Temple of Trang Trinh Nguyen Binh Khiem in Trung Am hamlet, Ly Hoc commune, Vinh Bao district was ranked at the national level by the State in 1991. Nguyen Binh Khiem was a child named Van Dat and was born in Trung Am page, Vinh Lai district. Hai Duong Province. There is no specific book on his date of birth. According to the book “Cong Du Tiep Ky” by Vu Phuong De – a famous god at the end of Le Trung Hung’s reign, from Mo Trach village, Hai Duong province, he passed his doctorate in Binh Thin in 1736 under Le Y Tong’s reign, and became an official of the East. The bookshops of Tham Chanh Son Nam wrote: “Nguyα»
n BΓ¬nh KhiΓͺm was born in the 21st year of Hong Duc (ie Tan Hoi year 1491) at a young age, with a magnificent figure, he spoke fluently in less than a year. At the age of 4, his mother taught him. He studied the meanings of the sutras, and when he read them, he memorized them …”.
Growing up, he was taught by his mother and teacher Duong Duc Nham. When he reached adulthood, he studied with the teacher Luong Dac Bang. Due to many changes in society at that time, it was not until the age of 44 that he took the exam during the Mac dynasty. All 3 exams passed the Nguyen Khoi prize. In the communal exam in the year of the Snake (1535), he passed Trang Nguyen and was appointed by the King to be the Principal of the Academy, and then the University of the East Cac Court. He worked as a mandarin for the Mac dynasty for 8 years and then offered “That truncation so” without the King’s consent, so he sent the old man back to his hometown, opened a school to teach, and composed thousands of poems in Nom and Han characters. It is said that he had many oracles covering the vision of the times of fulfillment. Many of his students were famous such as: Giap Hai, Phung Khac Khoan, Nguyen Du, Dinh Thoi Trung, Truong Thoi Cu… some of them worked as Prime Minister. So,
Although he lived the life of a farmer, enjoying plants, trees, flowers, poems, and landscapes with his disciples, his heart still ached with patriotism and love for the people. He died on January 28, winter in the year of the Rooster (1585), the 9th Dien Thanh year of the Mac Mau Hop dynasty, at the age of 95.
The Mac court sent Ung Vuong Mac Don Nhuong to attend the visitation ceremony and posthumously awarded Nguyen Binh Khiem the title of Thai deputy Trinh Quoc Cong. In January of the Year of the Dog (1586), King Mac granted Trung Am village 3,000 mandarins of money to build a temple for him, with a signboard bearing the words “Marc Dynasty Trang Nguyen prime minister from” handwritten by the King, and at the same time. assigned to the locality 100 acres of fields to worship him (according to Dr. Vu Kham Lan in the book Dai Viet history of the type of chlorophyll). Thus, the temple of Nguyen Binh Khiem on the old ground was built in 1586. After that, due to historical fluctuations, that temple was no longer available and was rebuilt later. According to “Cong Du Tiep Ky” written by Mr. Vu Phuong De: “in Vinh Huu year (At Mao 1735, Le Y Tong’s reign) people in the village rebuilt it on the old house foundation thanks to Thi Duc’s ancestors… General people also remember virtue, spring,
Former General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam Do Muoi visited the temple and wrote the commemorative words “Truong Trinh Nguyen Binh Khiem is a poet, writer, teacher, philosopher, and activist. newspaper, a cultural celebrity like a great tree that covered the entire 16th century. His patriotism, ardent love for the people, noble personality, erudite knowledge and creative talent have created his career, His great prestige and influence, which we are very proud of and respect so far.”
In the year of the Dragon year 1929 (3rd Bao Dai), the villagers donated money and efforts to rebuild the temple. In September 1985, the temple was directed by the City to repair, expand the campus, and repair the roads. In 1998, the temple was upgraded, the foundation of the wall was corrugated.
Especially at the end of 2000, the 415th anniversary of Trang Trinh’s death, the People’s Committee of Hai Phong city approved the plan for upgrading and building a large area into the complex “Relic of cultural celebrity Nguyen Binh. Khiem” includes: “Trung Tan Quan”, the grave of Nguyen Van Dinh (the father of Nguyen Binh Khiem), the area of ββββNguyen Binh Khiem monument, Song Mai Pagoda where his wife Nguyen Binh Khiem practiced. The road is redone, the campus, the souvenir garden is planned, the landscape is spacious and spectacular.
Source: Collected internet.