MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING
HANOI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION
DINH THI PHUONG THU
PEOPLE'S CLOSENESS IDEOLOGY IN
VIETNAMESE
MEDIEVAL LITERATURE
(FROM THE 10TH CENTURY TO THE 17TH CENTURY)
Concentration: Vietnamese
Literature
Code: 9.22.01.21
SUMMARY OF DISSERTATION FOR A DOCTORAL
DEGREE IN
LITERATURE
(Concentration: Vietnamese Literature)
HANOI - 2020
The dissertation is completed at:
Faculty of Literature, Hanoi National University of Education
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. La Nham Thin
Reviewer 1: Prof. Dr. Bien Minh Dien - Vinh Unieversity
Reviewer 2: Prof. Dr. Le Thoi Tan - Ha Noi Capital University
Reviewer 3: Prof. Dr. Duong Tuan Anh
- Hanoi National University of Education
The dissertation will be defended in front of the University-level
Dissertation Evaluation Committee at Hanoi National University of
Education, No. 136 Xuan Thuy, Cau Giay, Hanoi
At …….o’clock …….., date …… month……. year 2020.
The dissertation can be found at:
- National Library of Vietnam, Hanoi.
- Library of Hanoi National University of Education.
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1.
Rationale
1.1.
Scientific rationale
INTRODUCTION
People-closeness ideology is a great thought in the history of Vietnamese thought.
Awareness of the role and strength of the people towards the survival and development of
each nation and setting progressive political and social policies towards the people-
closeness is a a long process in the history of Vietnamese thought. People-closeness
ideology in Vietnamese medieval literature has its own characteristics compared to modern
literature. Through the development and ups and downs of feudal dynasties, generations of
Confucian intellectuals in the Middle Ages have absorbed the influence of Confucian,
Buddhism, Taoism ideology, at the same time, combined with the national spirit and the
spirit of the times to bring to literature rich colors of the people-closeness ideology. People-
closeness ideology in medieval literature from the tenth century to the end of the
seventeenth century reflects major problems in the history of Vietnamese thought and
Vietnamese literature. Understanding the people-closeness ideology contributes to
understanding more deeply issues about the author, works, the development rules of
Vietnamese medieval literature. With that in mind, the the dissertation selected the topic
People-closeness ideology in Vietnamese medieval literature from the 10th century to the
end of the 17th century.
1.2.
Practical rationale
Medieval literature was taught in large numbers in schools from high schools to
universities, especially literary works from the 10th to the 17th centuries regarding the issue
of people-closeness ideology. The topic, from the perspective of literature, contributes to
explain the problems posed in life. The people are both historical subjects and the driving
force of social development. Therefore, any ruling class that wants to maintain its stability
must stick with the people must have an appropriate policy of nurturing the people and the
laity. The correct assessment of the people's position and role in history has important
implications for the survival of each social form in history, is a red thread throughout the
process of national construction and development. With the above reasons, the topic is
necessary, current, scientific and practical.
2.
Research purpose and tasks
2.1.
Research purpose
The purpose of the topic is to highlight the people-closeness ideology in medieval
Vietnamese literature from the tenth century to the seventeenth century with historical
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movement through stages with typical tendencies, authors and works. In particular, the
dissertation focuses on analyzing and explaining the roots of the people-closeness ideology,
the basic contents of the ideology, identifying the characteristics as well as the ability to
continue and develop in the movement of this ideology through stages. The people-
closeness ideology in the Vietnamese medieval literature evokes the lessons of the ideology
in modern times.
2.2.
Research tasks
To achieve the research purpose, the dissertation focuses on the main research tasks:
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The concept of the people and the ideology of people-closeness. Criteria for determining
the ideology of people-closeness in literary works; - Study on the expressive contents of the
ideology in each literary period with typical tendencies, authors and works; - Evaluation of
the characteristics of the ideology of people-closeness in the Vietnamese medieval literature
during the period X - XVII, the development of people-closeness ideology in the historical
process; - Study on the artistic aspects expressing people-closeness ideology when
necessary.
3.
Research subject and scope of survey materials
3.1.
Research subject
The research subject of the dissertation is to find out about the ideology of people-
closeness in medieval Vietnamese literature according to literary stages with typical
tendencies, authors and works of medieval literature from the tenth century to the end of the
seventeenth century. In the first four centuries, survey focused mainly on the authors of the
Li - Tran dynasty. The ideology in the fifteenth century literature is expressed through the
compositions of the writers during the Lam Son uprising and Hong Duc period. The
ideology of people-closeness in the literature of the sixteenth century with the typical
examples is Nguyen Binh Khiem; Phung Khac Khoan; XVII century with the works Thien
Nam minh giam, Thien Nam ngu luc, ...
3.2.
Scope of survey materials
The author of the dissertation will focus on the compositions of authors expressing
the people-closeness ideology from the 10th century to the end of the 17th century. The
main sources that we use as a basis for use in the research process are: Li – Tran Poetry
[12,13,16]; General collection of Vietnamese literature [116,134]; Full collection of Nguyen
Trai [94]; Full collection of Nguyen Trai. New version [95,96,97]; Poems in Chinese
character by Le Thanh Tong [52]; Hong Duc quoc am thi tap [42]; Collection of poetry in
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the Mac era [184]; Poetry of the Viet [45]; Nguyen Binh Khiem's Works (General
Collection) [164]; Phung Khac Khoan, Collection of works [129]; Thien Nam ngu luc -
Historical performance [117]; Thien Nam minh giam [47]. In addition to the literature, the
dissertation also surveyed folk literature.
4.
Research Methods
The dissertation uses the following main research methods: Specific historical
methods; Interdisciplinary research method; Comparative method; System method.
5.
New contributions of the dissertation
The completed dissertation will have the following contributions: - Establishing and
analyzing the premise of the people-closeness ideology in literature from the tenth century
to the end of the seventeenth century; Clarifying the historical movement of the ideology of
people-closeness in the tenth century - the end of the seventeenth century, the inheritance,
continuation and development of the ideology through the tenth century - fourteenth
century; 15th century; XVI century - XVII century; - Analyzing the content of people-
closeness ideology in each stage, in a number of typical authors and works; - From the
ideology of people-closeness, the dissertation contributes to clarify a number of legal issues
in the development of Vietnamese medieval literature; - The dissertation is a meaningful
and practical reference for the work of researching and teaching Vietnamese medieval
literature, and at the same time can be useful for social workers interested in people-
closeness ideology.
6.
Structure of the dissertation
In addition to the Introduction, Conclusion, List of References and Appendices, the
main content of the dissertation is deployed into five chapters as follows: Chapter 1:
Overview of the research situation and some related issues related to the topic (15 page,
from page 7 to page 22); Chapter 2: The premise of the ideology of people-closeness in
literature from the tenth century to the end of the seventeenth century (14 page, from page
23 to 37 page); Chapter 3: The people-closeness ideology of in literature from the 10th
century to the end of the 14th century (41 page, from page 38 to 79 page); Chapter 4: The
people-closeness ideology in the 15th century literature (34 page, from page 80 to 114
page); Chapter 5: The people-closeness ideology in literature from the sixteenth century to
the end of the seventeenth century (34 page, from page 115 to 149 page).