Quang Trung

Emperor Quang Trung
光中帝
Great Emperor of Đại Việt
Emperor of Tây Sơn dynasty
Reign1788–1792
Coronation22 December 1788
Bân Hill, Phú Xuân
PredecessorEmperor Thái Đức
SuccessorEmperor Cảnh Thịnh
Born1753
Bình Định, Đàng Trong, Đại Việt
Died16 September 1792(1792-09-16) (aged 38–39)
Phú Xuân, Đại Việt
SpousePhạm Thị Liên
Bùi Thị Nhạn
Lê Ngọc Hân
Lê Thị
Trần Thị Quỵ
Nguyễn Thị Bích
Issue
see list
Names
Hồ Thơm (𦹳)
Nguyễn Huệ ()
Nguyễn Văn Huệ ()
Nguyễn Quang Bình ()
Era name and dates
Quang Trung (): 1788–1792
Posthumous name
Vũ Hoàng đế (皇帝)
Temple name
Thái Tổ (太祖)
HouseTây Sơn dynasty
FatherHồ Phi Phúc (or Nguyễn Phi Phúc[1])
MotherNguyễn Thị Đồng[1]

Emperor Quang Trung (Vietnamese: [kwāːŋ ʈūŋm]; chữ Hán: 光中, 1753 – 16 September 1792) or Nguyễn Huệ (Vietnamese: [ŋwĩəŋ hwêˀ]; chữ Hán: 阮惠), also known as Nguyễn Quang Bình (Vietnamese: [ŋwĩəŋ kwāːŋ ɓîŋ̟]; chữ Hán: 阮光平), or Hồ Thơm (chữ Hán: 胡𦹳) was the second emperor of the Tây Sơn dynasty, reigning from 1788 until 1792.[2] He was also one of the most successful military commanders in Vietnam's history.[3] Nguyễn Huệ and his brothers, Nguyễn Nhạc and Nguyễn Lữ, together known as the Tây Sơn brothers, were the leaders of the Tây Sơn rebellion. As rebels, they conquered Vietnam, overthrowing the imperial Later Lê dynasty and the two rival feudal houses of the Nguyễn in the south and the Trịnh in the north.

After several years of constant military campaigning and rule, Nguyễn Huệ died at the age of 40. Prior to his death, he had made plans to continue his march southwards in order to destroy the army of Nguyễn Ánh, a surviving heir of the Nguyễn lords.

Nguyễn Huệ's death marked the beginning of the downfall of the Tây Sơn dynasty. His successors were unable to implement the plans he had made for ruling Vietnam, leaving the empire weak and vulnerable. The Tây Sơn dynasty was overthrown by its enemy, Nguyễn Ánh, who established the imperial Nguyễn dynasty in 1802.

  1. ^ a b Lý Văn Phức, Dã sử lược biên Đại Việt quốc Nguyễn triều thực lục, vol. 9
  2. ^ Patricia M. Pelley Postcolonial Vietnam: New Histories of the National Past – 2002– p. 191 "The people of the North, who warmly welcomed Nguyễn Huệ, formed peasant armies to help him wage war against the Trịnh. Thus, the movement that had begun in Qui Nhơn came to engulf all of Vietnam."
  3. ^ Théophile Le Grand de la Liraye Notes historiques sur la nation annamite