Nguyễn Dữ Explained

Nguyễn Dữ (chữ Hán: 阮嶼), was a 16th-century poet of Vietnam known for the Truyền kỳ mạn lục (傳奇漫錄, Collection of Strange Tales).^{[1] [2]}

Nguyễn Dữ was born in Đỗ Tùng village, Gia Phúc district, Hải Dương province, Việt Nam. He was a student of Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm (1491-1585), a well-known Vietnamese educator, philosopher, and poet.

Truyền kỳ mạn lục was his only publication.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Patricia M. Pelley Postcolonial Vietnam: new histories of the national past 2002 Page 134 "In the sixteenth century, Nguyễn Dữ and other scholars compiled Anthology of the Supernatural."
2. Web site: ibrary.yale.edu. Tân Biên Truyền Kỳ Mạn Lục.
3. Web site: goodreads. Truyền Kỳ Mạn Lục by Nguyễn Dữ.