Hồ Nguyên Trừng (

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 ...

: 胡元澄, pinyin: Hu Yuancheng; also known as Lê Trừng, ;

courtesy name A courtesy name ( zh, s=字, p=zì, l=character), also known as a style name, is an additional name bestowed upon individuals at adulthood, complementing their given name. This tradition is prevalent in the East Asian cultural sphere, particula ...

Mạnh Nguyên; 1374–1446) was a Vietnamese scholar, official, and engineer. He was the oldest son of Emperor

Hồ Quý Ly Hồ Quý Ly ( vi-hantu, 胡季犛, 1336 – 1407?) ruled Đại Ngu (Vietnam) from 1400 to 1401 as the founding emperor of the short-lived Hồ dynasty. Quý Ly rose from a post as an official served the court of the ruling Trần dynasty and ...

(1336–1407) and older brother of Emperor Hồ Hán Thương. Under the pen-name Nam Ông (南翁, Old Man of the South), he wrote the Nam Ông mộng lục (

: 南翁夢錄, literally Dream Memoir of Nam Ông).Nguyên Trừng, Hồ — Nam Ông Mộng Lục và những truyện khác – 2001 p. 7: "Giới thiệu Văn bản: Hồ Nguyên Trừng (1374-1446) tự Mạnh Nguyên, hiệu Nam Ông, người Đại Lai, tỉnh Thanh Hóa."

Biography

Hồ Nguyên Trừng played a role in the Ming-Hồ war where he led the army of Đại Ngu (

Hồ dynasty The Hồ dynasty (Vietnamese: , chữ Nôm: 茹胡; Vietnamese: ''triều'' ''Hồ'', chữ Hán: wikt:朝, 朝wikt:胡, 胡), officially Đại Ngu (; chữ Hán: 大虞), was a short-lived List of Vietnamese dynasties, Vietnamese dynasty cons ...

) as well as invented various new types of weapons for the Đại Ngu military. He is considered to be a prominent weapons engineer. One of his famous inventions was an early version of the " Eruptor" cannon, which was later adopted by the Ming dynasty to be used in many decked war vessels. After the fall of the Hồ dynasty, Hồ was captured by the Ming troops but was eventually exonerated and was to spend the rest of his life in exile in China. For his contribution to the manufacturing of the cannons for the Ming dynasty's military, Hồ was appointed as a high-ranking official in the Ming dynasty's court. Nonetheless, his yearning for a return to his motherland never ceased to exist. He wrote the ''Nam Ông Mộng Lục'', containing various stories about famous people of Giao Chỉ (the former name of Vietnam during Chinese occupation) that he either knew personally or through historical facts as a dedication to his motherland.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ho, Nguyen Trung Vietnamese engineers 1370s births 1440s deaths Hồ dynasty Firearm designers Vietnamese writers Ming dynasty writers Vietnamese emigrants to China Ming dynasty government officials Hồ dynasty writers

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