Trần Thiêm Bình ( vi-hantu, 陳添平, ?–1406) was a

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to the

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ese throne during the

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. He was mentioned as Chen Tian-ping (陳天平) in Chinese records. According to the ''

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'' compiled later in the century, Trần Thiêm Bình was not a real prince, and his real name was Nguyễn Khang (阮康)''

'', Basic Records 8 (in Chinese) or Trần Khang (陳康). , a

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official who had been exiled to

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, did not recognize him.''

'', Basic Records 9 Khang, who had been a house servant of Trần Nguyên Huy, launched a rebellion against the Trần dynasty but was defeated in 1390. He then fled to Ming China and changed his name to Trần Thiêm Bình. In 1404, Bình arrived at the Ming imperial court in

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. Claiming to be a son of Trần Nghệ Tông, he appealed to the court for the restoration of the Trần dynasty.. In 1406, the

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sent 5000 men to escort him back to Vietnam. The army, led by , was ambushed by the Vietnamese army in Chi Lăng and suffered a crushing defeat. Huang Zhong fled back to China, and Trần Thiêm Bình was captured and flayed to death by

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 ...

.''

Việt Nam sử lược ( vi-hantu, 越南史略, , lit. "Outline History of Vietnam"), was the first history text published in the Vietnamese language and the Vietnamese alphabet. It was compiled by Vietnamese historian Trần Trọng Kim. It covered the period from ...

'', Quyển 1, Phần 3, Chương 11 (in Vietnamese) According to Chinese records, however, Huang Zhong handed over Bình under an agreement that Quý Ly would restore the Trần dynasty under Bình, but Quý Ly subsequently broke the promise and killed Bình. This incident angered Yongle, who decided to invade Vietnam.

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