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Thorn In The Heart

Under the rules of Later, Le Vietnam was developing into
the rich civilization in the culture literature, art, philosophy of
life, even it became the powerful nation.

Vietnam drove out all of the attempts of the invasion from
the North Empire and learned to unite and reinforce their power.
Also as well as at the same time it was going Southward on the
territory parts of Champa and Laos.

Vietnam separated to North and South parts in the first time
at 1592 by two feudal families Trinh and Nguyen. The feudal
Trinh had reunified Vietnam under the Trinh House rules,
proclaimed themselves with the Later Le to be the Trinh Lord of
the country and established in the North at Thang-Long capital
(Hanoi).

Nguyen-Kim succeeded in the South after had overthrown
the Mac. He ruled the South independently from the war-torn
North and tried to slip off the Trinh’s rules. He erected the
capital at Phu-Xuan (Hue) and was Nguyen Lord.

Vietnam had divided into two major fragments with the
Gianh river as partition line, ruled by the Northern and Southern
Lord. They asserted themselves as Kings within the feudalistic
conception of the time to rule Vietnam. They pushed down the
popular uprisings, plundering activities and constant warfare to
dispute for their powers. They opened the blood brother civil
war to against each other from 1627 to 1672, made the people
painful suffering in forty-five years until the Tay-Son House
reunified both parts of Vietnam.

The ending of the first Vietnam civil war opened for
Vietnamese the greatest time of the peaceful and strongest army
to against North Chinese Empire.

The Tay-Son House of two brothers Nguyen-Nhac and
Nguyen-Hue were the leaders of local rebellions in South

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