The beating case with whip.
Abstract
ABSTRACT
The beating case with whip
The anecdote The beating case with whip is not only an oral story in folklore, but also recorded by the principal history of the Nguyễn Dynasty in the works Đại Nam thực lục (Annals of Đại Nam) and Đại Nam chính biên liệt truyện (Official Records of Đại Nam). Mr Ngô Thì Nhậm (an official under the Tây Sơn Dynasty) was whipped at the Temple of Literature and died after being executed, there are still many doubts, did he Đặng Trần Thường cross the dynasty's permission, abus public work to take revenge on his private? Therefore, within this article, the writer recounts the details related to this case according to the Nguyễn Dynasty historical document and also the suspicious ones so that readers can have a more accurate view about it.