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Tô Dung Thai
Tô or To is a Vietnamese surname. It was formerly written in chữ Hán as . It derived from the Chinese surname Su, but is written as in modern simplified characters. List of persons with the surname * Tô Hiến Thành, an official in the royal court of the Lý dynasty * Tô Trung Từ, a high-ranking general and attempted usurper of the Lý dynasty * Tô Ngọc Vân, painter * Tô Vĩnh Diện, Viet Minh during the First Indochina War between France and Vietnam * Tô Lâm, Vietnamese police officer See also * Tó, Portuguese nickname * To (surname) To, Tô, and Tō are a group of surnames of East Asian origin, for each of which "To" (without any diacritical mark) is at least an occasional variant. Tô is a Vietnamese surname (Chữ Nôm: ) derived from the Chinese surname Su. From Chinese ..., other surnames Anglicized as "To" * To (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:To Vietnamese-language surnames vi:Tô (họ) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vietnamese Surname
Traditional Vietnamese personal names generally consist of three parts, used in Personal name#Eastern name order, Eastern name order. * A family name (normally patrilineal, although matrilineality is possible, in cases such as divorce, children of a single parent, single mother, or if a child didn't want to have the father's surname. The father's family name may be combined with the mother's family name to form a compound family name). * An optional middle name (normally a single name, some have no middle name). * A given name, personal name (normally single name, some have multiple names, mostly double name). But not every name is conformant. For example: * ''Nguyễn Trãi'' has his family name ''Nguyen, Nguyễn'' and his personal name is ''Trãi''. He does not have any middle name. * ''Phạm Bình Minh'' has his family name ''Phạm'' and his personal name is ''Bình Minh'' (). He does not have any middle name. *''Nguyễn Văn Quyết'' has his family name ''Nguyễn'', hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chữ Hán
( , ) are the Chinese characters that were used to write Literary Chinese in Vietnam, Literary Chinese (; ) and Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary in Vietnamese language, Vietnamese. They were officially used in Vietnam after the Red River Delta region was incorporated into the Han dynasty and continued to be used until the early 20th century. Terminology The main Vietnamese term used for Chinese characters is (). It is made of meaning 'character' and 'Han (referring to the Han dynasty)'. Other synonyms of includes ( , literally 'Confucianism, Confucian characters') and ( ) which was borrowed directly from Chinese. was first mentioned in Phạm Đình Hổ's essay ( ), where it initially described a calligraphic style of writing Chinese characters. Over time, however, the term evolved and broadened in scope, eventually coming to refer to the Chinese script in general. This meaning came from the viewpoint that the script belonged to followers of Confucianism. This is further s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Surname
Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicization, Sinicized ethnic groups in Greater China, Korea, Vietnam and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike the Western name order, Western tradition in which surnames are written last. Around 2,000 Han Chinese surnames are currently in use, but the great proportion of Han Chinese people use only a relatively small number of these surnames; 19 surnames are used by around half of the Han Chinese people, while 100 surnames are used by around 87% of the population. A report in 2019 gives the List of common Chinese surnames, most common Chinese surnames as Wang (surname), Wang and Li (surname 李), Li, each shared by over 100 million people in China. The remaining eight of the top ten most common Chinese surnames are Zhang (surname), Zhang, Liu, Chen (surname), Chen, Yang (surname), Yang, Huang (surname), Huang, Zhao (surname), Zhao, Wu (surn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Su (surname)
Su is the pinyin romanization of Chinese, romanization of the list of common Chinese surnames, common Chinese surname written in simplified characters and traditional characters, traditionally. It was listed 42nd among the Song dynasty, Song-era list of the ''Hundred Family Surnames''. In 2019 it was the 46th most common surname in mainland China. Romanizations The Wade-Giles, Wade form of the name is identical to the pinyin, but it is also sometimes irregularly romanized as Soo (surname), Soo. and are also romanized SO (other)#People, So and Sou (surname), Sou in Cantonese; Soh (surname), Soh and Souw (surname), Souw in Southern Min dialects; and Thu (surname), Thu in Gan Chinese, Gan. This Chinese name is also the source of the Vietnamese surname Tô (surname), Tô (Chữ Nôm: ); the Korean surname , which is romanization of Korean, romanized So (Korean name), So; the Japanese surname , which is also romanization of Japanese, romanized SO (other)#People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simplified Characters
Simplified Chinese characters are one of two standardized character sets widely used to write the Chinese language, with the other being traditional characters. Their mass standardization during the 20th century was part of an initiative by the People's Republic of China (PRC) to promote literacy, and their use in ordinary circumstances on the mainland has been encouraged by the Chinese government since the 1950s. They are the official forms used in mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore, while traditional characters are officially used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. Simplification of a component—either a character or a sub-component called a radical—usually involves either a reduction in its total number of strokes, or an apparent streamlining of which strokes are chosen in what places—for example, the radical used in the traditional character is simplified to to form the simplified character . By systematically simplifying radicals, large swaths of the characte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tô Hiến Thành
