Ton That Dinh (mandarin)
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Tôn Thất Đính was a mandarin
of the Nguyễn Dynasty who served under Emperor Tự Đức. He was the governor of Hải Dương Province
. His son Tôn Thất Thuyết
went on to become a high-ranking mandarin, who became the regent upon the death of Tự Đức.
After Thuyết launched the Can Vuong
movement that attempted to install the boy Emperor Hàm Nghi
as the head of an independent Vietnam, the French colonial authorities captured Đính in an attempt to get his son to capitulate. Thuyết continued fighting, so Đính was deported. While on the sea voyage, Đính died, and the authorities threw his body overboard.
Mandarin (bureaucrat)
A mandarin was a bureaucrat in imperial China, and also in the monarchist days of Vietnam where the system of Imperial examinations and scholar-bureaucrats was adopted under Chinese influence.-History and use of the term:...
of the Nguyễn Dynasty who served under Emperor Tự Đức. He was the governor of Hải Dương Province
Hai Duong Province
Hải Dương is a province in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. Its name derives from Sino-Vietnamese , meaning "ocean", though in fact, the province is landlocked.-Geography of Hai Duong:...
. His son Tôn Thất Thuyết
Ton That Thuyet
Tôn Thất Thuyết was the leading mandarin of Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam's Nguyễn Dynasty. Thuyết later led the Can Vuong movement which aimed to restore Vietnamese independence under Emperor Hàm Nghi. He was born on May 12, 1839 in Huế....
went on to become a high-ranking mandarin, who became the regent upon the death of Tự Đức.
After Thuyết launched the Can Vuong
Can Vuong
The Cần Vương movement was a large-scale Vietnamese insurgency between 1885 and 1889 against French colonial rule. Its objective was to expel the French and install the boy emperor Hàm Nghi as the leader of an independent Vietnam...
movement that attempted to install the boy Emperor Hàm Nghi
Ham Nghi
Emperor Hàm Nghi ; , was the eighth Emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn Dynasty. He reigned for only one year ....
as the head of an independent Vietnam, the French colonial authorities captured Đính in an attempt to get his son to capitulate. Thuyết continued fighting, so Đính was deported. While on the sea voyage, Đính died, and the authorities threw his body overboard.