Lục Vân Tiên
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The Tale of Lục Vân Tiên (傳蓼雲仙; Truyện Lục Vân Tiên) is a 19th-century Vietnamese-language epic poem written in vernacular Chữ Nôm script by the blind poet Nguyễn Đình Chiểu (1822–1888).[1]
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The Tale of Lục Vân Tiên | |
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Truyện Lục Vân Tiên | |
Author(s) | Nguyễn Đình Chiểu |
Language | Vietnamese (written in Chữ Nôm) |
State of existence | Emperor Tự Đức |
Genre | epic poem |
Verse form | lục bát (6/8) |
Length | 2,082 verses |
Personages | Lục Vân Tiên |
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The 2082-line (present version) work is one of the two most recognizable and influential epic poems in Vietnamese (the other being The Tale of Kiều by Nguyễn Du).[2] Its reaffirmation of Vietnam's traditional moral virtues, at a time when Vietnamese society was facing the French invasion, had great popular appeal.