Ngô Sĩ Liên
During his reign, Vietnamese Confucian scholarship had reached its golden era, with over 501 "tiến sĩ" (royal scholars) graduated, out of the total 2,896 "tiến sĩ" graduated from 1076 to 1911. In 1460, he ordered Confucian scholar Ngô Sĩ Liên (1401–1489) to compile an official national history book, and in 1479 the chronicle Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư was finished, and was presented to the king.