Le Quy Don, in some of his works, either considers the dynasty of Mac as not existing (Kien van tieu luc), or considers it as a usurping dynasty (Dai Viet thong su).

The Mac were considered as a usurping dynasty.

The official annals of the following dynasties show a contempt toward that dynasty, accusing Mac Dang Dung of all kinds of bad acts, especially that of misuse of power, of usurping the throne and of surrender to the agressors Minh. Though they have been defeated by the agression of the Minh, Ho Quy Ly and the Ho have always been considered as reformers, worth of study.Īs for Mac Dang Dung and the Mac, the feudal and capitalist historians are speaking ill of them. Likewise, the dynasty of the Ho, though of short duration, is considered as a dynasty having many progressist reforms aiming at solving the serious crisis which is ruining the dynasty of the Tran. Thus, opinions appear, glorifying the Tay Son as a revolution, a summit of glory in the tradition of resistance against agression, in which Quang Trung – Nguyen Hue is considered as a national hero.

With a new point of view, the modern history has lately several specialized works, showing in relief the positive aspects and the limitations of these dynasties. They are the dynasties of Ho, of Mac and of Tay Son. In the annals of the vietnamese kingdom, from the Dai Viet su ky toan thu of the Le-Trinh au Viet su thong giam cuong muc of the Nguyen, as well as in the traditional thought of the historians of the time, there are three dynasties that have been banished from official history and considered as “usurping dynasties” because they have been founded “by killing kings to usurp their throne, using an illegal pretext and illogical arguments, seizing the power by force”, and are not considered as official dynasties.

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