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Neil Canton (born 30 May 1948) [1] is an American film producer from New York City best known for his work on the Back to the Future trilogy. [2] Canton currently serves as an instructor and mentor at the American Film Institute Conservatory as a member of the Producing faculty. [citation needed]
Triệu Việt Vương (Chữ Hán 趙越王, 524–571), born Triệu Quang Phục (趙光復), was a king of the Vietnamese Early Lý dynasty in the 6th century. He was co-ruler alongside Lý Thiên Bảo from 548 until Lý Thiên Bảo's death in 555, upon which Triệu Việt Vương became sole king until his death in 571.
The Hoa people, also known as Vietnamese Chinese (Vietnamese: Người Hoa, Chinese: 華人; pinyin: Huárén; Cantonese Yale: Wàhyàhn or Chinese: 唐人; Jyutping: tong4 jan4; Cantonese Yale: Tòhngyàhn) are the citizens and nationals of Vietnam of full or partial Han Chinese ancestry.
Emperor Quang Trung (Vietnamese: [kwāːŋ ʈūŋm]; chữ Hán: 光中, 1753 – 16 September 1792) or Nguyễn Huệ (chữ Hán: 阮惠), also known as Nguyễn Quang Bình (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]
The Cần Vương (Vietnamese: [kə̂n vɨəŋ], chữ Hán: 勤 王, lit. ' Aid the King ') movement was a large-scale Vietnamese insurgency between 1885 and 1896 against French colonial rule.
Ngô Quyền was born in 898 AD in Đường Lâm (modern-day Sơn Tây District, Hanoi of northern Vietnam) during the Tang dynasty.He was the son of Ngô Mân, an influential official in Phong, Annan (today Phu Tho province). [3]
In Việt Điện U Linh Tập, Thánh Gióng is known as Sóc Thiên Vương (chữ Hán: 朔天王). This version does not specify when the story was set nor who was the enemy. It says in the old days, there was an enemy in the country, the king ordered his emissaries to find someone who can defeat the enemy.
Originally, many thước of varying lengths were in use in Vietnam, each used for different purposes. According to Hoàng Phê (1988), [1] the traditional system of units had at least two thước of different lengths before 1890, [2] the thước ta (lit. "our ruler") or thước mộc ("wooden ruler"), equal to 0.425 metres (1 ft 4.7 in), and the thước đo vải ("ruler for measuring ...