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Lý Ông Trọng

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About Lý Ông Trọng

Lý Ông Trọng was a Chinese.

The 250-m long Wengzhong Road is the second section of the Spirit Way (Shendao) of the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum. It is lined with the statues of civil and military officials, two pairs of each.

Ruan Wengzhong was a historical person during the Qin dynasty, who was recorded to have fought against the Xiongnu on the Great Wall at the border city of Lintao. He was allegedly a 3 meters tall giant. His story was first mentioned by the 3rd century CE writer Gao You in his commentary of the Huainanzi, and later developed in the 6th century Commentary on the Water Classic:

Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China, built a giant bronze statue of his likeness, in addition to his more famous Twelve Metal Colossi, by melting the bronze weapons captured in his victory over the Six Kingdoms. The statue was placed outside the Epang Palace at Xianyang, in modern-day Shaanxi Province.

In Vietnamese legends

According to , a 14th-century collection of Vietnamese history and mythologies, Ruan Wengzhong was called and was a native of of Jiaozhi before becoming a Qin official. is still being worshipped in the Chèm Temple in his native hometown in today's of Hanoi.

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Lý Ông Trọng was Chinese.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Lý Ông Trọng

· Wikidata: Q10788162

· DBpedia: Ruan Wengzhong

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