Lac Long Quan
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Lạc Long Quân (Han tu: 雒龍君; literally "Dragon Lord of Lạc"; sometimes spelled 駱龍君 or 貉龍君 and also called Hùng Hiển Vương), according to the creation myth of the Vietnamese people, was the father of the Vietnamese people, and their first true king. Lạc Long Quân was the son and sole successor of Jiang Luxu (Khương Lộc Tục, 姜祿續), the King of Jingyang (the King of Kinh Dương, Kinh Dương Vương, 涇陽王), who ruled over Chigui (Xích Quỷ; 赤鬼). He is supposed to have become king in 2839 BC.
Lạc Long Quân's wife, Âu Cơ, gave birth to a sac containing 100 eggs from which 100 children were born; this is the origin of the story of the 100 Vietnamese family names. One day Lạc Long Quân told Âu Cơ: "I am descended from dragons, you from fairies. We are as incompatible as water is with fire. So we cannot continue in harmony." This said, the husband and wife parted. The man went seawards with 50 of their children, while his wife went to the mountains with the other half of the clan. The eldest son, who followed his father, later installed himself as Vietnam’s first monarch, Hùng Vương.
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[edit] Genealogy
Lạc Long Quân's father was Kinh Dương Vương (whose father was De Minh and his mother Vu Tien Nu), his mother was Than Long Nu (her father was Động Đình Quân) and Đế Lai was Lạc Long Quân's cousin.[1]
[edit] In Vietnamese literature
The books Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư (from the 15th century) and Lĩnh Nam chích quái ("Wonders plucked from the dust of Linh-nam", from the 14th century) mention the legend with Âu Cơ.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ see genealogy in Keith Weller Taylor: The Birth of Vietnam. Revision of thesis (Ph.D.). Appendix A, page 304. University of California Press (1991). ISBN 0520074173
- ^ Keith Weller Taylor: The Birth of Vietnam. Revision of thesis (Ph.D.). Appendix A, page 303. University of California Press (1991). ISBN 0520074173
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