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. Wearing golden armor and riding an elephant, she led thousands of men and women into battle. Like the Trung Sisters, she was outnumbered by the experienced Chinese army. After almost half a year in battle, she was gloriously defeated at My Hoa District. Like the Trung Sisters, rather than accepting the shame of surrender, she committed suicide at the age of twenty-three. Today, she is still remembered and venerated in temples. She is remembered by all Vietnamese with her words of defiance:

"I want to rail against the wind, step on the ferocious tide, kill the whales at sea, sweep the whole country to save the people from slavery, and I refused to be abused and live in slavery."

Born on October 2, 225 A.D. in Son Trung Village, Trieu Son District. She was orphaned when she was very little and lived with her brother Trieu Quoc Dat. When she was 20 years old, she could not stand and watched her people living in slavery and abused by Chinese's cruelty. She went into the jungle and setting up her military camp. She recruited thousands of men and women. Her brother disapproved her actions and tried to talk her out of it. However, she proudly said her words of defiance that, to this day, is remembered by all Vietnamese. After hearing her words of defiance, her brother joined her in the cause and help her built up an army that later terrified Chinese soldiers in battle. She was unusually courageous in battle with her golden armor that her soldiers would called her "The Elegant General" (Nhuy Kieu Tuong Quan). The Chinese soldiers would be terrified every time they heard her name that said to themselves -- "It would be easy to fight a tiger, than fighting the Lady Queen." She fought for six months and later could not hold on to the fight. She committed suicide at the age of 23. She was known by several names: - Lady Trieu - Trieu Trinh Nuong - Trieu Thi Trinh - Trieu Au (The Chinese called her by this name)

I called this page Voice of The Trieu's Sisters in dedication to the Asian/Asian American who is struggling to bring justice or to find our place in this country. You will see many essays, poems, stories in this page that talk about the experiences of being Asian Americian or Asian in America. Either you are identified as Asian, Asian American or American, your experience is significant because it helps to formulate your strength and courage as well as to inspire other people. You will read about issues of gender, race, class, sexual orientation, religion, love, hate, pain, disappointment, family, relationships... that we go through in our daily survival. Furthermore, if you have any writings that you would like to post on this page, please email them to me at tramy.girl@gmail.com I will post them on this web site for you.

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