Dương Văn An (tự

Chinese style name

A Chinese style name, sometimes also known as a courtesy name , is a given name to be used later in life. After 20 years of age, the zì is assigned in place of one's given name as a symbol of adulthood and respect...

: Tỉnh Phú, Hán Tự: 楊文安) was a minister in the cabinet of Mạc Dynasty, in history of Vietnam

History of Vietnam

The history of Vietnam covers a period of more than 2,700 years. By far Vietnam's most important historical international relationship has been with China. Vietnam's prehistory includes a legend about a kingdom known as Van Lang that included what is now China's Guangxi Autonomous Region and...

. He was born in 1514 in Tuy Lộc Village, Lộc Thủy Commune, Lệ Thủy

Le Thuy

Lệ Thủy is a district of Quang Binh province in the North Central Coast of Vietnam. The district borders Quang Ninh District on the north, Vinh Linh District on the south, Laos on the west . Le Thuy central is 40 km south of the provincial capital Dong Hoi. The district government seat is Kien...

 district, Quảng Bình province. He was the author of a famous geography-history book about châu O, Ô Châu cận lục, Hán tự: 烏州近錄  (lit.: Recent records of Ô Prefecture). Though Ô Prefecture was in fact from now Quảng Bình to Quảng Nam

Quang Nam Province

Quảng Nam is a province on the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is bordered by Thua Thien-Huế province to the north, the nation of Laos to the west, Kon Tum Province to the southwest, Quảng Ngãi Province to the southeast, the South China Sea to the east, and the city of Da Nang to the...

 provinces, this book just recorded history and geography of today Quảng Bình

Quang Binh Province

Quảng Bình , formerly Tiên Bình under the reign of Le Trung Hung of the Lê Dynasty, this province was renamed Quảng Bình in 1604) is a province in the North Central Coast of Vietnam....

, Quảng Trị

Quang Tri

Quảng Trị is a town district of Quang Tri province in the North Central Coastal region of Vietnam. Significantly, it was the only South Vietnamese provincial capital to be captured by the North Vietnamese forces for a limited period in the 1972 offensive....

 and Thừa Thiên-Huế

Thua Thien-Hue Province

Thừa Thiên-Huế is a province in the North Central Coast of Vietnam, approximately in the center of the country. It borders Quang Tri Provice to the north and Da Nang City to the south, Laos to the west and the South China Sea to the east. The province has 128 km of coastline, 22,000 ha of...

provinces.