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Book/Printed Material An Nam nhất thống chí 安南一統志 / Title in Chinese reading: Annan yi tong zhi

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Title

  • An Nam nhất thống chí

Other Title

  • 安南一統志
  • Title in Chinese reading: Annan yi tong zhi

Translated Title

  • An Nam Unification Records

Summary

  • This work consists of eyewitness accounts of events that took place in Vietnam between 1767 and 1804. Evidence points to a high-ranking court official, Ngo Thoi Nham (also called Ngo Thi Nham, 1746--1803) as the author of the first seven chapters. Another contributing author is thought to be Ngo Thoi Chi, a court official who accompanied the last Lê king, Lê Chiêu Thó̂ng, into exile in Beijing where the king died in 1793. The original title of the work was Hoàng Lê Nhất Thống Chí (The royal Lê unification records), and through this title the author expressed his wish to see the country reunited under the Lê dynasty. After the original author's passing, other scholars of the Ngo family updated the work, adding another ten chapters. With the demise of the Lê dynasty, the later authors changed the title to reflect the reunification of Vietnam (then known as Annam) by the Nguyen dynasty of Emperor Gia Long. Ngo Thoi Du, also a court official, was another contributing author. Written in the style of a historical novel, the work was mistakenly perceived as fiction for many years. In more recent times, it has been analyzed and verified by Vietnamese scholars as a highly accurate historical document. This manuscript contains the first seven chapters. The narrative starts with the rise to power of the concubine Đặng Thị Huệ and ends two years after Gia Long has reunited Viet Nam. It covers the end of the rule of Lê Trịnh, when, with the court and politics in chaos, in 1782 kiêu binh (arrogant troops) dethroned the infant lord Trịnh Cán, installing Trịnh Tông in his place. The uprising by the Nguyễn Huệ brothers in 1770 started from the hamlet of Tây Sơn and then marched on Thăng Long to defeat the invading Qing army. This resulted in King Lê Chiêu Thống's exile and subsequent death in Beijing. The Tây Sơn gained popular support and unrest subsided, but King Quang Trung (reigned circa 1788-92) died young. The court of his successor Cảnh Thịnh lost the support of the people and collapsed under the attack of the revived army of the Nguyễn lord Nguyễn Phúc Ánh in 1802. He became known as Emperor Gia Long, founder of the Nguyễn dynasty, the last dynasty of Vietnam.

Names

  • Ngô Thì Nhậm, 1746-1803 Author
  • Ngô, Thơì Chí, died 1788 Author
  • Ngô, Thơì Du Author

Created / Published

  • [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [1767 to 1804]

Headings

  • -  Viet Nam
  • -  1767 to 1804
  • -  Gia Long, King of Vietnam, 1761-1820
  • -  Kings and rulers
  • -  Later Le dynasty, 1428-1787
  • -  Lê, Chiêu Thó̂ng, King of Vietnam, 1766-1793
  • -  Nguyễn dynasty, 1802-1945
  • -  Phan, Chu Trinh, 1872-1926
  • -  Quang Trung, King of Vietnam, 1752-1792
  • -  Tây Sơn dynasty, 1788-1802
  • -  Đặng, Thị Huệ, died 1782

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource at: National Library of Viet Nam.
  • -  Content in Vietnamese and Chinese.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
  • -  Title revised per Asian Division.--cc28 2023-01-06

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667458

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Chicago citation style:

Ngô Thì Nhậm, Author, Thơì Chí Ngô, and Thơì Du Author Ngô. An Nam nhất thống chí. [Place of publication not identified: Publisher not identified, to 1804, 1767] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667458/.

APA citation style:

Ngô Thì Nhậm, A., Ngô, T. C. & Ngô, T. D. A. (1767) An Nam nhất thống chí. [Place of publication not identified: Publisher not identified, to 1804] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667458/.

MLA citation style:

Ngô Thì Nhậm, Author, Thơì Chí Ngô, and Thơì Du Author Ngô. An Nam nhất thống chí. [Place of publication not identified: Publisher not identified, to 1804, 1767] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667458/>.