In 8th century, Mai Hac De raised a insurrection, built Van An Citadel in Sa Nam to resist the domination of Duong Dynasty. In 1285 to fight against the Nguyen Mong aggression, King Tran Nhan Tong mobilized the human resource of this region.
In the resistance war against the Minh aggression, Le Loi came to Nghe An to establish the headquarter (in 1424) and then from Nghe An, he moved his troops to the North to sweep away the Minh invaders from our country (1428). At the end of 1788, Nguyen Hue on the way moving to the North to drive away 29,000,000 Thanh invaders, he stopped in Nghe An to choose 5,000 recruitment for his troop. The new recruits organized as headquarter, led by Quang Trung went speedily to Thang Long. They gained the victory in Ngoc Hoi, Dong Da in Tet Ky Dau (1789).
At the beginning days to fight against French Colonization, Nghe An people raised a resistance war against the French led by doctor Nguyen Xuan On and junior doctor Le Doan Nha which was in the first rank in the country.
To the 20th century, there was Phan Boi Chau, a patriot person who tramped about abroad through thick and thin, always wished the renovation in order to learn the new and interesting things, hopping to save the country.
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| Xo Viet Nghe Tinh movement in 1930-1931 |
Nghe An was a place where the first stamp of the traditional revolutionary proletarian of Vietnamese struggle was signed with the Xo Viet movement in 1930-1931. In the resistance against the Americans, Nghe Tinh is home of the movements: "Tieng hat at tieng bom" (singing for drowning the sound of bomb), "luong khong thieu mot can, quan khong thieu mot nguoi" (food is no lacking even 1kilogram, and troop is always enough"; "xe chua qua, nha khong tiec" (if the car isnt' pass through, the houses are ready torn down for the car runs); "Tat ca cho mien Nam ruot thit" (every thing spends for the South's beloved)... which contribute to the victory in Spring 1975 of our nation.
Nghe An is well known for its traditional thirst of study, many family names, famous study villages. It is a cradle which has given birth to the country many famous generals, loyal subjects, and the scientists, and cultural activists who were conferred the title of "national and world cultural activists and scientists".
Only in Quynh Doi Village, under the feudalism, there were 13 persons graduated of a pre-court competition-examination (got the title of junior doctor) and the title of bachelor under Nguyen Dynasty (1807-1918) had 47 persons. At the first-degree examination in Tan Mao year (1891), Nghe School had 20 bachelors of which Nam Dan District had 6 bachelors. At the examination in the year of Giap Ngo (1894), Nghe School had 20 bachelors of which Nam Dan District had 8 bachelors. At the examination in the year of Tan Suu (1901) in the whole country had 22 doctors and junior doctors of which Nam Dan had 3 doctors: Nguyen Dinh Dien, junior doctors: Nguyen Xuan Thuong and Nguyen Sinh Sac.