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	Trung Sisters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The sisters were known as Trưng Trắc (Traditional Chinese: 徵側; pinyin: Zhēng Cè) and Trưng Nhị (Traditional Chinese: 徵貳; pinyin: Zhēng Èr) and were born during the thousand-year Chinese occupation of Vietnam.
		The stories of the Trưng sisters and of another famous woman warrior, Triệu Thị Trinh, are cited by some historians as hints that Vietnamese society before Sinicization was a matriarchal one, where there are no obstacles for women in assuming leadership roles.
		Trung sisters Tuyet A. Tran and Chu V. Nguyen
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trung_Sisters (1593 words)

	The Trung Sisters Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The two sisters, Trung Trac and Trung Nhi, were the daughters of a Lac Lord from Tay Vu, on the Red River northwest of the modern capital of Hanoi.
		In A.D 41 Trung Trac, now abandoned by most of her "Lac Lord" followers, was defeated, captured, and with her sister Trung Nhi committed suicide.
		Although the Trung sisters' rebellion ended in failure, the two became cult figures in the pantheon of heroic patriots struggling to restore Vietnamese independence.
	www.ncsu.edu /stud_orgs/vsa/www/festivals/trungsisters.html (279 words)

	Trung
		Trung Trac was a noble widow in Vietnam whose husband was killed on the orders of the Chinese governor.
		She and her younger sister, Trung Nghi (Nhi), led a rebellion against the occupying Han Chinese Empire in the years 39 - 43 CE / AD.
		Though the Trung Sisters ruled together as queens, they were unable to overcome their lack of disciplined forces and supplies.
	www.greenlightwrite.com /trung.htm (529 words)

	Female Hero: The Trung Sisters (Women in World History Curriculum)
		heroines are the Trung sisters who led the first national uprising against the Chinese, who had conquered them, in the year 40 A.D. The Vietnamese had been suffering under the harsh rule of a Chinese governor called To Dinh.
		Trung Trac was the elder; Trung Nhi, her constant companion, the younger.
		For the next three years the Trung sisters engaged in constant battles with the Chinese government in Vietnam.
	www.womeninworldhistory.com /heroine10.html (579 words)

	The Trung Sisters
		Trung Trac and Trung Nhi were the daughters of one such lord.
		Trung Trac’s beloved husband was killed and his body placed on display at the city gate.
		With Trung Trac serving as Commanding Officer, a headquarters was established in Nan Nguyen and they began to organize the lords and their tribes.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/historys_wild_women/91284 (439 words)

	Phung Thi Chinh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Phung Thi Chinh was a Vietnamese noblewoman who fought alongside the Trưng sisters in order to repel Chinese invaders from Nam Việt (now Vietnam) in 43 CE She was pregnant at the time, and was in charge of protecting the central flank during the incursion to Nam Việt.
		Legend says she gave birth on the front lines and carried her newborn in one arm and a sword in the other as she fought to open the ranks of the enemy.
		When she learned that the Trưng sisters had committed suicide, she killed herself and her child.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Phung_Thi_Chinh (136 words)

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		During the war, which the Vietnamese fought for their Independence from the Chinese, there were two famous women known as the Trung Sisters who supported the cause of the war, and led armies of Vietnamese warriors to fight.
		The Sisters were daughters of a powerful lord, and their names were Trung Trac and Trung Nhi, and Trung Trac was the elder of the two.
		Legend has it that to gain the confidence of the people, the Trung Sisters committed acts of bravery such as killing a fearful people-eating tiger, and used the tiger's skin as paper to write a proclamation urging the people to follow them into battle against the fearsome Chinese.
	www.100megsfree2.com /dragon/info.htm (5164 words)

	The Trung Sisters, Undaunted Courage
		Trung Trac crowned herself queen of the now independent Vietnam and set up her court in Me Linh.
		The Trung sisters led their own troops from ambush to surround Ma Vien and his troops.
		The Trung army was decimated and scattered to the four winds.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/inspirational_biographies/98054 (467 words)

	The F-Word Ezine - a brand-spankin' new publication that strives to expose/defeat all the bad "isms" in the world. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Although they ultimately failed in ridding Vietnam of its oppressors, the Trung Sisters lived on in legend, inspiring pride and confidence during the many anti-colonial uprisings in the centuries that have followed.
		Other scholarly investigations suggest that Trung Trac and her sister were quite capable and determined to lead a war, and that later, more patriarchal traditions necessitated the chapter involving Thi Sach's assassination, and therefore his wife's "need" to avenge his death.
		The Trung sisters, though often said to have drowned themselves (or "they disappeared into the clouds," or "they became ill and died"), more likely were beheaded by their enemies.
	www.thef-wordzine.com /harpies_trungsisters.html (403 words)

