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Nguyễn Gia Thiều

Vietnamese poet, 1741–1798

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Nguyễn Gia Thiều (阮嘉韶) lived from 1741 to 1798 and was a Vietnamese poet of the 18th century. He used the courtesy name Quang Thanh (光聲) and the pen name Đạm Trai (澹齋), and he held the formal title Ôn Như hầu (溫如侯).

His grandfather was Trinh Cuong, who pretended to be mad when Nguyễn Huệ drove the Trịnh family out of Kẻ Chợ, the place known today as Hanoi. The reference does not describe how this episode affected Nguyễn Gia Thiều's own life or work.

The reference does not record where Nguyễn Gia Thiều was born or where he died. Apart from his dates, names, title, and family connection, nothing else about his life is given.

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