Thrilling story Cao Bien wanted to cut off the dragon vein, destroy the spirit of the South, but failed miserably on his own.
According to the official history, Cao Bien was a talented general of the Tang Dynasty (China), ruled Vietnam in the 9th century, had the merit of defeating the Nam Chieu army and building Dai La citadel. However, in written literature and folklore, Cao Bien is famous as a witch who is “good at numerology, knows geography, often rides paper kites flying in the air to cover scenic places …”, using “theocratic” and “spiritual” aim to destroy our people’s will to gain independence.
Who is Cao Bien?
Cao Bien (821-887) is a Bohai, later living in U Chau (present-day Beijing), came from a family of martial lineage. The book “Dai Viet Su Ky Toan Thu”, volume 1 records: “Cao Bien’s name is Thien Ly, grandson of Nam Binh, District King Cao Sung Van under the Tang Dynasty. In childhood, Cao Bien studied well, diligently practiced sword and archery. Cao Bien had a talent for archery through a pair of geese flying in the sky. , is considered by people to be a genius.
Cao Bien was appointed as the governor of Giao Chau (the name of our country at that time) in place of Truong Nhan, who lost his position because he could not stop thieves in this area. After pacifying Giao Chau, Cao Bien built Dai La citadel to concentrate power in one place.
Although he was a martial artist, Cao Bien was a good writer, often discussing moral issues with Confucian scholars. He is a Tang poet with many famous poems. During the third Northern period, Cao Bien was ordained by Duong Hy Tong Ly Huyen to be the Tinh Hai military governor, ruling both Giao Chau and Canton from the seventh year of Ham Thong (866) to the second year of Can Phu (the year of the second Can Phu). 875).
The gate of Van Phuc village, where Cao Bien’s wife taught people to weave silk.
Cao Bien’s officials were associated with wars and he led troops to participate in many battles such as: quelling the Dang Dang people, defeating the Nam Chieu army invading Giao Chau, fighting the Thuc army, putting down the Hoang Sao rebellion…
Cao Bien became a famous general when he defeated the Nam Chieu army. But he later failed to repel Huang Chao’s revolt and fell out of favor. At the end of his life, he made the mistake of becoming more and more confident in the scholar Lü Yongzhi and his two armies, so much so that Lü Yuzhi took control of the army, in effect, anyone who dared speak out against him. Chi must die.
Even though Cao Bien mastered the art of defending, Cao Bien was still defeated in Annam
Cao Bien was “famous” in Vietnam for his magic and cover-up games, “birth and death”, in the end he himself died from magic, although official history records that these games were caused by magic. presented by the wizard La Dung Chi.
In “Ling Nam Chic Quai” there is a story “Golden buffalo mark in Tien Du district” (present-day Bac Ninh) written about Cao Bien “good at numerology, knowledgeable in geography, often riding paper kites flying in the air to cover the winning places. scene…”.
The story “God of righteousness Long Do” tells that after finishing La Thanh, Bien met “a mutant wearing colorful clothes, strange-looking jewelry, riding a red dragon, floating in the clouds of smoke, with a great atmosphere, flying. up and down” claiming to be Long Do Vuong. Too scared, Cao Bien “set up a lute and used thousands of pounds of iron to cast statues in the shape of gods to make charms”. But when he read the incantation, suddenly the sky and earth became cloudy day and night, the rain and wind blew violently, the iron statue crumbled and flew into the air. Sea is afraid, has a desire to go to the North…
The story “Tan Vien Son Thanh” describes in detail the story of Cao Bien’s “covering up”: “When Cao Bien of the Tang Dynasty was in Annam, he wanted to cover up sacred places, so he cut open the stomach of his seventeen-year-old unmarried daughter and threw her intestines away. , stuffed wicker in the stomach, put on clothes, and sat on the throne, sacrificed with buffaloes and oxen. When he saw the movement, he swung his sword and cut off his head.” Bien used this technique to “apply” to harm the god Tan Vien, but only “sees Vuong riding a white horse in the clouds, spitting and leaving”. Bien lamented that: “Spiritual energy in the South cannot be measured. Prosperity can never be exhausted…”. Thus, the god Tan Vien greatly despised Bien’s ability to “cover up”…
The stone pillar of Dam pagoda, according to legend, belongs to Cao Bien.
A vestige associated with the legend of Cao Bien remaining until now is a stone pillar (on top of Dam mountain (Bac Ninh) which is said to be a protective object. Legend has it that the Nam Son land around Dam mountain is the land of the pharaoh. With the dragon coiled tiger sitting, Bien built the stone column to break it, but the structure and shape of this stone column weighing over 50 tons is somewhat “contrary” to the legend: It is a stone dragon sculpture in the style However, researchers do not have enough evidence to confirm.
Another “Legend of Cao Bien’s tomb” tells that after the siege of Dai La failed, Bien was afraid of the spirit of the South but went south forever, as far as Phu Yen. When he came to a small coastal village, he saw that there was a dragon vein, so he lived here and helped people with many things, watching the land to build a house, build a grave… When he died, Bien was kindly buried by the villagers. Today, in Tuy An district, there are traces of Cao Bien’s tomb lying on a hill. That image is animated in the folk song: “Looking out to see Cao Bien’s tomb / Looking at Ma Lien, Chop Chai”.
After 51 years of Cao Bien’s death, Ngo Quyen defeated the Southern Han army, thereby opening the period of Dai Viet’s army and people who always won the invasions of the Northern feudal cliques. Thus, Cao Bien’s “rewards” for support were all futile and proved even more the spirit of autonomy of Vietnamese culture, the spirit of defending national sovereignty of Vietnam is really great.
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