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Tôn Thất Thuyết
Tôn Thất Thuyết was a Vietnamese mandarin and regent of the Nguyen court who led resistance to French rule. On 5 July 1885 he launched an attack on the French garrison at Huế, and after its failure fled with the boy emperor Hàm Nghi and issued the Cần Vương edict calling on the people to rise. He later sought help in China, where he died in exile.
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