Nguyễn Dữ (
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 ...
: 阮餘), also called Nguyễn Dữ (阮與), was a 16th-century poet of Vietnam known for the
Truyền kỳ mạn lục (傳奇漫錄, ''Collection of Strange Tales'').
[Patricia M. Pelley ''Postcolonial Vietnam: new histories of the national past'' 2002 Page 134 "In the sixteenth century, Nguyễn Dữ and other scholars compiled Anthology of the Supernatural."]
Nguyễn Dữ was born in Đỗ Tùng village, Gia Phúc district, Hải Dương province, Việt Nam. He was a student of Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm (1491-1585), a well-known Vietnamese educator, philosopher, and poet.
Truyền kỳ mạn lục was his only publication.
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Vietnamese male writers
Vietnamese Confucianists
People of Revival Lê dynasty
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Lê dynasty writers