Phạm Văn Trị (范文治, ?–?) or Phạm Công Trị (范公治), later Nguyễn Văn Trị (阮文治), was a general of

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. He was the second son of

Phạm Công Hưng Phạm Công Hưng (范公興, ?–1795) or Phạm Văn Hưng (范文興), was a general of Tây Sơn dynasty, Vietnam. Phạm Công Hưng was a brother of Phạm Văn Tham and Phạm Ngạn. He also had a sister Phạm Thị Liên, whom was ...

Nguyễn Huệ Emperor Quang Trung (; vi-hantu, 光中, 1753 – 16 September 1792) or Nguyễn Huệ ( vi-hantu, 阮惠), also known as Nguyễn Quang Bình ( vi-hantu, 阮光平), or Hồ Thơm (chữ Hán: 胡𦹳) was the second emperor of the Tây Sơn dy ...

defeated the Chinese army in the battle of Ngọc Hồi and Đống Đa in 1789, but Huệ decided to submit himself as vassal of

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and agreed to pay tribute annually, otherwise, Tây Sơn dynasty would fall in a

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with both Qing China and

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.''

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'', vol. 527 In order to gain support from Qing China, Nguyễn Huệ promised that he would go by himself to have an audience with

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, despite Huệ not wanting to go at all. Finally, Phạm Văn Trị was chosen as the

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and went to China. He reached

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, then to

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, to celebrate Qianlong's eightieth birthday. Qianlong was very happy, and recognized Nguyễn Huệ as the ruler of Vietnam. Qianlong granted a lot of gifts to him. Before he returned to Vietnam, Qianlong ordered an imperial artist to draw a portrait of him as a gift.''

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'', Quyển 2, Tự chủ thời đại, Chương 11'' Đại Nam chính biên liệt truyện'', vol. 30 Soon after he returned, he was granted the rank of ''Quận công'' ("provincial duke") and the royal family name "Nguyễn", and married a daughter of Nguyễn Huệ. In 1801,

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attacked the capital

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(modern

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). Nguyễn Văn Trị led a troop in Qui Sơn Hill, and built a fence to defend the

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army.

Lê Văn Duyệt Lê Văn Duyệt (1763 or 1764 – 30 July 1832) was a Vietnamese general who helped Nguyễn Ánh—the future Emperor Gia Long—put down the Tây Sơn wars, unify Vietnam and establish the Nguyễn dynasty. After the Nguyễn came to power ...

and

Lê Chất Lê Chất ( vi-hantu, 黎質, ?–1826), also known as Lê Văn Chất (黎文質), Lê Tông Chất (黎宗質) or Lê Công Chất (黎公質), was a general of Tây Sơn dynasty. Later he became a general of Nguyễn dynasty. Early lif ...

launched a night raid and finally defeated him.''

'', Quyển 2, Tự chủ thời đại, Chương 12 He fled to Trường Hà. There, he was captured by the Nguyễn army.

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