Lục Vân Tiên
| The Tale of Lục Vân Tiên | |
|---|---|
| Truyện Lục Vân Tiên | |
The cover of Vân Tiên cổ tích truyện (雲僊古跡傳, 1897), an illuminated manuscript drawn by Lê Đức Trạch. | |
| Author(s) | Nguyễn Đình Chiểu |
| Language | Vietnamese (written in Chữ Nôm) |
| State of existence | Emperor Tự Đức |
| Genre | epic poem |
| Verse form | lục bát (6/8) |
| Length | 2,082 verses |
| Personages | Lục Vân Tiên |
The Tale of Lục Vân Tiên (傳蓼雲仙; Truyện Lục Vân Tiên) is a 19th-century Vietnamese-language epic poem written in vernacular Chữ Nôm script by the blind poet Nguyễn Đình Chiểu (1822–1888).
The 2082-line (present version) work is one of the two most recognizable and influential epic poems in Vietnamese (the other being The Tale of Kiều by Nguyễn Du). Its reaffirmation of Vietnam's traditional moral virtues, at a time when Vietnamese society was facing the French invasion, had great popular appeal.