Vũ Trinh ( vi-hantu, 武楨; 1759–1828) (pseudonyms 萊山 and 蘭池漁者) was a well-known

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in Tonkin and high-ranking

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in both Revival Lê dynasty and Nguyễn dynasty. Vũ Trinh was born in a noble family with many proficient Confucian scholars in Ngọc Quan hamlet, Lương Tài district,

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. His grandfather was

Vũ Miên Vũ Miên ( vi-hantu, 武檰; 1718 - 1782), was a notable historian and official from the 18th century to pre-19th century in Vietnam's history. Vũ Miên was born in 1718 in former Xuân Lan village, currently known as Ngọc Quan thorp in Lươn ...

: headmaster of Quốc Tử Giám and

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. He got title giải nguyên (解元) ( first laureate) in the interprovincial Confucian examination that was held every three years with small quantity of selected candidates when he was only 16, then became a mandarin. In his career path, at very young age (28 years old), he was promoted to be vice

(參知政事). He declined the invitation of

Ngô Thì Nhậm Ngô Thì Nhậm ( vi-hantu, 吳時任, 1746–1803) was an important Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainla ...

, a great mandarin of Tây Sơn dynasty for a mandarin position. For this, he was mentioned in a poem written by Nguyễn Đề, stored in the Qing dynasty's literature records: 次東山偶憶蘭溪漁者東魯行車雨雪飛，偶懷閒客釣魚磯。二倫情誼心相合，十載窮通命每違。不審役形當世事，何如拭目看時機。首陽今日無人問，也任夷齊採盡薇。 Along with being a mandarin, he was also a writer. His legacies were mostly written in Chinese. He played an important role in Chèo, for instance Lưu Bình-Dương Lễ. HoangVietLoatLe first page

Notable works

*使燕詩集 *宮怨詩集 *見聞錄 *皇越律例 (Gia Long code) *劉平揚禮

References

* 皇黎一統志, 吳家文派 * 大南列傳 * 國史遺編, 潘叔直 {{DEFAULTSORT:Vu, Trinh 1759 births 1828 deaths People from Bắc Ninh province Vietnamese Confucianists People of Revival Lê dynasty