The Kỷ line ( vi, chi Kỷ;
Hán tự: 支己; ''chi'' can also be translated to as ''branch'') was the fourteenth dynasty of
Hùng king
Hùng king (c. 2524 BC – ?; Chữ Hán: 雄王; vi, Hùng Vương (雄王) or ''vua Hùng'' (𤤰雄); ''Vương'' means "king" and ''vua'' means "monarch; could mean emperor or king") is the title given to the ancient Vietnamese rulers of the ...
s of the
Hồng Bàng period of
Văn Lang (now
Viet Nam
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). Starting approximately 853 B.C., the line refers to the rule of Chân Nhân Lang and his successors.
[Nguyễn Khắc Thuần 2008, pp. 14–15.]
History
Chân Nhân Lang was born approximately 894 B.C., and took the
regnal name
A regnal name, or regnant name or reign name, is the name used by monarchs and popes during their reigns and, subsequently, historically. Since ancient times, some monarchs have chosen to use a different name from their original name when they ac ...
of Hùng Anh Vương(雄英王) upon becoming Hùng king.
[Biệt Lam Trần Huy Bá. (article title unknown). ''Nguồn Sáng'' magazine ''23'' - 1998.] The series of all Hùng kings following Chân Nhân Lang took that same regnal name of Hùng Anh Vương to rule over Văn Lang until approximately 755 B.C.
During this period, Vietnamese
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC, characterized by the use of bronze, the presence of writing in some areas, and other early features of urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the second pri ...
culture further flourished and attained an unprecedented level of realism. Excavations of ancient sites indicate that a new large, centrally organized state in the Red River Delta emerged around 800 BC, during the early phase of a time known as the
Đông Sơn period.
The Vietnamese increasingly built dikes and canals to control the rivers of the delta.
They used the tides of the sea to irrigate their rice fields, and crafted bronze drums, tools, and weapons.
[Vietnamese]
Retrieved 2014-01-16. By protecting the land from floods and droughts and by irrigating, the Vietnamese produced dependable harvests.
[Taus-Bolstad, pp. 18–19.]
References
Bibliography
*Nguyễn Khắc Thuần (2008). ''Thế thứ các triều vua Việt Nam''. Giáo Dục Publisher.
*Taus-Bolstad, Stacy. ''Vietnam in Pictures''. Twenty-First Century Books, Jan 1, 2003 - Juvenile Nonfiction.
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8th-century BC disestablishments
Hồng Bàng dynasty
9th-century BC establishments