Trương Hán Siêu

Trương Hán Siêu, who died in 1354, came from the Ninh Bình region and first served in the household of Prince Trần Hưng Đạo, victor over the Mongol invasions. Having become a senior official under four Trần sovereigns, he distinguished himself through Confucian memoranda hostile to the hold of the monasteries, and was one of the first to denounce the monks who were seizing land; this is seen as the beginning of the rise of Confucianism that would come to fruition in the following century. He died on returning from a campaign against Champa.

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• PoetryBạch Đằng giang phúTrương Hán Siêu · 1340not translated into EnglishLiterature