The Tale of Kieu
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The Tale of Kiều is an epic poem in Vietnamese written by Nguyễn Du, well known in Vietnamese literature. The original title in Vietnamese is Đoạn Trường Tân Thanh, but it is better known as Truyện Ki
A 1932 copy of Kim Vân Kiều tân truyện published in Hanoi, is better known as Truyện Kiều (Tale of Kiều).
Illustration of Thúy Kiều meeting Kim Trọng (19th century painting)
Painting depicting scenes of Thúy Kiều and Thúy Vân in Tết Thanh Minh (Qingming Festival)
A painting depicting a scene from The Tale of Kieu at the Independence Palace
Nguyễn Du
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Nguyễn Du, courtesy name Tố Như and art name Thanh Hiên, was a poet and scholar-official, widely acclaimed as one of the most important writers of Vietnamese literature. Fluent in both Literary Chines
The Tale of Kieu
…The Tale of Kiều is an epic poem in Vietnamese written by Nguyễn Du (1765–1820), well known in Vietnamese literature. The original title in Vietnamese is Đoạn Trường Tân Thanh (斷腸新聲, "A New Cry From a Broken Heart…
Nguyễn Du's statue at the site of his ancestral house in Hà Tĩnh Province.
A Đại Việt delegate to the Qing court in 1761. The mandarin robes worn by Du's family would have been similar to this.
Armies of the Trịnh lords, depicted in an 18th-century painting at the Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts.
Qing portrait of Nguyễn Huệ, also known as Emperor Quang Trung.