Bùi Thị Xuân

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Statue of Bùi Thị Xuân in the Quang Trung Museum in Bình Dịnh

Bùi Thị Xuân ( Chinese script裴氏 春, * before 1771 in Bình Định ; † 1802 ) was a Vietnamese general during the Tây Sơn rebellion .

Generaln Xuân was born in the province of Tây Sơn in what is now the province of BìnhĐịnh. She is said to have learned martial arts as a child. According to legend, she is said to have saved Trần Quang Di späteru, who later became her husband, from a tiger . She and her husband joined the Tây Sơn rebellion early and won many battles. She helped the Tây Sơn army train war elephants , which were used in many battles. She became known as one of the five most important women of the Tây Sơn dynasty.

When Phú Xuân (today's Huế ) fell to Nguyễn Phúc Ánh , she followed Emperor Cảnh Thịnh to Nghệ An , took command of 5000 soldiers and fought in Trấn Ninh (today's province of Quảng Bình ) against the armed forces of Nguyhn. In 1802, Nguyn's troops were successful. She met her husband again in Nghệ An, and they were both captured by Nguyễn's forces there. Both were executed. Her husband was either beheaded or skinned, and she herself was executed by elephant . The new emperor then fed their lungs, livers, hearts, and arms to his troops to give them Xuan's valor.

Today in Vietnam she is considered a heroine. Cities, schools and streets are named after her.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Beginning of the rebellion
  2. ^ Karen Turner, (2008). "Bui Thi Xuan" . The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History. Oxford University Press. Page 265. ISBN 978-0-19-514890-9 .
  3. ↑ George Edson Dutton, The Tây Sơn Uprising: Society and Rebellion (2006). Page 236.
  4. ↑ Doan Thi Nam-Hau; Willa Seidenberg (1999). "Bui Thi Xuan". Women in World History, Vol. 2: Ba-Brec. Waterford, Connecticut: Yorkin Publications. Page 3. ISBN 0-7876-4061-1 .
personal data
SURNAME Bùi Thị Xuân
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Vietnamese general
DATE OF BIRTH before 1771
PLACE OF BIRTH Bình Định (Province)
DATE OF DEATH 1802