Tập Đình ( vi-hantu, 集亭, ?–?) was a general during the Tây Sơn Rebellion. He was born Li A-chi () in

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Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

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. He went to

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in 1759, and became a merchant there.鄭永瑞, 《試論越南華人在「新舊阮之爭」中所扮演的角色》 After the Tây Sơn Rebellion broke out, he organized an army named ''Trung Nghĩa Quân'' (忠義軍, ''Loyal Army'') to join in the rebellion.''

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 2, Chương 8 He was granted the title Tập Đình Hầu (集亭侯, ''Marquess of Tập Đình''), which later became his nickname. The members in this army wore their hair in the Manchu style, though some of them weren't Chinese. In battles, they were drunk and bare-chested, and combated bravery.'' Đại Nam chính biên liệt truyện'', vol. 30 The army of

Trịnh lord Trịnh is a Vietnamese family name. It exists in equivalent forms in other languages of the Sinosphere such as ( 鄭, Zheng, Cheng) in Chinese and Korean (Jeong, Chung). Families that bear the surname Trịnh are exclusively Vietnamese. The surn ...

marched south in 1775. Tập Đình fought against Trịnh's army together with

Lý Tài Lý Tài ( vi-hantu, 李才, Wade–Giles: ''Li Tsai'', ?–1777) was a general during the Tây Sơn Rebellion. Lý was a Chinese merchant. After the Tay Son rebellion broke out, he organized an army named ''Hòa Nghĩa Quân'' (和義軍, ...

and

Nguyễn Nhạc Nguyễn Nhạc ( vi-hantu, 阮岳, born 1743, died 1793) was the founder of the Tây Sơn dynasty, reigning from 1778 to 1788. From 1778 to 1788, Nguyễn Nhạc proclaimed himself Emperor Thái Đức ( vi-hantu, 泰德). In 1788 after his ...

, but was defeated in Cẩm Sa (a place in modern Hòa Vang District, Quảng Nam Province). After that, Nhạc turned to swear allegiance to Trịnh lord. Tập Đình was described as "a man showed a propensity for violence, and hard to be controlled". Nhạc regarded him as a big threat and planned to kill him. Noticing this, Tập Đình fled back to Guangdong. Later, he was captured by the

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, and executed.

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