Trung sisters' rebellion

Trung sisters' rebellion
Part of the southward expansion of the Han dynasty
The Trung sisters' rebellion depicted in a Đông Hồ folk painting titled "Trưng Vuơng trừ giặc Hán" (徴王除賊漢 - Trung Queens eliminating the Han enemies). Trưng Trắc (徴側) sits on white elephant and Trưng Nhị (徴貳) on black elephant, accompanied by weapon-toting Lạc Việt soldiers; Han soldiers are felled and dead; Han governor Su Ding (蘇定) looks back while fleeing. All wear anachronistic clothing.
Date 40–43 CE (rebellion) 42–43 CE (Han intervention) Location Jiaozhi province, Han Empire (today Northern Vietnam, Central Vietnam, Southern Guangxi) Result Han victory
Belligerents
Han dynasty	Lac Viet
Commanders and leaders
Su Ding (Governor) Ma Yuan[a] Liu Long	Trưng Trắc [b] Trưng Nhị  Đô Dương  Chu Bá [2]
Strength
20,000 soldiers 2,000 tower-ships[1]	unknown
Casualties and losses
40–50% of Han soldiers (mostly from epidemic)[3]	Trưng sisters' forces: • several tens to hundreds killed; • over 20,000 surrendered[4][5] Đô Dương's forces: • over 5,000 (both killed and surrendered);[4] • over 300 exiled[6] Chu Bá's forces: • several tens to hundreds executed[2]

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The Trưng sisters' rebellion was an armed civil uprising in the southern provinces (today Northern Vietnam) of Han China between 40 CE and 43 CE. In 40 CE, the Luoyue leader Trưng Trắc and her sister Trưng Nhị rebelled against Chinese authorities in Jiaozhi (in what is now northern Vietnam). In 42 CE, Han China dispatched General Ma Yuan to lead an army to strike down the Luoyue rebellion of the Trưng sisters. In 43 CE, the Han army fully suppressed the uprising and regained complete control. The Trưng sisters were captured and beheaded by the Han forces,^[7][8] although Vietnamese chronicles of the defeat records that the two sisters, having lost to Han forces, decided to commit suicide by jumping down the Hát Giang river, so as not to surrender to the Han.^[9][10][11]

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