---
node: lam_son_uprising
type: event
slug: lam_son_uprising
title: "Lam Sơn uprising"
lead: "Lê Lợi's ten-year uprising (1418–1427) ended the Ming occupation of Đại Việt and led to the founding of the Later Lê dynasty."
published: 2026-07-09
updated: 2026-07-09
image_file: lam_son_uprising.jpg
image_source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_the_Lam_S%C6%A1n_uprising_(vi).png"
image_author: "Bản gốc của Betoseha"
image_license: "CC BY-SA 4.0"
---

## What happened

In 1418 Lê Lợi, a landowner from Thanh Hoa, rose against Ming rule at Lam Sơn. From guerrilla survival in the hills the movement grew into a national army, guided politically by the scholar-strategist Nguyễn Trãi, whose letters and proclamations sapped the will of the Ming garrisons.

Victory came at Chi Lang–Xuong Giang in 1427, where a Ming relief army was destroyed and its commander Liu Sheng was killed. The remaining garrisons were allowed to withdraw.

## Background

Ming China had annexed Đại Việt in 1407. In documented Vietnamese complaints, the occupation is remembered for heavy taxation, cultural suppression, and the confiscation or destruction of Vietnamese books.

## Consequences

Lê Lợi founded the Later Lê dynasty in 1428. Nguyễn Trãi's victory proclamation, the *Binh Ngo Dai Cao*, is remembered in Vietnam as a great declaration of independence.