Lý Chiêu Hoàng
Since the original version of the "Đại Việt sử ký" was absorbed in the works of Phan Phu Tiên and Ngô Sĩ Liên, it is difficult to distinguish which part was written by Lê Văn Hưu and which ones were compiled by the others. They only know that Lê Văn Hưu chose the foundation of the Kingdom of Nam Việt () in 207 BC by Triệu Đà as the starting point for the history of Vietnam and finished his work with the reign of Lý Chiêu Hoàng from 1224 to 1225. The only original contents of the "Đại Việt sử ký" which still remained in other books were Lê Văn Hưu's 30 comments on various events in history of Vietnam: