Lý Thị Diễm

Lý Thị Diễm
Born 1041
Thăng Long, Đại Việt
Died 1113
Thăng Long, Đại Việt
Nationality Việt Nam

Lý Thị Diễm (Chinese: 李氏琰, 1041 – 1113), courtesy name Ngọc Kiều (玉嬌), dharma name Diệu Nhân[1] (妙因) was a princess during the Lý Dynasty in Vietnamese history. She was the 17th leader of the Vietnamese Vinītaruci school of Buddhism.[2]

Biography

Diệu Nhân was born the eldest daughter of Lý Nhật Trung, a son of Emperor Lý Thái Tông, in 1041.[3] She was raised in the royal court of Emperor Lý Thánh Tông, then married to a highland chief in Chau Dang (modern Hưng Hóa region).[4] She became a Buddhist monk after the death of her husband.[4]

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  1. Philip Taylor, Modernity and Re-enchantment: Religion in Post-revolutionary Vietnam (Maryland, USA, 2008)
  2. Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư, A period of Lý Dynasty.
  3. Contradictory entries in the Complete Annals of Đại Việt place her birth in either 1041 or 1042.
  4. 1 2 Chung & Bowen (2003), p. 145.

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