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  1. v. t. e. The Trưng sisters ( Vietnamese: Hai Bà Trưng, 𠄩婆徵, literally "Two Ladies [named] Trưng", c. 14 – c. 43) were Luoyue military leaders who ruled for three years after commanding a rebellion of Luoyue tribes and other tribes in AD 40 against the first Chinese domination of Vietnam.

  2. Apr 12, 2024 · Alan John Barnard. Trung Sisters were heroines of the first Vietnamese independence movement, who headed a rebellion against the Chinese Han-dynasty overlords and briefly established an autonomous state. Their determination and apparently strong leadership qualities are cited by scholars of Southeast Asian culture as.

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  3. May 21, 2021 · Updated: March 27, 2024 | Original: May 21, 2021. copy page link. Print Page. CPA Media Pte Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo. Long before women revolutionaries like Joan of Arc and Catherine of Aragon,...

  4. Trung Trac and Trung Nhi were sisters who led a resistance movement against the Chinese occupation of northern Vietnam in 39 A.D. They became queens of Vietnam for a brief period before being defeated and executed by the Chinese general Ma Yuan.

  5. The Trung Sisters (c. 12 - 43 C.E. ), known in Vietnamese as Hai Bà Trưng (literally "the two Ladies Trưng"), and individually as Trưng Trắc (and Trưng Nhị, were two first-century Vietnamese women leaders who successfully repelled Chinese invasions for three years, and are regarded as national heroines of Vietnam.

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  7. The Trung sisters were daughters of a Lac lord chief in the village of Me Linh. Their mother Ba Man Thien was reputed to be a descendant of the Hung kings, and the sisters were brought up in a "spirit of patriotism and love of military art." They were taught to be strong and independent.

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