Career
According to Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư (fascicle 6), Phùng Hưng, a native of Đường Lâm (in today"s Hà Tây Province), was rich and possessed prodigious physical strength. Taking the advice of Đỗ Anh Hàn, the Phùng brothers laid siege to the headquarters of the Annam Protectorate, which was managed by the corrupt officer, Cao Chính Bình. Facing the crisis, Cao Chính Bình caught an illness and died shortly after.
Phùng Hưng then became ruler of the Protectorate.
Phùng Hưng is not mentioned in Tang works of history. In Tang Shu (fascicle 13) and Xin Tang Shu (fascicle 7), the rebellion is said to have been led by Đỗ Anh Hàn.
As to his posthumous title, which means “Great King” in Chinese, Phùng Hưng"s title represented two Viet Han words.
