Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm

Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm
Statue of Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm
Born1491
Cổ Am (now Haiphong)
Died1585 (age 93)
Other namesNguyễn Văn Đạt
Hanh Phủ (亨甫)
Bạch Vân cư sĩ (白雲居士, White Cloud Hermit)
Trạng Trình (狀程)
OccupationsMagistrate, poet, educator
Known forKhiem's oracular poetry has been compared to that of Nostradamus. It contains the earliest known use of the word "Vietnam."
In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Nguyễn, but is often simplified to Nguyen in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Khiêm.

Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm (chữ Hán: 阮秉謙; 1491–1585) was a Vietnamese administrator, confucianist, poet, prophet and later a saint of the Cao Dai religion and of the new religious movement known as School of Teaching Goodness.

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