%%Ngô Thì Nhậm (1746-1803) was an eminent politician, diplomat, scholar in the Tây Sơn times. Many members of the Ngô Thì family in Thanh Oai (former Hà Đông) had been the great intellectuals. As an excellent student, Ngô Thì Nhậm nurtured a great ambition from his early childhood. He graduated as doctor in 1775 and became a mandarin in the Lê-Trịnh times. He served Lord Trịnh Sâm whole-heartedly, but that was useless. It was under the reign of Quang Trung that he could demonstrate all his talents by supporting him in the military, political and diplomatic fields. Ngô Thì Nhậm left nearly 100 poems and many historical and philosophical works. After Nhà Tây Sơn (Tây Sơn Dynasty)'s collapse, he was beaten to death by order of Nguyen Anh.