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Quang Trung
Quang Trung, born Nguyen Hue, was the ablest of the three Tay Son brothers who rose against the Nguyen lords in 1771. He overthrew the Trinh lords in 1786, proclaimed himself emperor in 1788 and routed a Qing invasion at Dong Da in 1789. He began land and administrative reforms but died in 1792.
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