Origins & Early Life

Ngô Quyền (chữ Hán: 吳權) (17 April 898 – 14 February 944), often referred to as Tiền Ngô Vương (前吳王; "First King of Ngô"), was a warlord who later became the founding king of the Ngô dynasty of Vietnam. He reigned from 939 to 944. In 938, he defeated the Southern Han dynasty at the Battle of Bạch Đằng River north of modern Haiphong. The battle is celebrated in Vietnamese national history as it ended 1,000 years of Chinese rule over Vietnam dating back to 111 BC under the Western Han dynasty.

Pivotal Works & Achievements

A central district in modern Haiphong is named after him. Ngô Quyền was born in 898 AD in Đường Lâm (modern-day Sơn Tây district, Hanoi of northern Vietnam) during the Tang dynasty. He was the son of Ngô Mân, an influential official in Phong, Annan (today Phú Thọ province). Ngô Mân's ancestor was Wu Ridai (Ngô Nhật Đại), a local tribal chief from Fuluzhou, Annan (Modern-day Hà Tĩnh province). In 722, Wu Ridai and his family migrated to Aizhou (Modern-day Thanh Hóa province) after the defeat of Mai Thúc Loan.

Enduring Legacy & Impact

According to the family's stele erected in 1631, the family claimed to have dated back to the Hung kings period. Ngô Quyền's birth, according to Vietnamese tradition...

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