Bui Thi Xuan (d. 1771)

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Bui Thi Xuan (d. 1771)

Vietnamese heroine. Executed around 1771; m. Tran Quang Dieu, a Tay Son general; children: daughter.

Famous general in Vietnamese history, was captured for leading 5,000 rebels in a peasant insurgence, known as the Tay Son Rebellion.

See also Women in World History.

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