Person

Ly Anh Tong

A king of the Ly dynasty; the Complete Annals record that in 1160, in his reign, the Ly court built a temple to the Trung sisters in Bo Cai ward.

At a glance

Dates
Reigning in 1160, the twenty-first year of the Dai Dinh era1

Life

The old chronicles say

Later generations did not remember Queen Trung's three years through records but through temples, and this is there in the national history itself. The Complete Annals record that after the Han army went home, the people of the region loved Queen Trung and built a temple to worship her. In 1160, in the reign of Ly Anh Tong, the same history records that the Ly court built a temple to the Trung sisters in Bo Cai ward.21

Mentioned in

  1. Episode 5The three years of Queen Trung10 min

Sources for this page

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  1. Dai Viet su ky toan thu

    Basic Annals, the reign of Ly Anh Tong, Dai Dinh year 21, main text

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  2. Dai Viet su ky toan thu

    Outer Annals, the annal of the period under the Eastern Han, main text and the note on the temple

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