Author
Nguyen Trai
Vietnamese scholar and poet (1380–1442)
Their life
Nguyễn Trãi, who wrote under the pen name Ức Trai, lived from 1380 to 1442. He was a Vietnamese poet and politician and a Confucian scholar. The reference does not state his birthplace, so the claim that he was born in Hanoi cannot be confirmed from this source, and it gives no place of death either.
He served as a principal advisor to Lê Lợi, who fought against the Ming dynasty. Nguyễn Trãi is credited with drafting Lê Lợi's political statements and with persuading the Vietnamese people to back open rebellion against Ming rulers. Some accounts also attributed almost miraculous or mythical feats to him, though the reference presents these as reputation rather than established fact.
His best-known literary work is the "Great Proclamation upon the Pacification of the Wu" (Bình Ngô đại cáo). The reference gives no further detail about his life after his advisory work, and it records only the year of his death.
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