	The Trung Sisters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Trung sisters, Trung Trac and Trung Nhi, were daughters of a powerful Vietnamese lord who lived at the beginning of the first century.
		The Trung sisters led their army in an attack on the Chinese forces occupying their land.
		The Trung sisters became symbols of the first Vietnamese resistance to the Chinese occupation of their land.
	www.distinguishedwomen.com /biographies/trung.html (374 words)

	TrungSisters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		She looked towards her sister, to see that she was already awake, her hand grasping the hilt of her sword.
		Both sisters had grins, it was a long time since they’d had male company, they were looking forward to it.
		With fond waves, Mow disappeared back through the forest, while the Trung sisters headed north happy to be able to continue their journey.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /sspidermann/TrungSisters.html (2189 words)

	Eight Great Women, Five Awful Ones - MSN Encarta
		Trung Trac and Trung Nhi, sisters and widows of Vietnamese aristocrats, led a major uprising against Chinese invaders in AD 39.
		Trung Trac ruled for four years before the Chinese conquered Vietnam again, but resistance continued for the next 1,000 years.
		Many women figured in the resistance, notably Phung Thi Chinh, who fought while pregnant, paused to give birth, and rejoined the fight with her baby on her back.
	encarta.msn.com /column_womenshistory_marthahome/Eight_great_women_five_awful_ones.html?GT1=6305 (1196 words)

	The Trung Sisters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Trung sisters, Trung Trac and Trung Nhi, lived in first century Vietnam and led a rebellion against Chinese authority about 39-40 C.E. For about four years, the thousand-year period of China's domination of its southern neighbor ended.
		Another brief reference to Trung Trac and Trung Nhi is Pham Cao Duong's entry in Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War, edited by Spender C. Tucker (1998) Vol.
		He reports that many Vietnamese regard the Trung sisters "to be the most important and revered heroines in Vietnam's history.
	www.richmond.edu /~ebolt/history398/TrungSisters.html (362 words)

	Vietnamses Canadian Federation - Cultureal Events
		Trung Thu is traditionally held on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, the same day as the full moon.
		Tet Trung Thu celebrates the end of the harvest season and the parents finally get a chance to spend quality time with their children.
		The Trung sisters, Trung Trac and Trung Nhi, lived in the first century Vietnam and led a heroic rebellion against Chinese ruling.
	www.vietfederation.ca /Archive/cultural_events.php?city=Montreal (664 words)

	BVOM.COM - Vietnamese History
		The most important was that of the two sisters, Trung Trac and Trung Nhi, born of a family of military chiefs in the district of Me Linh (northwest of Hanoi).
		Trung Trac was made "Queen" and Chinese imperialist domination was overthrown.
		In a very short time, Trungs and their troop, almost a half were women, swept out the skilled, atrocious Han expeditionary corps, occupied 63 citadels and forts and founded an independent state.
	www.bvom.com /resource/vn_history.asp?pContent=Ancient_Time (3465 words)

	Voice Of The Trieu's Sisters
		In 248 A.D., two hundreds years after the Trung Sisters, another titled lady name Trieu Trinh Nuong (she was known to the Chinese by the name Trieu Au), the Vietnamese version of Joan of Arc, launched a major revolt against China.
		Like the Trung Sisters, she was outnumbered by the experienced Chinese army.
		Like the Trung Sisters, rather than accepting the shame of surrender, she committed suicide at the age of twenty-three.
	www.angelfire.com /ca2/generasian/voice.html (538 words)

	Untitled Document
		Trung were the two-hero women who over threw the Chinese rulers in A.D 39.
		Nhi and her sister, Trung Trac built up the military to fight the mutineer.
		The Trung Sisters captured and drown the invader in the Hat Giang River.
	cityofseattle.net /helpinglink/StudentWeb/webproject/html/holidayvn.htm (1460 words)

	Women in Vietnam's history. - Asia Finest Discussion Forum
		These sister were couragous fighters who liberated Vietnam from China for 2 years until the Chinese came back with a HUGE FORCE that no amount of Courage could defeat since they outarmed the Vietnamese there.
		Temples built to honor the Trung sisters stand in Hanoi and Saigon where their memory is still venerated.
		I came to this conclusion not by the stories of the Trung Sisters but by the number of female guerilla soldiers during the Vietnam War and my own experience in dating Vietnamese girls.
	www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=3763 (2741 words)

	The Trung Sisters - Yellowworld Forums
		The Trung Sisters subsequently committed suicide in the Hat River instead of surrendering to the Chinese.
		Throughout the following centuries of foreign occupation in Vietnam, the Trung Sisters served as a source of inspiration for the people, their spirit being one of resistance and independence.
		I alread did some searching on the Trung Sisters (gotta dig up the links I found) and I believe there was one other Vietnamese warrior-queen that took on the Chinese.
	forums.yellowworld.org /showthread.php?t=8959 (693 words)

	Women's Equity Resource Center
		The Trung sisters, Trung Trac and Trung Nhi, were born to a Vietnamese lord during the first century, a time when China ruled Vietnam.
		A nearby pregnant noblewoman-warrier, not knowing of the sisters' defeat continued to fight on, delivering her baby on the battlefield and then carrying her baby while she fought.
		When informed of the sisters' suicide, she slit her own throat and that of her baby.
	www.edc.org /WomensEquity/women/trung.htm (233 words)

