The Tân line ( vi, chi Tân;
chữ Hán
Chữ Hán (𡨸漢, literally "Chinese characters", ), Chữ Nho (𡨸儒, literally "Confucian characters", ) or Hán tự (漢字, ), is the Vietnamese term for Chinese characters, used to write Văn ngôn (which is a form of Classical Chinese ...
: 支辛; ''chi'' can also be translated to as ''branch'') was the sixteenth 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
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 mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making it ...
). Starting 660 B.C., the line refers to the rule of Đức Quân Lang and his successors.
History
Đức Quân Lang was born approximately 712 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 Tạo Vương (雄造王) upon becoming Hùng king.
[Biệt Lam Trần Huy Bá. (article title unknown). ''Nguồn Sáng'' magazine ''23'' - 1998.] The series of all Hùng kings following Đức Quân Lang took that same regnal name of Hùng Tạo Vương to rule over Văn Lang until approximately 569 B.C.
During this period, local leaders rose in rebellion against the Hùng king' government in what legend accounts called it the "Man rebellion."
[Cao Xuân Đỉnh 1969, pp. 126–130] It ended as the rebels surrendered due to the suppression by the forces of General Thạch Tướng.
Perhaps a little before 600 BC, the metallurgical style unique to the
Đông Sơn drums
A Đông Sơn drum (; also called Heger Type I drum) is a type of ancient bronze drum created by the Đông Sơn culture that existed in the Red River Delta. The drums were produced from about 600 BCE or earlier until the third century CE; they a ...
was invented.
[Tarling, p. 121]
An important aspect of Vietnamese culture by the sixth century B.C. was the tidal irrigation of rice fields through an elaborate system of canals and dikes.
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Retrieved 2014-01-21. The fields were called Lạc fields.
References
Bibliography
*Cao Xuân Đỉnh. ''Người anh hùng làng Dóng''. NxbKHXH 1969.
*Nguyễn Khắc Thuần (2008). ''Thế thứ các triều vua Việt Nam''. Giáo Dục Publisher.
*Tarling, Nicholas. ''The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia''. Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Hồng Bàng dynasty
6th-century BC disestablishments
7th-century BC establishments
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