Mạc Đĩnh Chi (莫挺之) (1272–1346) was a renowned Vietnamese Confucian scholar who was the highest-scoring graduate in the palace examinations at the age of only twenty-four. He served three Trần Dynasty emperors — first Trần Anh Tông until 1314, then his son Trần Minh Tông from 1314 to 1319, and finally the grandson Trần Hiến Tông after 1329. Mạc Đĩnh Chi was sent twice as envoy to the Chinese court. Among the Trân Dynasty court scholars he was almost unique in that his academic degree was recognized by the Chinese. He himself is also the ancestor of the emperors of Mạc Dynasty.

The Mac Dinh Chi Cemetery is named in his honour.

莫挺之（；1280年 - 1346年），字節夫（），越南陳朝時期外交家、詩人。陳英宗時期大臣，被稱作「」（越南陳朝與中國元朝狀元）。除莫挺之外，後世的阮直、阮登道兩位越南人也被稱為兩國狀元。

莫挺之是至靈縣隴洞廊（今海陽省南策縣Nam Tân社）人，為李朝莫顯績的五世孫，貌醜而多智。陳英宗興隆十二年（1304年）三月，莫挺之通過殿試，成為陳朝的狀元，獲賜太學生火勇首充內書家。後來成為左僕射。

1308年，元武宗即位後，派遣尚書安魯威來至陳朝，告知即位之事。陳英宗派莫挺之出使元朝。由於莫挺之矮小醜陋，元朝人很看不起他。一天元朝的宰相召他入府，莫挺之見蚊帳上繡著黃雀在竹枝上的圖案，上前將蚊帳撕裂。眾人感到奇怪，皆問其故，莫挺之說：「我聞古人有梅雀書，未聞有竹雀書者。今宰相帳裡繡竹雀。竹，君子也；雀，小人也。宰相以此繡諸帳，是以小人加君子，恐小人道長，君子道消，我為聖朝除之。」眾人都敬佩他的才能。莫挺之朝見元武宗的時候，恰好有外國進貢扇子，元武宗命令莫挺之題詞。莫挺之提筆寫道：「流金礫石，天地為爐。而於斯時兮，伊周鉅儒。北風其涼，雨雪載塗。而於斯時兮，夷齊餓夫。噫用之則行，舍之則藏。惟我與爾，有如是夫。」元朝人更加讚賞他。這就是著名的《扇子銘》。

越南皇帝莫登庸是莫挺之的七世孫。1527年，莫登庸建立莫朝之後，追諡其為建始欽明文皇帝（）。

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