Ngô Thì Sĩ (吳時仕, 1726–1780) was an 18th-century Vietnamese scholar, historian and government official. He passed court examination and awarded '' hoàng giáp'' in 1766, then served as ''Hiệu lý Viện Hàn'' to proofread the national history. Sĩ is known for being the principal compiler of the '' Việt sử tiêu án'', '' Đại Việt sử ký tiền biên'' and '' Đại Việt sử ký tục biên''. He was the first man who regarded

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as a separate regime of

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instead of a legitimate dynasty of

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. Sĩ had four sons:

Ngô Thì Nhậm Ngô Thì Nhậm or Ngô Thời Nhiệm ( vi-hantu, 吳時任, 1746–1803) was an important Vietnamese scholar and official who served several regimes during the turbulent last decades of the eighteenth century. He had served as an official for t ...

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Ngô Thì Trí Ngô is a Vietnamese surname. Notable people with the surname Ngô *Ngô Đình Diệm family **Ngô Đình Diệm, South Vietnamese politician and final prime minister of the State of Vietnam **Ngô Đình Nhu, brother of Ngô Đình Diệm and ar ...

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, and a son-in-law

Phan Huy Ích Phan Huy Ích (chữ Hán: 潘輝益; 1751–1822) was a Vietnamese poet. Phan Huy Ich served two dynasties, both the Le dynasty then the Tay Son uprising. About the time of the collapse of the Tay Son dynasty he wrote the preface to Ngô Thì ...

. All of them were scholars.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ngo, Thi Si 1726 births 1780 deaths Vietnamese Confucianists Vietnamese male writers 18th-century Vietnamese poets Lê dynasty poets Lê dynasty writers