Triệu Thị Trinh (Hán Việt: 趙氏貞), also known as Triệu Ẩu (趙嫗) or Bà Triệu (婆趙, Lady Triệu) (225 - 248) was a Vietnamese female warrior in 3 century Vietnam who managed, for a time, to successfully resist the Kingdom of Wu during their occupation of Vietnam. She is described as the “Vietnamese Joan of Arc”.
Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư (大越史記全書 Complete annals of Great Viet), written during the Lê Dynasty , said the following about Triệu Thị Trinh:
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Triệu Thị Trinh (Hán Việt: 趙氏貞), also known as Triệu Ẩu (趙嫗) or Bà Triệu (婆趙, Lady Triệu) (225 - 248) was a Vietnamese female warrior in 3 century Vietnam who managed, for a time, to successfully resist the Kingdom of Wu during their occupation of Vietnam. She is described as the “Vietnamese Joan of Arc”.
Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư (大越史記全書 Complete annals of Great Viet), written during the Lê Dynasty , said the following about Triệu Thị Trinh:
The Mậu Thìn year, [248], (11th year of Hán Diên Hy (Han Yanxi (延熙)); 11th year of Xích Ô (Chiwu (赤烏))). The people of Cửu Chân (Jiuzhen (九真)) again attacked citadels, the prefecture was in rebellion. The Wu king appointed the “Hành Dương” Imperial Secretist Lục Dận [Lu Yin] (some books say Lục Thương) to Inspector of Jiaozhou. Dận arrived, used the people's respect for him to call them to lay down arms, people surrendered, numbering more than 30,000 households, and the prefecture was once again peaceful. Afterwards, a woman from the Cửu Chân...
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