Phan Văn Lân (潘文璘, 1730–?) was a general of

Tây Sơn dynasty The Tây Sơn dynasty (, vi, Nhà Tây Sơn (Chữ Nôm: 茹西山); vi, Tây Sơn triều ( Hán tự: 西山朝) was a ruling dynasty of Vietnam, founded in the wake of a rebellion against both the Nguyễn lords and the Trịnh lords befor ...

. He joined the Tây Sơn army in early time. In 1787,

Vũ Văn Nhậm Vũ Văn Nhậm (武文任, ?–1788) was a general of Tây Sơn dynasty. At first Nhậm was a low-ranking officer of Nguyễn lord. Later, he committed a crime and had to join Tây Sơn army. Nguyễn Nhạc appreciated his bravery, and m ...

led an army marched north into

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. Lân and

Ngô Văn Sở Ngô Văn Sở (, died 1795) was a general of the Tây Sơn dynasty. Born in Tuy Viễn District (modern Tây Sơn District), Bình Định Province, he joined the Tây Sơn army at an early age. In 1787, Vũ Văn Nhậm led an army north in ...

followed the army to assist him. Nhậm occupied Thăng Long (mordern

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), had

Nguyễn Hữu Chỉnh Nguyễn Hữu Chỉnh ( vi-hantu, 阮有整, 1741–1788) was an official during the Revival Lê dynasty in Vietnam. Chỉnh was a disciple of Hoàng Ngũ Phúc. He had been sent to Tây Sơn as a diplomat. Nguyễn Nhạc admired him for h ...

executed, installed Lê Duy Cận as a puppet "Prince Regent" (監國 ''giám quốc''). Sở and Lân regarded it as treason, and reported Nhậm's actions to

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. Huệ led an army marched north and had Nhậm executed. Huệ retreated from Tonkin, and left Ngô Văn Sở, Phan Văn Lân,

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, Nguyễn Văn Dụng, Trần Thuận Ngôn and

Ngô Thì Nhậm Ngô Thì Nhậm ( 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 the Trịnh lords before ...

in Thăng Long to watch Cận.''

Việt Nam sử lược ( vi-hantu, 越南史略, french: Précis d'Histoire du Việt-Nam, lit. "Outline History of Vietnam"), was the first history text published in the Vietnamese and the Vietnamese alphabet. It was compiled by Vietnamese historian Trần Trọng K ...

'', Quyển 2, Chương 10'' Đại Nam chính biên liệt truyện'', vol. 30

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invaded Vietnam to reinstall the deposed emperor

Lê Chiêu Thống Lê Chiêu Thống (1765–1793), born Lê Duy Khiêm and later Lê Duy Kỳ, was the last emperor of the Vietnamese Later Lê dynasty. He was overthrown by the Tây Sơn dynasty. He appealed to the Qing dynasty of China to help regain the thro ...

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. Ngô Văn Sở decided to retreat, but was opposed by Lân. He then led a troop to attack Chinese army in Nguyệt Đức River (mordern

Cầu River Cầu River ( vi, Sông Cầu) is a river of northern Vietnam. It flows through the provinces/cities of Bắc Kạn, Thái Nguyên, Bắc Giang, Hanoi, Bắc Ninh Bắc Ninh () is a city in the northern part of Vietnam and is the capital of B ...

), but was utterly beaten and fled back to Thăng Long. Sở concealed the fact and retreated to Tam Điệp, and sent Nguyễn Văn Tuyết to

Phú Xuân Phú Xuân (富春) was the historic capital of the Nguyễn lords, the Tây Sơn dynasty, and later became the Nguyễn dynasty's capital (renamed Huế). History In 1306, the King of Champa Chế Mân offered Vietnam two Chăm prefectures, Ô ...

(mordern

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) to ask support.''

'', Quyển 2, Chương 11 Huệ then led an army march north, and defeated Chinese army in Ngọc Hồi and Đống Đa. Lân also played an important role in this battle.

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