Background
Lê was born in the province of Thái Bình, and lived in the reign of Emperor Lê Hiển Tông.
黎貴惇
historian philosopher writer poet
Lê was born in the province of Thái Bình, and lived in the reign of Emperor Lê Hiển Tông.
His pseudonym was Quế Đường. He was a native of Duyen Ha village in present-day Thái Bình Province. He is considered one of the most outstanding and prolific Vietnamese savants of the early modern period.
The period of his life was marked by a split between the Trịnh lords of the north and the Nguyễn lords of the south, followed by the Tây Sơn rebellion.
In 1760, Lê Quý Đôn went to China as an ambassador. He later served as a government official in the ministries of war, finance and public works.
He also served as the rector of the National University situated in the Văn Miếu in Hanoi and as Director of the Bureau of Annals. lieutenant is said that Lê was traveling with some Qing officials, and along the way they saw a Chinese poem inscribed on a stone palette.
Later, one of the Qing officials, to test his merit, asked him if he could remember what was on the stone palette.
Lê recited the entire poem, word for word, in Chinese. That earned him a great deal of respect from the Chinese. Today, one of largest technical universities in Hanoi, Le Quy Don Technical University (LeTech), and many schools in Vietnam are named after him.
Most cities in Vietnam have named major streets after him.