Lý Đạo Thành
Lý Đạo Thành 李道成 | |
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Chancellor of the Lý Dynasty | |
Monarch | Lý Thánh Tông Lý Nhân Tông |
Succeeded by | Lê Văn Thịnh |
Personal details | |
Born | ? |
Died | 1081 |
Lý Đạo Thành (Chinese: 李道成, ? - 1081), courtesy name Bá Định (伯定), was a member of the royal family and the chancellor in the royal court of Lý Dynasty. Highly appreciated for his ability and righteousness, Lý Đạo Thành had a major role in the stability and prosperity of Annam during the early years of Lý Nhân Tông's reign when Lý Đạo Thành also acted as a regent for the young emperor. Today Lý Đạo Thành is still considered one of the great officials of the Lý Dynasty and in history of Vietnam.[1]
Biography[]
There was only a brief account about Lý Đạo Thành in the Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư but according to some folk stories, Lý Đạo Thành was born in 1053 to a noble family in Thái Cực, Thọ Xương.[2] It was said that Lý Đạo Thành was a member of the Lý royal family[3] and already held the position of chancellor (Vietnamese: thái sư) when the emperor Lý Thánh Tông died in 1072.[4] Together with the Empress Mother Thượng Dương, the chancellor was appointed by Lý Thánh Tông to act the regency for his successor Lý Nhân Tông who was only 7 at that time.[4] According to the historian Ngô Sĩ Liên, during the purge of Empress Mother Thượng Dương by the emperor and his natural mother Ỷ Lan in 1073,[5] Lý Đạo Thành was transferred to the position of governor in the southern province Nghệ An likely because he advised against the act of Ỷ Lan and the emperor.[4] One year later, the emperor decided to restore Lý Đạo Thành to his former post.[4] In his Việt Nam sử lược, Trần Trọng Kim remarked that Lý Đạo Thành was not only a competent official but also possessed a strong and righteous character, therefore he had an important contribution in the stability and prosperity of Đại Việt during the early years of Lý Nhân Tông's reign.[3][6]
According to Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư, Lý Đạo Thành deceased in the tenth month in 1081,[7] his position of chancellor was succeeded by Lê Văn Thịnh who was afterwards deprived of all titles and banished to a remote region after a controversial treason case in 1096.[3]
Legacy[]
Lý Đạo Thành is considered one of the most famous chancellors of the Lý Dynasty,[3] in the book , the historian praised Lý Đạo Thành as one of the two greatest regents of the Lý Dynasty, together with Tô Hiến Thành.[2] Today his contribution is still highly appreciated, Lý Đạo Thành is worshipped as a tutelary deity in several villages in Northern Vietnam,[2] a street in Hanoi is also named in honour of Lý Đạo Thành.[8]
References[]
Notes[]
- ^ David G. Marr, Anthony Crothers Milner - Southeast Asia in the Ninth to Fourteenth Centuries -1986 - Page 153 "Upon his accession in 1054, Lý Nhân Tông appointed Lý Đạo Thành as thái sư.[83] The position of thái sư... Initially, the senior queen, not Càn Đức's mother, exercised royal authority "assisted" by Lý Đạo Thành. But within a year, Càn Đức's mother, a concubine named Ỷ Lan, obtained the death of the senior queen and the demotion and exile of Lý Đạo Thành."
- ^ a b c "Phát hiện ngôi đình thờ Lý Đạo Thành tại Hà Nội" (in Vietnamese). Hanoimoi.com.vn. 2005-01-09.
- ^ a b c d Trần Trọng Kim 1971, p. 42
- ^ a b c d Ngô Sĩ Liên 1993, p. 109
- ^ National Bureau for Historical Record 1998, pp. 139–140
- ^ Chapuis 1995, p. 76
- ^ Ngô Sĩ Liên 1993, p. 112
- ^ Agar, Charles (2006). Frommer's Vietnam. John Wiley and Sons. p. 146. ISBN 0-7645-9676-4.
Bibliography[]
- Ngô Sĩ Liên (1993), Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư (in Vietnamese) (Nội các quan bản ed.), Hanoi: Social Science Publishing House
- (1998), Khâm định Việt sử Thông giám cương mục (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Education Publishing House
- Trần Trọng Kim (1971), Việt Nam sử lược (in Vietnamese), Saigon: Center for School Materials
- Chapuis, Oscar (1995), A history of Vietnam: from Hong Bang to Tu Duc, Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 0-313-29622-7
- Lý dynasty officials
- 1081 deaths
- People from Bắc Ninh Province