Hồ Tôn Tinh
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Hồ Tôn Tinh (Chinese: 胡猻精, Husunxing) or Hồ Tôn (Chinese: 胡猻, Husun) was an ancient Champa kingdom that was mentioned in some Vietnamese textbooks.[1]
History
[edit]The first mention of Hồ Tôn Tinh was from the 14th-century semi-fictional work of Lĩnh Nam chích quái, with "The story of Dạ Xoa" (Vietnamese: Truyện Dạ Xoa):[2]
In ancient time, outside of Nanyue and Âu Lạc, there was another country named Diệu Nghiêm, its ruler was Dạ Xoa (also known as King Trường Minh or Ten-Head King). The north of this country bordered Hồ Tôn Tinh kingdom, the crown prince of Hồ Tôn Tinh was Vi Tư, whose wife was Bạch Tịnh, known for her unique beauty. King Dạ Xoa was excited about this, so he led an army, attacked Hồ Tôn Tinh, and successfully kidnapped princess Bạch Tịnh. Vi Tư, with anger, brought an army of monkeys, razed mountains and seas into plains, destroyed Diệu Nghiêm, killed Dạ Xoa, and escorted Bạch Tịnh backed home.
Territory
[edit]The 15th-century national chronicle of Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư (ĐVSKTT) and Trần Trọng Kim's 20th-century Việt Nam sử lược (VNSL) both mentioned Hồ Tôn Tinh as a southern neighboring country of the semi-mythical Hồng Bàng–ruled kingdom,[3][4] with ĐVSKTT said that Hồ Tôn bodered Văn Lang (2524–258 BC) while VNSL believed it bordered Xích Quỷ (2879–2524 BC).
Rulling clan
[edit]According to the 19th century veritable records of Đại Nam thực lục, volume 33 of Đại Nam chính biên liệt truyện sơ tập, Hồ Tôn was a Cham kingdom ruled by the Việt Thường (Chinese: 越裳, Yueshang).[5]
Fall
[edit]There was no mention of to why or how Hồ Tôn Tinh might have collapsed. But since the country was believed to be located somewhere in Quảng Nam,[1][3][4] it is possible that Hồ Tôn Tinh fell because of an invasion from Nanyue.
Influence from Indian culture
[edit]According to Huber in La Légende du Ramayana en Annam, Etudes indochinoises, the story of Hồ Tôn Tinh was probably the ancient Champa's version of Ramayana. There, Dasanana' was named Dạ Xoa, Rama was called Prince Vi Tư, and Sita was Princess Bạch Tịnh.
See also
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Notes
[edit]Sources
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- ^ a b Võ, Văn Thắng (2016-02-06). "Nước của Khỉ". Báo Quảng Nam.
- ^ "Lĩnh Nam Chính Quái" (PDF). Đọt Chuối Non.
- ^ a b "Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư - Quyển 1". Sách tiếng Việt - informatik.uni-leipzig.de.
- ^ a b "Việt Nam sử lược". vietsu.org.
- ^ "Đại Nam liệt truyện – tập 2/4 (186/197)". vietsu.org.