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The Trưng sisters (Vietnamese: Hai Bà Trưng, 𠄩婆徵, literally "Two Ladies [named] Trưng", c. 14 – c. 43) were Luoyue military leaders who ruled for three years after commanding a rebellion of Luoyue tribes and other tribes in AD 40 against the first Chinese domination of Vietnam. They are regarded as national heroines of Vietnam.
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]
Elsewhere, however, the forces of the Trung sisters were broken by the Han attacks. [3] Thiên attempted to bring her forces south to come to their aid, but the Trung sisters already committed suicide in February of 42 AD. Thiên then fought and lost a battle at the Nhat Duc River ; not wanting to be captured, she committed suicide. [4]
In 40 AD, revolts against Han rule were led by the Trung sisters near the Red River Delta. The rebellion was defeated in 43 by the general Ma Yuan, [6] a participant in the battles that followed Wang Mang's usurpation. [23] The Han reestablished control of Nanyue. The Trung sisters were executed [23] or killed during the fighting. [24]
Ma was placed in command of the campaign to suppress the Trung sisters' rebellion. [1] He was given the title Fubo Jiangjun (伏波將軍; General who Calms the Waves). [1] Ma Yuan and his staff began mobilizing a Han army in southern China. [1]
This character and spirit of Vietnamese women were first exemplified by the conduct of the Trung sisters, one of the "first historical figures" in the history of Vietnam who revolted against Chinese control. North Vietnamese women were enlisted and fought in the combat zone and provided manual labor to keep the Ho Chi Minh trail open. They also ...
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