Tô Hiến Thành (chữ Hán: 蘇 憲 誠) (November 01, 1101-September 23, 1179) was an official in the royal court of Lý Anh Tông and Lý Cao Tông, the sixth and seventh emperors of the Lý dynasty. Being a capable official of Lý Anh Tông who helped the emperor in civil and military matters, Tô Hiến Thành was chosen by Lý Anh Tông for the regentship of his son Lý Long Trát. He was granted the title Prince and thus became the only possessor of the title who did not come from the Lý royal family. The achievements and loyalty of Tô Hiến Thành to the infant emperor Lý Cao Tông made him a highly praised figure in the history of Vietnam. Today, Tô Hiến Thành is considered one of the most prominent mandarins in the dynastic time of Vietnam. History During Lý Anh Tông's reign According to '' Từ điển bách khoa toàn thư Việt Nam'', the birth date of Tô Hiến Thành was on November 01, 1101; he was born in the Hạ Mỗ village (now Đan Phư ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lý Dynasty
The Lý dynasty (, , chữ Nôm: 茹李, chữ Hán: 朝李, Vietnamese language, Vietnamese: ''triều Lý''), officially Đại Cồ Việt (chữ Hán: 大瞿越) from 1009 to 1054 and Đại Việt (chữ Hán: 大越) from 1054 to 1225, was a List of Vietnamese dynasties, Vietnamese dynasty that existed from 1009 to 1225. It was established by Lý Công Uẩn when he overthrew the Early Lê dynasty. The dynasty ended when empress regnant Lý Chiêu Hoàng (then 8 years old) was pressured to abdicate the throne in favor of her husband, Trần Cảnh in 1225, the dynasty lasted for 216 years. During Lý Thánh Tông's reign, the official name of the state was changed from Đại Cồ Việt to Đại Việt, a name that would remain Vietnam's official name until the onset of the 19th century. Domestically, while the Lý emperors were devout in their adherence to Buddhism, the influence of Confucianism from China was on the rise, with the opening of the Temple of Literature, Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tô Trung Từ
Tô Trung Từ (chữ Hán: 蘇忠詞, ?–1211) was a high ranking general near the end of the Lý dynasty in the History of Vietnam, and attempted to usurp the Lý dynasty during his reign of the dynasty's royal court. He was born in Lưu Gia village in Thái Bình province. History Assisting the Lý Prince Not much is known about Tô Trung Từ's past, other than that he is the brother-in-law of Trần Lý, who married his sister Tô Phu Nhân, and that he was a relative of Tô Hiến Thành, who was one of the most prominent mandarins at the time during the Lý dynasty. He was also the uncle of several prominent members of the Trần clan, such as the Marquis Trần Tự Khánh, Trần Thị Dung who was the last empress of the Lý dynasty and Trần Thừa who was the head of the Trần clan and whose son, Trần Cảnh would later become the first emperor of the Trần Dynasty. Prior to the incident of Quách Bốc's rebellion, where general Quách Bốc ousted t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tô Ngọc Vân
Tô Ngọc Vân (蘇玉雲, 15 December 1906 or 1908 – 17 June 1954), also known as Tô Tử, was a Vietnamese painter. Several of his paintings are being displayed at the Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts. He taught a resistance art class in the northern zone during the war with the French, and died as the result of injuries received at the Battle of Điện Biên Phủ. He was among the first recipients of the Ho Chi Minh Prize in 1996. He worked as painting teacher in Bưởi school, professor at the École des Beaux-Arts de l’Indochine and principal of the Việt Bắc Art School and has had significant influence on a whole generation of artists in Vietnam. Vân contributed to the magazines of Tự Lực văn đoàn ("Self-Strengthening literary group") by drawing cartoons on current events, social issues, and everyday live. The To Ngoc Van (crater) on Mercury was named in his honour. Life and career Ngọc Vân was born on December 15, 1906 (although some sour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tô Vĩnh Diện
Tô Vĩnh Diện (1924 – 1 February 1954) was a soldier in the Việt Minh during the First Indochina War against France in Vietnam. Dien was proclaimed a national hero by the Việt Minh after his death in the period leading up to the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. Before the battle, General Võ Nguyên Giáp, commanding the Việt Minh, needed to move large numbers of artillery Artillery consists of ranged weapons that launch Ammunition, munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms. Early artillery development focused on the ability to breach defensive walls and fortifications during sieges, and l ... through the jungle from the roads and tracks on which they had arrived into specially dug casements in the hillsides overlooking the French positions in the Dien Bien Phu valley. In process that took an average of seven nights per artillery piece, Windrow, Martin, ''The Last Valley'', 2004. the Viet Minh used ropes, levers and pulley systems to manoeuvre weapo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Indochina War
The First Indochina War (generally known as the Indochina War in France, and as the Anti-French Resistance War in Vietnam, and alternatively internationally as the French-Indochina War) was fought between French Fourth Republic, France and Việt Minh (Democratic Republic of Vietnam), and their respective allies, from 19 December 1946 until 21 July 1954. Việt Minh was led by Võ Nguyên Giáp and Hồ Chí Minh. Most of the fighting took place in Tonkin in Northern Vietnam, although the conflict engulfed the entire country and also extended into the neighboring French Indochina protectorates of Kingdom of Laos, Laos and French protectorate of Cambodia, Cambodia. At the Potsdam Conference in July 1945, the Allied Combined Chiefs of Staff decided that Indochina south of 16th parallel north, latitude 16° north was to be included in the Southeast Asia Command under British Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Admiral Mountbatten. On V-J Day, September 2, Hồ Chí Min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tô Lâm
Tô Lâm (; born 10 July 1957) is a Vietnamese politician and former police officer who has served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) since August 2024 and the 13th president of Vietnam from May 2024 to October 2024. In his capacity as general secretary, he is the Supreme leader, most powerful person in Vietnam's Politics of Vietnam, political system. A career officer in the Vietnam People's Public Security, People's Public Security Forces for over 40 years, Lâm previously served as Minister of Public Security (Vietnam), Minister of Public Security from 2016 until his May 2024 Vietnamese presidential election, election to the presidency in 2024. Born in Hưng Yên province, Tô Lâm became a member of the CPV on 22 August 1981. A graduate of the Central Police School and the Vietnam People's Security Academy, his entire career has been in the police forces. He holds the rank of four-star General offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
