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Nguyễn Trãi

1380–1442 · 15th century · Also known as Nguyen Trai

Nguyễn Trãi was a Vietnamese scholar, poet and strategist who served as Lê Lợi's chief adviser in the war against Ming occupation. He wrote the Bình Ngô đại cáo, the proclamation of victory of 1428, and poetry in both classical Chinese and vernacular Nôm. Accused in the sudden death of the emperor Lê Thái Tông, he was executed with his family in 1442 and later exonerated.

Nguyễn Trãi
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