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The Trung Sisters
ABOUT
THEM
The Trung sisters, Trung Trac and Trung Nhi, were born to a Vietnamese
lord during the first century, a time when China ruled Vietnam. They grew
up watching the Chinese cruelties to the Vietnamese and so spent their
childhoods also mastering the art of warfare and weaponry.
In a.d. 40 a Chinese
commander killed Trung Trac's husband. In retaliation, the Trung sisters
organized civil war. With the support of nearby tribal lords, they formed
an army of 80,000. Thirty six of the generals were women. Within months
the sisters had retaken 65 cities. They managed to keep the Chinese
out for two years during which the sisters ruled the area as co-queens.
When the Chinese
finally won back the area, the Trung sisters committed suicide rather
than surrender. A nearby pregnant noblewoman-warrier, not knowing of
the sisters' defeat continued to fight on, delivering her baby on the
battlefield and then carrying her baby while she fought. When informed
of the sisters' suicide, she slit her own throat and that of her baby.
The people of Vietnam
celebrate the sisters' memory every year with a national holiday.
QUOTE
"Foremost,
I will avenge my country,
Second, I will restore the Hung lineage,
Third, I will avenge the death of my husband,
Lastly, I vow that these goals will be accomplished. "
- Trung
Trac
All the male
heroes bowed their heads in submission;
Only the two sisters proudly stood up to avenge the country.
- A
fifteenth century poem
LINKS TO LEARN
SO MUCH MORE
http://www.viettouch.com/trung_sisters.html
http://www.viettouch.com/trung_sisters_literature.html
http://www.netsrq.com/~dbois/trung.html
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