Đinh Nho Công

1637–1695 · doctor (1670), censor · 7th generation

Second son of Đinh Hữu Luân; taboo name Tung. Having passed the regional examination at 14, he had to go back to the fields from 18 to 28, then resumed his studies. First at the regional examination in 1669, he was received as doctor (đệ tam giáp đồng tiến sĩ) at the examination of the Canh Tuất year, in 1670, aged 34 (33 full years): the clan's first doctor. As censor (Thiêm đô Ngự sử), he received from the king the praise “Ngôn ngữ phong lăng”.

He had two wives from the Đặng clan and twelve children, including six sons ⚠︎ (D-H09); four of them founded the branches of the clan. Raised under the Lê to the title of Anh Nghị Đại Vương, then under the Nguyễn to that of phúc thần, he is one of the four protective spirits of the Gôi Vị temple. See the page “Đinh Nho Công” in the Tutelary Deities section.