Friday, March 29, 2019

Nguyễn Văn Tồn

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[[File:Tượng Thống chế Điều bát.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Nguyễn Văn Tồn]]
Thống chế Điều bát '''Nguyễn Văn Tồn''' (, 1763–1820) was a general and official of the [[Nguyễn dynasty]] of [[Vietnam]].

He was a [[Khmer Krom]]. He was either born in [[Càng Long]]<ref name=vinhlong></ref> or in [[Trà Ôn]], [[Cần Thơ Province]]<ref></ref> (in present-day [[Vĩnh Long Province]]). His Khmer name was ''Duồn''<ref></ref> or ''Duông''.<ref>[[Vương Hồng Sển]], ''Tự vị tiếng Việt miền Nam'' (Nhà xuất bản. Trẻ, Tp HCM, 1999, tr.443)</ref><!--Is his Khmer name "Duong"(ឌួង)?--> At first he was a slave. He followed [[Nguyễn Ánh]] to [[Bangkok]] in 1784, in there he was promoted to ''cai đội'' and took the Vietnamese name Nguyễn Văn Tồn. He followed Nguyễn Ánh back to Southern Vietnam in 1787. He gathered an army of several thousand Khmers in [[Trà Vinh]] and Mân Thít (present-day [[Mang Thít]]), called the ''Xiêm binh đồn'' (暹兵屯, lit. "Siamese soldiers' camp"), to reinforce Nguyễn Ánh.

Tồn joint the battle of [[Quy Nhơn]] in 1801. He was captured by [[Tây Sơn dynasty|Tây Sơn rebels]]. He was appreciated by Tây Sơn generals and joint the rebels. He did fight bravely for them, however, not long after he escaped and joint the [[Nguyễn lords|Nguyễn]] army again. He was promoted to ''cai cơ'' in the next year and sent to Trà Vinh and Mân Thít.

[[Siam]]ese invaded [[Cambodia]] in 1811. Nguyễn Văn Tồn and [[Nguyễn Văn Thoại]] were sent to help him. They defeated Siamese army in [[Longvek]]. Nguyễn Văn Tồn was left in [[Phnom Penh]] to "protect" the Cambodian king [[Ang Chan II|Ang Chan]]. He was promoted to ''thống chế'' (統制), and received the title ''Dung Ngọc hầu'' (lit. Marquess Dung Ngọc) from Nguyễn dynasty.<ref></ref>

Nguyễn Văn Tồn was appointed ''Điều bát nhung vụ'' in 1819. He was sent to [[Châu Đốc]] to dig the [[Vĩnh Tế Canal]]. He died in the next year. [[Minh Mạng|Emperor Minh Mạng]] mourned his death; the emperor compared him with [[Jin Midi]], a prominent official of the Chinese [[Han Dynasty]] of [[Xiongnu]] ethnicity.<ref></ref>

His tomb was in present-day [[Trà Ôn District]], [[Vĩnh Long Province]]. The tomb was called ''Lăng ông Tiền quân Thống chế Điều bát'' by local people.<ref name=vinhlong/>

==References==





[[Category:Generals of the Nguyễn lords]]
[[Category:Nguyen dynasty generals]]
[[Category:Nguyen dynasty officials]]
[[Category:Khmer Krom people]]
[[Category:People from Vinh Long Province]]
[[Category:1763 births]]
[[Category:1820 deaths]]


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