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Significant40 CE – 43 CE · 3 years

Trung Sisters' Revolt

Vietnam · Trach

Vietnamese noble sisters led the first recorded anti-Chinese rebellion (40-43 CE).

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

What happened

Trung Trac and Trung Nhi, daughters of a Vietnamese noble family, raised revolt against Han Dynasty rule in 40 CE. Grievances centered on Chinese taxation and expansion into Vietnamese elite privileges. The sisters mobilized support and expelled Chinese officials, establishing independent Vietnamese state. Han General Ma Yuan defeated them decisively in 43 CE.

Why it mattered

The Trung Sisters' rebellion established the template for Vietnamese anti-Chinese resistance. They became iconic figures in Vietnamese nationalism.

Belligerents2

  • Han Dynasty
  • Trung Dynasty

ON THE MAPHan Dynasty

Sources

  1. Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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16.00°N · 105.50°E · 40 CE – 43 CEWARS-ATLAS / CONFLICT / TRUNG-SISTERS-REVOLT-40

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