Cao Bá Quát

Cao Bá Quát (高伯适, 1809–1855) was a Vietnamese poet and revolutionary who led a peasant uprising against Emperor Tự Đức.

[3] Cao Bá Quát, a nineteenth-century literatus, was born in the year 1809 in Phu Thi Village [4] That time period belonged to the Nguyễn dynasty under the regime of King Minh Mang, Thieu Tri, and Tu Duc.

Cao Tuu Chieu, his father, was a Confucian and teacher[5] It had been part of his family tradition to enroll in the competition-examination to gain a position in the mandarin.

After his mission to Singapore led by Dao Tri Phu, Cao Bá Quát was rehabilitated and earned the position of Agency Director at the Court.

[5] Through his literature work, Cao Bá Quát expressed his discontent on how the dignity of humans was at loss caused by society's desire for fame and fortune.

Five sisters in Hanoi in the 1950s. The descendants of the poet Cao Bá Quát and relatives of the writer Cao Bá Thao .