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Bãi Sậy Uprising
The Bãi Sậy revolt (1885-1889, Khởi nghĩa Bãi Sậy) was an anti-French revolt led by Nguyen Thien Thuat, Nguyễn Thiện Thuật (alias Tán Thuật). It takes its name from the swampy Bãi Sậy "Field of Reeds" area in Văn Giang and Khoái Châu districts, Hưng Yên province.A brief chronology of Vietnam's history Anh Thư Hà, Hò̂ng Đức Trà̂n - 2000 "Bãi Sậy (Field of Reeds) Revolt (1885-1889) Nguyễn Thiện Thuật (alias Tán Thuật) built up an anti-French fighting base in the Bãi Sậy area (Văn Giang and Khoái Châu districts, Hưng Yên province). The revolt lasted several years, until 1889. Apart from Nguyễn Thiện Thuật, the other leaders were :vi:Nguyễn Thiện Kế, Nguyễn Thiện Dương, Nguyễn Thiện Tuyển, Nguyễn Thiện Thường, :vi:Đốc Tít, :vi:Tạ Hiện and :vi:Nguyễn Cao. References Military history of Vietnam Vietnamese independence movement {{Vietnam-hist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nguyen Thien Thuat
Nguyễn (阮) (sometimes abbreviated as Ng̃) is the most common surname of the Vietnamese people. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as ''Nguyen''. By some estimates 30 to 39 percent of Vietnamese people bear this surname.Lê Trung Hoa, ''Họ và tên người Việt Nam'', NXB Khoa học - Xã hội, 2005 Origin and usage is the transcription of the Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary, Sino-Vietnamese pronunciation of the character wikt:阮, 阮, which originally was used to write a name of a state in Gansu or Ruan (instrument), ruan, an ancient Chinese instrument. The same Chinese character is often romanized as in Standard Chinese, Mandarin and as in Cantonese. The first recorded mention of a person surnamed Nguyễn is a description dating AD 317, of a journey to Jiaozhou (region), Giao Châu undertaken by Eastern Jin dynasty officer Nguyễn Phu and his family. Many events in Vietnamese history have contributed to the name's prominence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