	Leadership Development - Results focused Leadership thinking and practice from around the Globe
		Trung Trac married Tri Sach and together they protested against the forced assimilation and exploitation of the Vietnamese people.
		The sisters, drawing on the widespread feelings of discontent, organised a rebellion army of 80,000, which included 36 female generals.
		Legend states that the Trung sisters killed a much feared tiger and used its skin to write a proclamation urging the people to join them against the Chinese.
	www.leader-values.com /Content/newsletter2.asp?NewsletterID=37 (955 words)

	Viet Nam News
		VINH PHUC — The 1,965th anniversary celebration of the uprising of the Trung Sisters was held yesterday at the Temple of the Trung Sisters in the northern province of Vinh Phuc’s Me Linh Commune.
		The Trung Sisters led an uprising against the Chinese Han occupation in the year 40 A.D. At the anniversary ceremony, Vice President Truong My Hoa praised the achievements of the provincial authorities and residents, saying their efforts have contributed to protecting and developing the country.
		She said the uprising of the Trung Sisters would always be invoked to promote patriotism, family and the undaunted struggle of the Vietnamese people.
	vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn /showarticle.php?num=04SOC150205 (345 words)

	TRUNG SISTERS © Chi D. Nguyen
		Trung Trac, angry with the tyrannical Han governor, raising her hand and giving a shout, all but united and restored our country.
		Her heroic courage was not limited to her lifetime achievements of establishing the nation and proclaiming herself queen, but after her death she also resisted misfortune, for, in times of flood or drought, prayers to her spirit have never gone un-answered.
		And it is the same with her younger sister.
	www.viettouch.com /trungsis/trung_sisters_literature.html (819 words)

	Hai Ba Trung
		The Hai Ba Trung Legend refers to the Trung sisters.
		She called upon her sister, Trung Nhi, and together they organized an army with the help of the other lords around them.
		Today the temple of Ha-Loi, located in a village of the same name, in Vinh-Phu province near the Red River, where the Trung sisters' capital, Me-Linh was located, stands as a tribute to them as well as being an inspiration to revolutionaries against foreign rule.
	departments.kings.edu /womens_history/htrung.html (533 words)

	Trưng Trắc and Trưng Nhị - China History Forum, chinese history forum
		The earliest accounts, written in the Age of Fragmentation, state that Trung Trac rebelled because Su Ding, the Prefect of Jiaozhi, tried to restrain her from practices that were against Han law.
		Another Vietnamese historical text, the Tiannan Yulu, says that Shi Suo was besieged by Su Ding and died in battle, and the Trung sisters swore vengeance and rose in rebellion.
		In fact, a Age of Fragmentation source quoted in the Shuijing Zhu states that Shi Suo and Trung Trac fled together from Ma Yuan's troops and were in hiding for 3 years before their capture.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=6112 (1481 words)

	VietNamNet - Nghe Temple worships two great general of Trung Sisters
		Trung Sisters were excellent at literature and martial arts.
		Facing the situation that the country was invaded and the husband was killed, Trung Sisters raised the flag to organise an uprising in the spring of the Year of the Mouse (40 AD).
		After the country was liberated and the twins died, the King Trung required the construction of a temple to worship the twin in Van Lang.
	english.vietnamnet.vn /travel/2006/08/604883 (328 words)

	IN THE BEGINNING…
		•The Trungs were daughters of a powerful lord, with the eldest also married to a powerful lord
		•The sisters lived at a time when women in Vietnam could inherit land, serve as trustees of ancestral cults and share their husband’s property—very different than elsewhere in Asia and west.
		•After the Han rulers executed the older sister’s husband to teach the Vietnamese a lesson, the sisters gathered an army of about 80,000 and appointed and trained a large number of other women as generals.
	www.humboldt.edu /~ap23/Vietnam/lecture1_files/slide0010.htm (102 words)

	Vietnamese Ladies Asian Ladies Vietnam Matchmaking Asian Penpal Dating Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Trung sisters, rather than be captured drowned themselves in the Hat-Giang River on the 60th day of the second lunar eclipse.
		In the spring of 40AD, the two Trung Sisters raised their flag against the invaders.
		Their victory is reflected in the bas-relief "The victorious Trung Sisters return home".
	www.oriental-adventures.com /vietnam-women.html (1201 words)

	The VVA Veteran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		They must have survived; they are quintessential survivors, with that tough inner core so fitting a nation born of a revolution in the year 40 A.D. led by two sisters, Trung Tac and Trung Nhi.
		Legend says the sisters chose 36 women, including their own mother, to lead their army.
		The Trung sisters committed suicide to uphold their honor.
	www.vva.org /TheVeteran/2004_07/feature_dreamWalking.htm (528 words)

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