Cao Bá Quát

Cao Bá Quát
Born1808 (1808)
Died1855 (aged 46–47)
Cause of deathKilled in action or executed (disputed)
OccupationsCivil Servant, Poet, Rebellion leader
EraNguyễn Dynasty
Known forMỹ Lương uprising against Emperor Tự Đức (1854-1856)
RelativesCao Bá Nhạ (nephew)
Writing career
Pen name
  • Chu Thần (周臣)
  • Mẫn Hiên (敏軒)
  • Cúc Đường (菊堂)
LanguageLiterary Chinese, Nôm (Sino-Vietnamese)
GenreĐường luật (Vietnamese adaptation of Tang poetry), Phú, Satire, Legend, Personal essay


Cao Bá Quát (, 1809–1855) was a Vietnamese poet and revolutionary who led a peasant uprising against Emperor Tự Đức. He was either executed or killed in battle. Many of his poems were destroyed, but about 1400 (most written in Literary Chinese) survive. His poems treat Buddhism sceptically.