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The
Triệu Dynasty (
Vietnamese:
Nhà Triệu;
Chinese:
赵朝;
pinyin:
Zhào cháo) ruled the kingdom of
Nam Việt (also called
Nányuè or "South Yuè"), which consisted of parts of southern
China as well as northern
Vietnam. It's capital was
Pānyú, modern
Guǎngzhōu.
Triệu Đà, the founder of the dynasty, was a military governor for the
Qín Empire who asserted his independence in 207 BC when the Qín collapsed. The ruling elite included both
ethnic Chinese and native
Yuè, with intermarriage and assimilation encouraged.
[1] Triệu Đà conquered the
Âu Lạc of the northern Vietnam and led a coalition of Yuè states in a war against the
Hàn Empire. Subsequent rulers were less successful in asserting their independence and the Hàn conquered the kingdom in 111 BC.
In Vietnamese historiography, this dynasty was a government of the Vietnamese nation and its end marks the beginning of the
First Chinese Domination (111 BC–39 AD). However, Chinese-oriented historians tend to regard the Triệu as a Chinese dynasty and thus consider this a period of Chinese rule over Vietnam. The name "Vietnam" is adapted from "Nam Việt".
