Talk:Lady Triệu

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Removed content[edit]

I removed these sentences because of lacking of source (and, in my opinion, it come from a fringe source of some so-called scholars in Vietnam).--Amore Mio (talk) 14:19, 11 April 2009 (UTC)[reply] 


The following is the popular Vietnamese account.{{Fact|date=February 2008}}

===Early years===

Triệu Thị Trinh was born in Son Trung Village in the [[Trieu Son]] District of the [[Thanh Hoa 
Province]] (situated in today's northern Vietnam) on the [[2 October]] [[225|AD 225]]. At this 
time, the area was under the control of the [[Eastern Wu]] Kingdom, one of China's [[Three 
Kingdoms]]. She was [[orphan]]ed at a young age and lived with her brother [[Triệu Quốc Đạt]] (趙
國達) and his wife until she was twenty years old. It was said{{Who|date=February 2008}} that she 
was treated like a slave in their home.

===Rebellion===

When she was twenty, she could no longer stand by and watch Wu dominate her homeland. She fled 
into the jungle and set up her own military camp where she went on to amass an army of at least a 
thousand men and women soldiers. When her brother tried to persuade her from rebelling, she told 
him:

<blockquote>''“I will not resign myself to the lot of women who bow their heads and become 
concubines. I wish to surf the rough waves, ride the strong winds, kill the whales of the East 
Sea, fight the Wu to gain independence.  I have no desire to take abuse.”''</blockquote>
{{Citequote|date=March 2009}}

Triệu Thị Trinh managed to successfully liberate an area of Vietnam which she claimed as her 
territory and from there set up her own [[Administration (government)|administration]]. By the 
time Thị Trinh was 23 she had defeated Wu advances on thirty separate occasions. She managed to 
defend her territory for several months and it was said that she rode into battle on the back of 
an [[elephant]], clad in golden [[armour]] carrying a [[sword]] in each hand.

===Defeat===

However in [[248|AD 248]], Wu managed to defeat Thị Trinh's forces and recaptured the territory 
which she had previously liberated from them. To protect her [[honour]] and to elude death at the 
hands of the Chinese, she committed [[suicide]] by drowning herself in a nearby river. There is 
another version of her suicide, saying that she was trampled to death by elephants.
{{Fact|date=February 2008}}

Another version claims that Triệu Thị Trinh was a nine-foot tall giantess who rode into battle 
upon a massive elephant with her pendulous breasts slung over her shoulders and the Chinese at 
the times exclaimed: ''“It would be easier to fight a tiger, than to fight the Lady Queen.”''.
{{Fact|date=February 2008}} [http://www.mundanebehavior.org/issues/v2n1/degroot.htm] It was 
said{{Who|date=February 2008}} that she could not stand even the tiniest bit of dirt so a Chinese 
general made his troops kick up lots of dust while they fought naked making her flee in disgust 
so her small army lost upon which she committed suicide.

Removal of diacritics[edit]

  • 01:26, 13 January 2008‎ Luk moved Talk:Trieu Thi Trinh to Talk:Triệu Thị Trinh: correct spelling
  • 13:42, 20 July 2011‎ move of Talk:Triệu Thị Trinh to Talk:Trieu Thi Trinh via G6 uncontroversial move request template

Requested move: Trieu Thi Trinh → Lady Trieu[edit]

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The result of the move request was: No consensus to move to new title Mike Cline (talk) 19:52, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


Trieu Thi Trinh → Lady Trieu – Relisted. Vegaswikian (talk) 00:43, 6 November 2011 (UTC) The current title misleads the reader into thinking that "Triệu Thị Trinh" is the formal name of Vietnam's warrior queen, or perhaps her Vietnamese name. But the primary sources give her as Triệu Ẩu. In modern Vietnamese, she is usually referred to as Bà Triệu. Every city in Vietnam has a street of this name. Both Triệu Ẩu and Bà Triệu translate as "Lady Trieu". "Triệu Thị Trinh" would seem to be a modern invention, possibly a hoax by 20th century historian Tran Trong Kim. A qualified Google Books search yields 83 post-1980 English-language hits for "Trieu Thi Trinh", 70 for "Lady Trieu", and 87 for "Trieu Au". Of the standard English-language treatments, Nguyễn Khắc Viện's Vietnam, a long history (1999) and Taylor's Birth of Vietnam (1991) both give "Lady Trieu", while Chapuis' A history of Vietnam (1995) gives "Trieu Au." Kauffner (talk) 04:31, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Lady Trieu is a honorific title (like "Sir", "Madam" .etc.) and should not be used as article's title. In addition, Trieu Au is the name given by the Chinese and can't not be used because it has negative meaning of "the old (bad) Triệu". And I dismissed your doubt that "Triêu Trinh Nương" was a hoax of Trần Trọng Kim because he was a respected historian, and he stuck on classical history books such as "Đại Việt Sử Ký Toàn Thư or Cương Mục to write the book "Viet Nam Su Luoc" (in which the name "Trieu Thi Trinh" appeared).--AM (talk) 04:31, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Đại Việt Annals and Cương Mục are both on the Web, so you can verify for yourself that the primary sources call her "Triệu Ẩu". There is no basis to say what her given name might have been. In modern Vietnamese, there are four bios that use "Bà Triệu" in the title.[1] Her Vietnamese Wikipedia article is entitled vi:Bà Triệu. Triệu Ẩu, Bà Triệu, and Lady Trieu are direct equivalents, just different languages. Kauffner (talk) 01:33, 2 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Requested Move to remove a problematic given name[edit]

