Lady Triệu

Lady Triệu

Lady Triệu (Vietnamese: Bà Triệu, [ɓàː t͡ɕiə̂ˀu], Chữ Nôm: 婆趙, died 248 CE) or Triệu Ẩu ([t͡ɕiə̂ˀu ʔə̂u], Chữ Hán: 趙嫗) was a female warrior in 3rd century Vietnam who managed, for a time, to resist the rule of the Chinese Eastern Wu dynasty. She is also called Triệu Thị Trinh, although her actual given name is unknown. She is quoted as saying, "I'd like to ride storms, kill orcas in the open sea, drive out the aggressors, reconquer the country, undo the ties of serfdom, and never bend my back to be the concubine of whatever man." The uprising of Lady Triệu is usually depicted in modern Vietnamese National History as one of many chapters constituting a "long national independence struggle to end foreign domination." She is also known as Lệ Hải Bà Vương (chữ Hán: 麗海婆王, lit. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lady Triệu has received more than 437,984 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 21 in 2019). Lady Triệu is the 630th most popular military personnel (down from 526th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Vietnam (down from 22nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Vietnamese Military Personnel.