Mạc Đĩnh Chi

Mạc Đĩnh Chi (in Chữ-nôm 莫挺之) (1280–1350) was a renowned Vietnamese Confucian scholar who was the highest-scoring graduate in the palace examinations at the age of only twenty-four. He served three Tran dynasty emperors — first Trần Anh Tông till 1314, then his son Trần Minh Tông from 1314 to 1319, and finally the grandson Trần Hiến Tông after 1329. Mac Dinh Chi was sent twice as envoy to the Chinese court.^[1] The Mac Dinh Chi Cemetery is named in his honour.

References

1. ^ Sính Vĩnh Phan Châu Trinh and his political writings 2009 Page 69 "Mac Dinh Chi (1280-1350) was a renowned scholar who was the highest-scoring graduate (Viet. trang nguyen) in the palace examinations when he was only twenty-four years old. He served three emperors — Anh Tong, Minh Tong, and Hien Tong of the Tran dynasty — and was twice dispatched as envoy to the Chinese court."

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Name	Mạc Đĩnh Chi
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Short description	Confucian scholar
Date of birth	1280
Place of birth
Date of death	1350
Place of death