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The result of the move request was: moved. Unopposed for over two weeks. Jenks24 (talk) 09:51, 5 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]


Trieu Thi Trinh → Lady Trieu – The current title attributes a given name to the subject that is problematic historically, and is not the usage of most sources. In modern Vietnamese, she is Bà Triệu. As every Vietnamese city has a street of this name, there is no question that this is her common name. Translating this as "Lady Trieu" conforms to a widespread pattern: Hai Bà Trưng becomes Trung sisters, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh becomes Ho Chi Minh City, etc. The primary source records were once difficult to access, but they are now online here and here. So it is easily verified that the court historians refer to the subject as Triệu Ẩu, which also translates as "Lady Trieu",[2], and that they do not provide a given name. Nguyễn Khắc Viện's Vietnam, a Long History (1999) and Keith Taylor's Birth of Vietnam (1991) both give "Lady Trieu", while Oscar Chapuis' A History of Vietnam (1995) gives "Trieu Au." I get 49 (28 deghosted) post-1990 Google Book hits for "Lady Trieu", 261 (165 deghosted) for "Trieu Au", and 27 (20 deghosted) for "Trieu Thi Trinh." If we consider "Lady Trieu" and "Trieu Au" to be variations, one can say that a substantial majority of authors refer to her by surname only. In modern Vietnamese, ẩu has the meaning "careless; slipshod; random; rash." So "Lady Trieu" is both more accessible to the English-speaking reader and more sensitive. Relisted. Favonian (talk) 20:43, 27 June 2012 (UTC). Kauffner (talk) 07:03, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Survey[edit]

  • Question - I ask this seeking to understand the rationale for the proposal above. It's possible that I'm missing something but your use of sources here appears inconsistent with your regular stance in BLP RMs that the majority of sources be preferred even if they are known to be inaccurate and unreliable in context of the question. There are 1,520 Google website hits for "Lady Trieu" vs 27,000 for "Trieu Thi Trinh." Why should we go for accuracy and quality sources for the name of a 3rd Century Vietnamese lady when you won't go for accuracy and quality sources with French (Talk:Stephane Charbonneau) or Czech (Talk:Marek Hrivik) BLPs? I suspect I won't be the only one wondering about this. In ictu oculi (talk) 10:23, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • I think that many readers looking at the current title will suppose that "Trieu Thi Trinh" is either the subject's Vietnamese name, or her name as it appears in the historical record. But it is neither of those things. She is not well-known to English speakers and usage is divided anyway. In contrast, "Lady Trieu" is exactly what it appears to be -- the anglicized form of her Vietnamese common name and historical name. I don't want get into the diacritics issue here. Kauffner (talk) 19:00, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
      • But there are 1,520 Google website hits for "Lady Trieu" vs 27,000 for "Trieu Thi Trinh." Shouldn't we always go for the majority of reliable English sources? In ictu oculi (talk) 21:28, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
        • I get 27,000 hits for "Trieu Thi Trinh" -wikipedia, 63,000 for "Lady Trieu" -wikipedia. Lady Trieu is the name of a race horse and other things, so those numbers don't mean much of anything. I put deghosted GBook numbers in the nomination already: 20 for "Trieu Thi Trinh," 28 for "Lady Trieu." Kauffner (talk) 07:51, 21 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Restore missing RM1[edit]

Note:RM 1 was bumped into an archive by logged-out editor prior to RM2 so not visible during RM2. In ictu oculi (talk) 06:02, 17 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 3[edit]

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The result of the move request was: moved per request. Favonian (talk) 17:36, 25 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

– per most recent full font sources Lockhart A-Z of Vietnam (2010), Endres (2012) etc. Triệu Dynasty and Đại Việt ("Great Việt" state) per same sources and per WP:AT CRITERIA:Title Consistency with other Category:Vietnamese dynasties Category:Ancient Vietnam. In ictu oculi (talk) 05:56, 17 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support. Wikipedia does not normally strip diacritics from such names/terms unless they have been absorbed into English. There are some sources that can't type diacritics or have style manuals that prohibit diacritics. Wikipedia can and does not. —  AjaxSmack  03:11, 21 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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What happened to the picture?[edit]

Why was the folk art of her riding the elephant removed? Did it have copyright issues or something? Asarelah (talk) 16:05, 8 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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