Đại Việt sử ký
The traditional record about Mai Thúc Loan's uprising in historical chronicales of Vietnamese dynasties was brief, for example the "Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư" of Ngô Sĩ Liên only acknowledged that there was a rebellion led by the rebel leader Mai Thúc Loan in 722 with the said army of 30,000 soldiers with allies from Champa, Lâm Ấp and that the rebellion was quickly pacified by Tang troops. In "Khâm định Việt sử Thông giám cương mục", the total number of Mai Thúc Loan's forces was 40,000 but the compilers of the book expressed their doubt about this number and thought that it might be made by Tang generals who wanted to emphasize their victory over the uprising with the Emperor Xuanzong. While "Đại Việt sử ký" and "Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư" only regarded Mai Thúc Loan as a rebel ("giặc") of the Tang authority, Ngô Thì Sĩ in "Đại Việt sử ký tiền biên", compiled during the Tây Sơn dynasty, praised the uprising as a symbol of the independent spirit of Vietnamese people and thus criticized Lê Văn Hưu and Ngô Sĩ Liên for misjudging the real value of Mai Thúc Loan's rebellion.