Lục Vân Tiên
| The Tale of Lục Vân Tiên | |
|---|---|
| Truyện Lục Vân Tiên | |
The cover of Vân Tiên cổ tích truyện (雲僊古跡傳, 1897), an illuminated manuscript drawn by Lê Đức Trạch. | |
| Author(s) | Nguyễn Đình Chiểu |
| Language | Vietnamese (written in Chữ Nôm) |
| State of existence | Emperor Tự Đức |
| Genre | epic poem |
| Verse form | lục bát (6/8) |
| Length | 2,082 verses |
| Personages | Lục Vân Tiên |
The Tale of Lục Vân Tiên (傳蓼雲仙; Truyện Lục Vân Tiên) is a 19th-century Vietnamese-language epic poem written in vernacular Chữ Nôm script by the blind poet Nguyễn Đình Chiểu (1822–1888).
The 2082-line (present version) work is one of the two most recognizable and influential epic poems in Vietnamese (the other being The Tale of Kiều (Vietnamese: Truyện Kiều / 傳翹) by Nguyễn Du). Its reaffirmation of Vietnam's traditional moral virtues, at a time when Vietnamese society was facing the French invasion, had great popular appeal.