Vũ Miên

Vũ Miên, also known as Hy Nghi tiên sinh, was an intellectual, official, and historian during the Lê–Trịnh period. Vũ Miên was in 1718 in Thọ Diên village, Xuân Lan commune, Thuận An prefecture, former Kinh Bắc region, in a noble clan with tradition of studying. Descendant of a prestigious scholarly family originally from Mộ Trạch. His distant ancestor, Vũ Hồn, passed the Royal Confucian examination during the Tang dynasty and was appointed highest governor of An Nam. He did get highest scores in many Confucian examinations, including Hội nguyên (會元), then finally was awarded the title Tiến sĩ (進士) in 1748.