Nguyễn Huy Tự

Background

• He was the son of ‘‘Thám hoa’’ Nguyễn Huy and son-in-law of Dr. ‘‘Nguyễn Khản’’ in Tien Dien Commune, Nghi Xuan District, Ha Tinh Province.
• At the age of 17, Nguyen Huy Tu passed the fifth Thi Hương at Nghệ An School. In the beginning, he was promoted to the office of lectures in the ‘‘Lượng Vương’’ palace. Shortly thereafter, he was promoted to ‘‘Binh phiên câu kê’’ int Trinh Doanh Palace.
• In 1767, he was promoted as ‘‘Hồng lô tự thừa’’.
• In 1768, he was appointed to be ‘‘Tri Phủ’’ of Quoc Oai.
• In 1790, he was invited by King Quang Trung to Phu Xuan. He was a ‘‘Hữu Thị Lang’’ for the Tây Sơn. But immediately after that, he was seriously ill and died on July 27, 1790 in Phu Xuan, 47 years old.