Lạc Long Quân

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Lạc Long Quân

Truyền thuyết kể rằng Lạc Long Quân lấy Âu Cơ, sinh ra bọc trăm trứng.

Definition

  1. Proper Noun:

    • A Mythological Figure: Lạc Long Quân is a central hero-king in Vietnamese mythology, the son of Kinh Dương Vương (a mountain spirit) and Long Nữ (a dragon princess). He is considered the patriarch of the Vietnamese people.
    • A Cultural Symbol: He symbolizes the union of mountain (fairy) and water (dragon) spirits, representing the ancient Vietnamese people's connection to both the highlands and the sea.

  2. Proper Noun (Cultural Context):

    • The Dragon Lord: His name is often translated as "Dragon Lord of the Lạc Việt," reflecting his divine, dragon-associated heritage and his role as a ruler and civilizing force.
Usage Examples
  • Proper Noun:
    • Truyền thuyết kể rằng Lạc Long Quân dạy dân trồng lúa nước. (The legend says that Lạc Long Quân taught the people to grow wet rice.)
    • Lạc Long Quân kết hôn với Âu Cơ. (Lạc Long Quân married Âu Cơ.)
    • Người Việt tự hào là "con Rồng, cháu Tiên" từ thời Lạc Long Quân. (The Vietnamese people are proud to be "Children of the Dragon, Grandchildren of the Fairy" from the time of Lạc Long Quân.)
Advanced Usage
  • "Cha Lạc Long Quân": A reverential term meaning "Father Lạc Long Quân," used to emphasize his paternal, ancestral role for the nation.
    • Cha Lạc Long Quân dẫn năm mươi người con xuống biển. (Father Lạc Long Quân led fifty sons down to the sea.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Hùng Vương (Proper Noun): The Hung Kings, the legendary rulers of Van Lang, considered the direct descendants of Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ.
  • Âu Cơ (Proper Noun): The mountain fairy (immortal) who married Lạc Long Quân and gave birth to the one hundred ancestors.
  • Con Rồng cháu Tiên (Idiomatic Phrase): "Children of the Dragon, Grandchildren of the Fairy," a common phrase denoting Vietnamese ethnic origin from this myth.
Synonyms
  • Dragon Lord: A direct translation emphasizing his royal and mythical status.
  • Ancestral Hero: Reflecting his role as a founding cultural hero.
Related Cultural Concepts

  • The Hundred Eggs: Refers to the birth of one hundred children from a sac of eggs laid by Âu Cơ, symbolizing the common origin and proliferation of the Vietnamese people.

    • Bọc trăm trứng của Âu Cơ và Lạc Long Quân là nguồn gốc của dân tộc. (The sac of one hundred eggs of Âu Cơ and Lạc Long Quân is the origin of the nation.)

  • Division of the Children: The event where fifty children followed Lạc Long Quân to the coastal/lowland regions and fifty followed Âu Cơ to the mountainous regions, symbolizing the historical expansion and settlement patterns of the Vietnamese people.

Lạc Long Quân

Truyền thuyết kể rằng Lạc Long Quân lấy Âu Cơ, sinh ra bọc trăm trứng.

  1. Lạc Long Quân - son of Kinh Dương Vương and Long Nữ (Long Vương's daughter) - had an unusual strength. His father entrusted him with governing the Lĩnh Nam region, suppressing the demons and teaching the people to grow water-rice, to cook rice and to cut wood for building houses. Lạc Long Quân married Âu Cơ - Đế Lai's daughter - who would give birth to a 100-egg bag hatching into 100 sons. 50 out of them followed their father to go down in sea, and the remainder followed their mother to go up in the mountains and became the ancestors of the Việt people. The eldest son was nobody other than King Hùng. So, the Việt people always consider themselves as " Dragon's children, Fairy's grandchildren". Geographically, this legend reflected the process of exploiting mountains and Northern Delta by the Việt people