One Thousand Years : The Stories of Giao Chau the Kingdoms of Linyi Funan and Zhenla

This tells the stories of familiar Vietnamese heroes like the Trung sisters, Lady Tri'u, the Black Emperor, and Ngô Quy'n. It also discusses the beginning of Buddhism in Vietnam and the stories of Shi Xie-s clan. The stories of Linyi-s kings and how the bloodthirsty Fan Wen and his successors prevented the Northern Dynasties from going beyond the Ngang Pass are also explained. This volume also tells how the people of Giao Châu came out of this long period to become an independent nation and why they did not want to become part of dynastic China.