Vue Pa Chay

Paj Cai Vwj
𖬖𖬰𖬪𖬵 𖬋𖬯 𖬘𖬲𖬜
This picture was taken in Sa Pa (Chapa), Lao Kay province, Vietnam, in August or September 1918 (Michaud J. 2020. "Is this Pa Chay Vue? A study in three frames." The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 31(2): 363-91)
Born1899/1900
Tonkin (north Vietnam)
Died1921 (1922)
French Indochina
Known forLeader of a Hmong rebel against the Heavy French taxation during French Indochina

Pa Chay Vue, (RPA: Paj Cai Vwj or Puas Cai Vwj; Pahawh: 𖬖𖬰𖬪𖬵 𖬋𖬯 𖬘𖬲𖬜), commonly referred to as Pa Chay or Batchai, led the Hmong people in the War of the Insane revolt against French rule in French Indochina from 1918 to 1921. He was considered a hero among the Hmong nationalists, but regarded as a crazed man among the French-subdued Hmong, but in present times, he is unanimously considered a national hero.

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