện (阮福晛), was the tenth son of

Minh Mạng Minh Mạng () or Minh Mệnh (, vi-hantu, 明命, lit. "the bright favour of Heaven"; 25 May 1791 – 20 January 1841; born Nguyễn Phúc Đảm, also known as Nguyễn Phúc Kiểu) was the second emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of V ...

, and his mother was Nguyễn Thị Bửu. He was granted the title Tùng Thiện Vương (從善王, "Prince of Tùng Thiện").

As a poet

He was good at writing

Chinese poetry Chinese poetry is poetry written, spoken, or chanted in the Chinese language. While this last term comprises Classical Chinese, Standard Chinese, Mandarin Chinese, Yue Chinese, and other historical and vernacular forms of the language, its poetry ...

. Emperor

Tự Đức Tự Đức (, vi-hantu, 嗣德, lit. "inheritance of virtues", 22 September 1829 – 19 July 1883) (personal name: Nguyễn Phúc Hồng Nhậm , also Nguyễn Phúc Thì) was the fourth emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam; he ruled ...

, set a high value on his poetry: " Former Han proses are not worth comparing with those written by '' Siêu'' and '' Quát''; (the quality of) High Tang poetry are surpassed by those written by ''Tùng'' and '' Tuy''" (

Classical Chinese Classical Chinese, also known as Literary Chinese (古文 ''gǔwén'' "ancient text", or 文言 ''wényán'' "text speak", meaning "literary language/speech"; modern vernacular: 文言文 ''wényánwén'' "text speak text", meaning "literar ...

: ; vi, Văn như Siêu, Quát vô tiền Hán; Thi đáo Tùng, Tuy thất thịnh Đường). One of his works, ''Thương Sơn thi tập'', was taken to

Qing China The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu people, Manchu-led Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin (1616–1636), La ...

by Vietnamese envoys in 1854, and circulated around in China. He and Nguyễn Phúc Miên Trinh (Prince of Tuy Lý), Nguyễn Phúc Miên Bửu (Prince of Tương An), were known as "Tam Đường" (三堂) of Nguyễn dynasty. Miên Thẩm was a member of ''Mạc Vân thi xã'' ("Mạc Vân Poetry Society"). Nguyễn Phúc Miên Định (Prince of Thọ Xuân), Nguyễn Phúc Miên Thủ (Prince of Hàm Thuận), Nguyễn Phúc Miên Trinh (Prince of Tuy Lý), Nguyễn Phúc Miên Bửu (Prince of Tương An), Nguyễn Phúc Miên Triện (Prince of Hoằng Hóa), Nguyễn Văn Siêu,

Cao Bá Quát Cao Bá Quát (, 1809–1855) was a Vietnamese poet and revolutionary who led a peasant uprising against Emperor Tự Đức. He was either executed or killed in battle. Many of his poems were destroyed, but about 1400 (most written in Han Tu) su ...

, Hà Tôn Quyền,

Phan Thanh Giản Phan Thanh Giản ( vi-hantu, ; , November 11, 1796– August 4, 1867) was a Grand Counsellor at the Nguyễn court in Vietnam. He led an embassy to France in 1863, and committed suicide when France completed the invasion of Southern Vietnam ...

and Nguyễn Đăng Giai were also members of this poetry society.Hoằng Hóa Quận Vương Miên Triện - thân sinh của Đạm Phương nữ sử
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References

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