大越史記
The 15th century Vietnamese chronicle "Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư" ("Đại Việt, The Complete History") claimed that the period began with Kinh Dương Vương as the first Hùng king (), a title used in many modern discussions of the ancient Vietnamese rulers of this period. The Hùng king was the absolute monarch of the country and, at least in theory, wielded complete control of the land and its resources. The "Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư" also recorded that the nation's capital was Phong Châu in present-day Phú Thọ Province in northern Vietnam. It was bordered to the west by Ba-Shu (present-day Sichuan), to the north by Dongting Lake (Hunan), to the east by the East Sea and to the south by Champa.