Đặng Trần Côn (

Chữ Hán Chữ Hán (𡨸漢, literally "Chinese characters", ), Chữ Nho (𡨸儒, literally "Confucian characters", ) or Hán tự (漢字, ), is the Vietnamese term for Chinese characters, used to write Văn ngôn (which is a form of Classical Chines ...

: ; born Trần Côn; c. 1705-1745) was the author of the ''

Chinh phụ ngâm The ''Chinh phụ ngâm'' ("Lament of the soldier's wife", 征婦吟) is a poem in classical Chinese written by the Vietnamese author Đặng Trần Côn (1710-1745). It is also called the ''Chinh phụ ngâm khúc'' (征婦吟曲), with the additi ...

'' a masterpiece of Chữ Hán literature of Vietnam. Đặng Trần Côn was born in Nhân Mục village (or Nhân Mọc), Thanh Trì district, (now Nhân Chính ward, Thanh Xuân district), Hanoi, around 1705-1710. As an adopted child his surname Đặng was that of his adoptive family. His original name was Trần Côn. His work ''

'' was written in

was later translated into

Chữ Nôm Chữ Nôm (, ; ) is a logographic writing system formerly used to write the Vietnamese language. It uses Chinese characters (''Chữ Hán'') to represent Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary and some native Vietnamese words, with other words represen ...

by the poet Đoàn Thị Điểm and the poet

Phan Huy Ích Phan Huy Ích (chữ Hán: 潘輝益; 1751–1822) was a Vietnamese poet. Phan Huy Ich served two dynasties, both the Lê dynasty, Le dynasty then the Tay Son uprising. About the time of the collapse of the Tay Son dynasty he wrote the preface to ...

(1751–1822). According to tradition Dang Tran Con was an ardent scholar, who being deprived of light for his studies as a result of the edict, dug a subterranean room where he could study by candlelight. He initially approached the poet Đoàn Thị Điểm but was rebuffed with his initial work. Later she was impressed by and translated his Lament of the Soldier's Wife.''Asiatische Studien: Zeitschrift der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Asienkunde'' 1956 Volumes 9 - 10 - Page 72 "Tradition tells us that Dang Tran Con was an ardent scholar, and being deprived of light for his studies as a result of the edict, he dug a subterranean room where he could study by candlelight. The poet, hearing of a famous woman scholar, Doan Thi Diem, sought her out and presented her with a poem. Upon reading it she mocked him publicly, and he returned home profoundly hurt, but even more determined to pursue his studies."

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