Trần Dynasty
The Trần Dynasty’s Exotic Pet Crocodile
In 1282, upon seeing that crocodiles had reached the Lô River (i.e., the Red River), emperor Trần Nhân Tông ordered one of his officials, Nguyễn
Chen Fu’s Visit to Đại Việt in 1293
I mentioned in the post below about the various Lý Công Uẩn films that there is an account that a Chinese envoy who visited Đại
The Two Replies of Trần Hưng Đạo
Under its entry for the year 1300, the Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư contains a good deal of information about the general, Trần Hưng
Krushchev and the Denunciation of Trần Hưng Đạo’s Personality Cult
In June of 1956, Minh Tranh published an article in Văn Sử Địa with the long and awkward title of “Oppose the worship of individuals,
A Sleepover at the Trần Palace
According to the Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư, in 1268 Trần Thái Tông said to the members of the royal clan, “All Under Heaven
Mongol Invasions 101, Lesson 2
Before the Mongols invade, be sure to distribute mangoes equitably. Before the Mongols invaded Vietnam for the first time in 1257, the Trần Dynasty emperor
The Mongols as "Buddhist Bandits"
Someone asked in a comment how Vietnamese in the thirteenth century viewed the Mongols. I just found this passage in the Đại Việt sử ký
Premodern Vietnamese Plagiarism
Well I just made a “discovery” only to find that someone else has already made the same discovery. This happens to me a lot. I
Mongol Invasions 101, Lesson 1
So what do you do if you woke up one day and found that a Mongol army was about to invade your country? That is
