LE QUY DON
(Lê Quý Đôn)
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The Trinh controlled North Vietnam while the Nguyen Lords controlled the South—the origin of the division of Vietnam. The Le Kings had little authority anywhere.
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Lê Quý Đôn (黎貴惇; 1726–1784) was an 18th-century Vietnamese poet, encyclopedist, and government official. His pseudonym was Quế-Đường. He was a native of Duyen Ha village in present-day Thái Bình Province. He is considered one of the most outstanding and prolific Vietnamese savants of the early modern period.
