Trần Hưng Đạo

Trần Hưng Đạo (陈兴 道) (c. 1228, † 1300) was a Vietnamese general during the Trần Dynasty.

He was born as Trần Quốc Tuấn (陈国峻).

Trần Quốc Tuấn was the son of Trần Lieu, whose younger brother was the first emperor of the Trần Canh Trần Dynasty. Since marriage between Trần Canh and the last Empress of the Ly Dynasty Ly Chieu Hoàng remained childless, his uncle Trần Thu DJO Trần Lieu forced him to marry woman who was pregnant for the third month. This Trần Thu DJO wanted to consolidate the throne for the trans. Since Trần Lieu uprising against Trần Canh was unsuccessful in his lifetime, he was looking for the best teachers to teach his son Trần Quốc Tuấn. On his deathbed, he entrusted him with the task of conquering the kingdom for his own family. Trần Quốc Toan ( known as Trần Hưng Đạo ) proved to be a smart man, but instead of following the words of his father, he held the welfare of the empire to be more important. A talented military strategist, he held the entire military power in the hands, but was always loyal to the emperor. Together with his cousin Trần Quang Khải (son of Trần Canh ) he was among the first ministers of the kingdom of Dai Việt.

Trần Hưng Đạo was known that he was able to recognize the talents of his colleagues and they started. Thus Phạm men known as Ngu Lao, Trương Hán Sieu, Phạm Lam, Ngô Sĩ Thuong, Nguyen Truc Thế he served time in politics and the military.

Between 1257 and 1288 the Mongols under Kublai Khan tried in three invasions to conquer the kingdom of Dai Việt and Champa Empire, but failed in all three attempts. The final crushing defeat they suffered in 1284 in the delta of Bạch Đằng River ( Red River ). Trần Hưng Đạo used a stratagem, which had already been used Ngo Quyen in 938 to free the kingdom from the Chinese government and thus can be independent of China for the first time. He was in the river bed up stakes and lured in small boats the heavy Mongol junks in the delta. As the tide began, the Mongol junks were destroyed. The Battle of the Bạch Đằng River entered the Vietnamese history as a major military battle. This Trần Hưng Đạo was the Vietnamese folk hero. ( Reread in Volume 23 of the U.S. Colliers Encyclopedia under Vietnam story)

Trần Hưng Đạo wrote his military strategies reflected in the works " Binh Thu Yeu Luoc " and "Van kiep Tông bí Truyen Thu ", which, however, were lost.

He was of the opinion that people happy and good, benevolent leadership of the troops form the basis for a powerful, unified country.

After his death in 1300, the emperor appointed him " Hưng Đạo Vương " ( royal title ), so he went down in history as one of Vietnam Trần Hưng Đạo.