Phùng Hưng

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Phùng Hưng (Hán tự: 馮興; 761-802) was a military leader who briefly reigned over Vietnam during the 8th century.

According to Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư (fascicile 6), Phùng Hưng, a native of Đường Lâm (in today's Ha Tay Province), was rich and possessed prodigious physical strength. In 791, Phùng Hưng and his brother Phùng Hải led a rebellion against the ruling Tang Dynasty. Taking the advice of Đỗ Anh Hàn, the Phùng brothers laid siege to the headquarters of the Annam Protectorate, which was managed by the corrupt officer Cao Chính Bình. Facing the crisis, Cao Chính Bình caught an illness and died soon. Phùng Hưng headed the Protectorate after that. He died soon too, and was succeeded by his son Phùng An. Phùng Hưng was entitled Bố Cái Đại Vương by his son, and was worshiped in a temple by the local people.

Phùng Hưng is not mentioned in Tang works of history. In Tang Shu (fascicle 13) and Xin Tang Shu (fascicle 7), the rebellion is said to be led by Đỗ Anh Hàn.

As to his posthumous title, while means "great king" in Chinese, Phùng Hưng are interpreted to represent two Vietnamese native words. They are traditionally taken to mean bố cái, "father and mother" (i.e. as respectable as one's parents), but they may also represent vua cái, "great king" (i.e. the meaning is expressed in two different languages) (DeFrancis 1977:21-22).