Ly Nhan Tong

Who was Ly Nhan Tong?

Lý Nhân Tông, given name Lý Càn Đức, was the fourth emperor of the Lý Dynasty, reigning over Vietnam from 1072 to his death in 1127. Succeeded his father Lý Thánh Tông at the age of only 7, during the early years Lý Nhân Tông reigned with the assistance of his mother the Empress Mother Ỷ Lan and the chancellor Lý Đạo Thành who were both considered competent regent and able to help the emperor to keep the prosperity of the country. Appreciated as a great emperor of the Lý Dynasty, Lý Nhân Tông had important contribution to the development of Đại Việt, especially the national education for Confucian learning with the first imperial examination and the first imperial school for Confucian students that were established by the order of the emperor. During his 55-year ruling that is the longest reign in the history of Vietnamese monarchs, Lý Nhân Tông also experienced several conflicts against Đại Việt's neighbours the Song Dynasty and the kingdom of Champa in which the Song-Đại Việt War was the fiercest.