Nguyễn Khản (, 1734 - 1787),

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Đức Như (德如),

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Thuật Hiên (述軒) or Escape Oldman at Hồng Mountain (鴻山遯翁),

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Hoành-Mẫn tiên-sinh thượng-đẳng tối-linh phúc-thần (橫敏先生上等最靈福神), was an Annamese official and poet.

Biography

Nguyễn Khản was born in 1734 in Tiên Điền village, Nghi Xuân district,

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. He was the first child (of 21 children) of the Chancellor

Nguyễn Nghiễm Nguyễn (阮) (sometimes abbreviated as Ng̃) is the most common surname of the Vietnamese people. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as ''Nguyen''. By some estimates 30 to 39 percent of Vietnamese peopl ...

. Nguyễn Khản was a child of his father's first wife (of 8 women) who has a name Đặng Thị Dương, she was the second daughter of official Đặng Sĩ Vinh. He passed the official government examination as a Jinshi in 1760 and then became a teacher of the Crown Prince Trịnh Tông. So he changed his name as Nguyễn Hân (阮欣). In 1767, lord

Trịnh Sâm Trịnh Sâm (, 9 February 1739 – 13 September 1782) ruled northern Vietnam from 1767 to 1782 AD. He ruled with the title "Tĩnh Đô Vương" () and was one of the last of the powerful Trịnh lords. Trịnh Sâm defeated the ancient enemy of t ...

changed his name as Nguyễn Lệ (阮儷). In 1778, he re-changed his name as Nguyễn Khản.Nguyễn Khản like the talented minister
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Works

Genealogy

Family

* Father :

(阮儼, 1708 - 1776) * Mother : Đặng Thị Dương (鄧氏陽;

Ôn 温) * Brothers :

Nguyễn Nễ Nguyễn (阮) (sometimes abbreviated as Ng̃) is the most common surname of the Vietnamese people. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as ''Nguyen''. By some estimates 30 to 39 percent of Vietnamese peopl ...

Nguyễn Du Nguyễn Du (; 3 January 1766 – 16 September 1820), courtesy name Tố Như () and art name Thanh Hiên (), is a celebrated Vietnamese poet and musician. He is most known for having written the epic poem '' The Tale of Kiều''. Biography ...

* Sisters :

Spouse

* Đặng Thị Vệ (1736 - 1783) ** 2 daughters : Nguyễn Thị Bành, Nguyễn Thị Thái * ..Thủy (1743 - 1780) ** 3 sons : Nguyễn Tuấn, Nguyễn Lễ, Nguyễn Hân * ? ** 5 sons : Nguyễn Tiệp, Nguyễn Bằng, Nguyễn Đường, Nguyễn Đảng, Nguyễn Xưng ** 3 daughters : Nguyễn Thị Xuân, Nguyễn Thị Nga, Nguyễn Thị Hương

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