How did the trung sisters die
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By Johanna Strong
Trưng Trắc was born in around 12AD into a military family headed by the Lac Lord of Me-linh. She grew up with her sister Trung Nhi in the Giao Chi region of northern Vietnam and was trained in the military arts. Since 111BCE, Vietnam had been under the control of the Chinese Han dynasty, but this was about to change.
Legend has it that Trưng Trắc’s husband Thi Sach was assassinated in 39AD on the order of the Chinese governor of Giao Chi, inspiring Trưng Trắc and her sister Trưng Nhị to rebel against the Chinese authorities in Vietnam. Historians, however, argue that it is more likely that the Trưng sisters were generally frustrated with Chinese rule and it was this anger which spurred their actions. They organised an army – composed mostly of women – and rose up against the Chinese regime, eventually securing Vietnamese independence from China for the first time in 150 years.
They proclaimed themselves queens and established their new capital at Me-linh, setting up a government more in keeping with traditional Vietnamese values. By 43AD, though, China ha
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Trung sisters' rebellion
Vietnamese rebellion against Chinese rule (40–43 CE)
The Trưng sisters' rebellion was an uprising in the Jiaozhi province of Han dynasty (today Northern Vietnam) between 40 CE and 43 CE. In 40 CE, the Lạc Việt leader Trưng Trắc and her sister Trưng Nhị rebelled against Chinese authorities. In 42 CE, Han China dispatched General Ma Yuan to lead an army to strike down the uprising. In 43 CE, the Han army fully suppressed the uprising and regained complete control. The Trưng sisters were captured and beheaded by the Han forces, although Vietnamese chronicles of the defeat records that the two sisters, having lost to Han forces, decided to commit suicide by jumping down the Hát Giang river, so as not to surrender to the Han.[9][10][11]
Background
See also: First Chinese domination of Vietnam and Trung sisters
One prominent group of ancient people in Northern Vietnam (Jiaozhi, Tonkin, Red River Delta region) during the Han dynasty's rule over Vietnam was called the Lac Viet or the Luòyuè in Chinese annals. The Lu
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Trưng sisters
1st century AD Vietnamese queens and military leaders
For the rebellion led by them, see Trung sisters' rebellion.
"Hai Ba Trung" redirects here. For the district in Hanoi named after them, see Hai Bà Trưng District.
The Trưng sisters (Vietnamese: Hai Bà Trưng, 𠄩婆徵, literally "Two Ladies [named] Trưng", 14 – c. 43) were Luoyue military leaders who ruled for three years after commanding a rebellion of Luoyue tribes and other tribes in AD 40 against the first Chinese domination of Vietnam. They are regarded as national heroines of Vietnam. Their names were Trưng Trắc (chữ Hán: 徵側; Chinese pinyin: Zhēng Cè; Wade–Giles: Cheng1 Ts'e4; Old Chinese: *trəŋ-[ts]rək[5]) and Trưng Nhị (chữ Hán: 徵貳; Chinese pinyin: Zhēng Èr ; Wade–Giles: Cheng1 Erh4; Old Chinese: *trəŋni[j]-s[5]). Trưng Trắc was the first female monarch in Vietnam, as well as the first queen in the history of Vietnam (Lý Chiêu Hoàng was the last woman to take the reign and is the only empress regnant), and she was accorded the title Queen Trưng (chữ Q
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