Trần Tế Xương (

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陳濟昌) also known by the

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Tú Xương (Mặc Trai, Mộng Tích, Tử Thịnh 11 June 1870 - 29 January 1907) was a Vietnamese

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...

and

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. His poems and literary works frequently targeted the

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of the Vietnamese

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es.Truong Buu Lâm ''Colonialism Experienced: Vietnamese Writings on Colonialism, 1900-1931''-2000 Page 94 "The satirist-poet Tran Te Xuong, also known as Tu Xuong, expressed that dichotomy with a great deal of conviction using concrete images: 'Let us face it, what good are the Confucian letters Even with a doctorate or a master, you still will stay..." "

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Vietnamese male poets Vietnamese satirists 1870 births 1907 deaths 19th-century Vietnamese poets 19th-century male writers People from Nam Định province {{Vietnam-poet-stub