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The Rebel Den of Nung Tri Cao:Loyalty and Identity along the Sino-Vietnamese Frontier |
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In the eleventh century a Tai-speaking chieftain named Nung Tri Cao launched a struggle for independence along Vietnam's mountainous northern frontier that became a pivotal event in Sino-Vietnamese relations. Occurring shortly after Vietnam became independent from China, this event was a vital test of the Vietnamese court's ability to confront local political challenges and maintain harmony with its powerful northern neighbor. Tri Cao established his first kingdom in 1042 at the age of seventeen, giving rise to a conflict that unsettled southern China and for a decade before being suppressed by Chinese imperial troops. James Anderson considers these events against the context of Sino-Vietnamese tributary relations and the conflicts that engaged both the Song and Vietnamese courts, looking at the way Tai and other ethnic groups deftly navigated the unstable political situation that followed the demise of China's cosmopolitan Tang dynasty. Though his rebellion failed, Tri Cao is still worshipped in temples along the Sino-Vietnamese border, and his memory is a unifying point for people who have become separated by modern political boundaries.
James Anderson is an Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA.
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