from an early period a special ideographic script known as chữ nôm was also devised for transcribing spoken vietnamese. according to annals dating from the late 13th century, the poets nguyễn thuyên and nguyễn sĩ cố were the first to write in chữ nôm. at the turn of the century king hồ quý ly (1400-1407) himself translated the confucian classic kinh thi into nôm. thereafter an increasingly large number of other works were composed in the new script.
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