Lady Triệu
Lady Triệu | |
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Đông Hồ painting depiction of Lady Triệu | |
| Native name | |
| Born | Unknown Yên Định District, Jiuzhen, Jiaozhou |
| Died | 248 (Age unknown) Hậu Lộc District, Jiuzhen, Jiaozhou |
| Buried | Unknown (Attributed to Tùng mountain (Triệu Lộc Commune, Hậu Lộc District, nowaday Thanh Hóa province)) |
| Lady Triệu | |
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| Vietnamese name | |
| Vietnamese alphabet | Bà Triệu Triệu Ẩu |
| Chữ Hán | 趙嫗 |
| Chữ Nôm | 婆趙 |
Lady Triệu (Vietnamese: Bà Triệu, [ɓàː t͡ɕiə̂ˀu], Chữ Nôm: 婆趙, died 248 AD) or Triệu Ẩu ([t͡ɕiə̂ˀu ʔə̂u], Chữ Hán: 趙嫗) was a female warrior in 3rd century Vietnam who managed, for a time, to resist the rule of the Chinese Eastern Wu dynasty. She is also called Triệu Thị Trinh, although her actual given name is unknown. She is quoted as saying, "I'd like to ride storms, kill orcas in the open sea, drive out the aggressors, reconquer the country, undo the ties of serfdom, and never bend my back to be the concubine of whatever man." The uprising of Lady Triệu is usually depicted in modern Vietnamese National History as one of many chapters constituting a "long national independence struggle to end foreign domination." She is also known as Lệ Hải Bà Vương (chữ Hán: 麗海婆王, lit. "beautiful sea's lady king").