Tomb of the notable Đặng Trần Côn

The tomb of the notable Đặng Trần Côn is currently located in Alley 342, Khương Đình Street, Khương Đình Ward, Hanoi, about 8 km from the center of the capital.

Đặng Trần Côn was born at the beginning of the 18th century (around 1705–1710), according to the genealogy of the Trần family in Thượng Đình (Đống Đa), and later moved to Nhân Mục Cựu Commune, now part of Hạ Đình Ward, Thanh Xuân. He was a descendant of the Trần family, of the lineage of General Trần Nguyên Đán, known as Băng Hồ, and had a distant ancestor named Trần Cẩn, a native of former Hà Tây. Because Cẩn’s grandson Trần Tuân rebelled and was killed by Mỹ Huệ hầu Trịnh Duy Sản, his descendants had to migrate and disappear, changing their surname to Đặng. The Đặng family was a lineage with a tradition of examinations and many high achievers. One branch in Thượng Yên Quyết Commune (Cót Village), Từ Liêm District, were descendants of Đặng Công Toản; another branch in Phù Đổng Commune (Tiên Du, Bắc Ninh) were descendants of Trạng nguyên Đặng Công Chất, who served as Minister of War. Đặng Trần Côn belonged to this branch.

In his youth, Đặng Trần Côn was famous for his scholarship; in particular, he was among the 'Four Tigers of Thanh Trì' of that time, namely 'Côn - Đẩu - Điền - Hiện' (Đặng Trần Côn, Trương Nguyên Đẩu, Hồng Điền, and Nguyễn Hiên). He passed the giải nguyên examination (1716), but failed when he entered the metropolitan examination. From then on, unbound by the examination path, he accepted the post of huấn đạo at a prefectural school. Later he became district magistrate of Thanh Oai (in former Hà Tây). Until the end of his life, he rose only to the position of Ngự sử đài, junior eighth rank in the civil service. After retirement, he taught at home. Many of his students passed high examinations. He died and was buried in Nhân Mục Village (now Hạ Đình Ward). Đặng Trần Côn’s literary career was very extensive. Many works have been lost. Some remaining works include 'Vịnh cảnh Tiêu Tương', the rhapsody 'Trương Hàn tư thuần lộ', and the rhapsody 'Trương Lương bộ y'... Most famous is Chinh phụ ngâm, a literary work rich in humanistic values and important in classical Vietnamese literature.

The tomb of the notable Đặng Trần Côn was ranked as a historical-cultural relic by the Ministry of Culture and Information in 1989../

According to Hanoi's Famous Sites and Relics, Volume 01