The Trưng sisters (c. 12 - AD

Anno Domini

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 43) were leaders who rebelled against Chinese

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 rule for three years, and are regarded as national heroines of Vietnam

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. Their names are Trưng Trắc and Trưng Nhị .

The sisters were born in Northern Vietnam, the dates of their birth are unknown, but Trưng Trắc was older than Trưng Nhị. The exact date of their death is also unknown but both died around AD 43.
The third book of Đại Việt Sử ký toàn thư (大越史記全書 Complete Annals of Great Viet), published in editions between 1272 and 1697, has the following to say about the Trưng Sisters:
Lê Văn Hưu (one of the historians editing the annals) wrote:

The Trưng sisters were born in a rural Vietnamese village, into a military

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 family.