Other Mac family members in Ha Tien land
Around Binh San mountain, in addition to the tombs of Mac Cuu's descendants, there are other Mac family tombs. That is the tomb of Mac Bang De and Vien Tu Nuong on the other side of Binh San mountain, near Mac Mi Co's tomb. Both tombstones were built in the year Quy Ty. These years fall into the years 1713, 1773, 1833. The tombstones both have the inscription "living in Loi Chau, Dong Linh village, filial daughter Thi Xuan, Thi Nguyet established". This shows that Mac Bang De also belongs to Mac Cuu's Mac family in Dong Linh village.
Tomb of Mac Bang De and his wife in Binh San
The Mac family genealogy states that after Mac Cuu established a foothold in Ha Tien, his mother, Sai Thi, also followed a boat to live with her son. It is possible that other members of the family also came to settle down. Mac Bang De was one of them.
Mac Bang De's tombstone has no Mac character with the radical Ap.
(鄚). But after Mac Thien Tu came to power, some other members of the family were also allowed to use the word Mac with the radical Ap. The Mac family genealogy of Vu The Dinh and the Gia Dinh Thanh Thong Chi of Trinh Hoai Duc recorded the names of some members in Ha Tien with the surname Mac with the radical Ap such as Mac Sung, Mac Khoan, Mac Tu, Mac Long. Trinh Hoai Duc also clearly recorded Mac Sung and Mac Khoan as "Mac clan people" - that is, people in the family of Mac Thien Tu. However, we have not yet determined what their relationship is in the family tree with Mac Thien Tu.
The envoys of the Mac family
Among these people, Mac Long left the most traces. Vu The Dinh said that Mac Long (Mac Van Long) was the envoy sent by Mac Thien Tu to Guangdong to answer Governor Ly Thi Nghieu's question about the origin of the Hoa Do people (Myanmar). In the Qing Dynasty's investigative documents (similar to the Nguyen Dynasty's records), one of the two envoys, Thong Su Mac Nguyen Cao, went to Guangdong in 1767. In a letter in 1770, Mac Thien Tu also mentioned the envoy Mac Van Long who had just returned from Guangdong.
Copy of Mac Thien Tu's letter with the words Mac Vu Bo Ap
Mac Van Long's delegation marked the third literary exchange between Ha Tien and Guangdong literati. The Lo Khe poetry book by poet Duong Chan Thanh (1701 - ?) from Nam Hai district, Guangdong province, recorded a poem titled "Happy to meet Ha Tien envoy Mac Van Duong, right in the middle of a party, asking to write a poem as a gift". The word Mac in Mac Van Duong's name also has the radical Ap . The poem reads:
Floating in the East, the sea is vast
The messenger came to serve the king in the court.
The decline of culture has turned into secularism.
I am happy to continue playing the flute
Tran Huy Di Phu Hoan Trung Luan
The Legend of Xuan Xu's Finances
Heart broken to contemplate the cold and comfortable youth
The sound of the rooster echoes through the clouds.
(Riding the raft towards the east, the sea and sky are far away
The messenger came to court to obey the court's orders.
Literary education has long created customs.
I'm glad to receive good words today.
The comments about Di Phu are indeed accurate.
More talented than Huyen Hu, shown in his writing style
Make the young man feel terrified and admired
The sound of the music in the forest reaches the sky.
Duong Chan Thanh also wrote another poem entitled Tong Tran Phuong Nghi chi An Nam Ha Tien town (Sending Tran Phuong Nghi to Ha Tien town of An Nam). Tran Phuong Nghi was probably the acting Governor of Thuan Duc district, Tran Dai Duong. He was sent by the Governor of Liangguang, Ly Thi Nghieu, to Ha Tien to investigate the situation after the Mac Long delegation had gone to Guangdong.
In April 2024, while clearing grass in the Nai Cape area (Ha Tien), local people discovered an ancient tomb. It was the tomb of the palace maid Le Thi Than Duc, from Lo Giang (Phuc Kien). The tombstone was erected by his two sons, Mac Van Long and Mac Van Khanh, in January of the year Ky Ty. The word Mac in the tombstone has the radical Ap, proving that they were also "Mac clan people". Considering Mac Van Long's activities, the year Ky Ty was probably 1749.
Also from the diplomatic documents between Ha Tien and Guangdong, we know about another person in the Mac family, Mac Vu. At the end of 1771, Mac Vu was sent to Guangdong to report on the fall of Ha Tien. When copying Mac Thien Tu's documents, the Qing Dynasty's scribes omitted the Ap family name in Mac Vu's Mac family name. But they left out a word Mac in Ap family name. This helps us confirm that Mac Vu was also a member of Mac Thien Tu's family. The descendants of the Mac family who have Ap family name but are not directly related to Mac Thien Tu still live in Ha Tien to this day.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/hau-due-mac-cuu-qua-nhung-tu-lieu-moi-phat-hien-nhung-hau-due-ho-mac-khac-185250302225701958.htm
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