CONTENTS
Chronicles and Other Historical Sources
1. The Period of Northern Empire
Shen Quanqi: LIFE IN THE SOUTH
Chen Shou: RICHES OF THE SOUTH
Xue Zong: ECONOMICS IN THE SOUTH
Liu Xu: MARITIME TRADE IN THE SOUTH
Chen Shou: SCHOLARSHIP IN THE SOUTH
Tan Qian: BUDDHISM IN THE SOUTH
Shen Quanqi: BUDDHISM AS IT EXISTED IN THE SOUTH
Fan Ye: MA YUAN’S ADMINISTRATION
Chen Shou: GOVERNING THE SOUTH
Zhao Cheng: AN INDIGENOUS KING
Gao Pian: A NORTHERNER GOVERNING THE SOUTH
Fan Ye: HAN OFFICIALS IN THE SOUTH
Zhou Cheng: MEMORIAL ON THE SOUTH
Xue Zong: CUSTOMS OF THE SOUTH
Dao Huang: RELATIONS WITH CHAMPA
2. The Ly, Tran, and Ho Epochs
Ly Thai To: EDICT ON MOVING THE CAPITAL
Ly Thuong Kiet: THE SOUTHERN LAND
Ly Nhan Tong: POEMS ON A BUDDHIST LAND
Tran Minh Tong: ROYAL POEMS ON THE LAND
Ly Te Xuyen: THE CULT OF PHUNG HUNG
Nguyen Nhu Thuyet: PROTEST ON MOVING THE CAPITAL
Le Van Huu: PRESERVING LIVESTOCK
Ngo Si Lien: THE DIKING SYSTEM
Ngo Si Lien: NORTHERN COMMERCE
The Queen Mother and Thong Bien: THE ORIGINS OF BUDDHISM IN DAI VIET
FUNERAL INSCRIPTION OF A COURT MINISTER
LITERATI ON BUDDHISM AND THE SPIRITS
Ly Te Xuyen: THE TRUNG SISTERS
Truong Han Sieu: A LITERATUS’S INSCRIPTION FOR A BUDDHIST TEMPLE
FUNERAL INSCRIPTION OF A COURT MINISTER
Ngo Si Lien: OFFICIALS AND VILLAGE REGISTERS
Le Van Huu: A LITERATUS’S CRITIQUE OF A PAST COURT MINISTER
Le Van Huu: UTILIZING THE PAST TO DEFINE THE PRESENT
Ly Te Xuyen: THE IDEAL OFFICIAL
LITERATI POEMS, LITERATI CONCERNS
Ho Quy Ly: DAI NGU AND THE MING COURT
FUNERAL INSCRIPTION OF DO ANH VU: LIFE OF A COURT MINISTER
FUNERAL INSCRIPTION OF THE PHUNG THANH LADY: LIFE OF A COURT LADY
Dam Di Mong: CLEANING UP THE MONASTIC COMMUNITY
Ngo Si Lien: SOCIAL CATEGORIES
Ngo Si Lien: ARISTOCRATIC LIFE
Le Van Huu: CRITIQUE ON HANDLING THE NUNG
Ngo Si Lien: A TRAN PRINCE AND A MOUNTAIN CHIEF
Nguyen Trung Ngan: THE MA NHAI INSCRIPTION
Le Thai To and Nguyen Trai: GREAT PROCLAMATION ON THE DEFEAT OF THE MING
Hoang Duc Luong: A LITERATI VIEW OF THE LAND
Duong Van An: A COSMIC VIEW OF THE LAND
Le Thai To and Nguyen Trai: EDICT ON CURRENCY
Le Code: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LANDS
Le Code: LAWS ON FOREIGN COMMERCE
Le Thanh Tong: GOVERNMENT AND THE ECONOMY
Phan Phu Tien: THE TEMPLE OF LITERATURE
Le Thanh Tong: CHANGING THE REIGN NAME
LITERATI AND BUDDHIST TEMPLE INSCRIPTIONS
Nguyen Binh Khiem: THE THREE TEACHINGS
Le Thai To and Nguyen Trai: HOW TO GOVERN
Phan Phu Tien: CONTINUITY IN GOVERNANCE
Le Thanh Tong: LITERATI GOVERNMENT
Le Thanh Tong: THE PROPER MINISTER
Ngo Si Lien: CRITIQUE OF A PAST COURT MINISTER
Le Thanh Tong: THE PURPOSE OF GOVERNMENT
Nguyen Binh Khiem: GOOD GOVERNMENT
Le Code: LAW AND SOCIAL STATUS
Le Code: CONTROLLING POWERFUL FAMILIES
Le Code: IDEOLOGY AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE MOURNING
PUBLIC LAND AND POWERFUL FAMILIES
Le Code: LAW AND ETHNIC GROUPS
Nguyen Trai and Others: REGARDING CULTURAL INFLUENCES
Le Thanh Tong: EDICT ON CHAMPA
ORDERING ETHNIC GROUPS TO CONFORM
Ngo Thi Si: ON VIETNAMESE GEOGRAPHY
Nguyen Hoang: DEATHBED STATEMENT TO HIS SON
Nguyen Khoa Chiem: RECORDED TALES OF THE FOUNDING OF THE COUNTRY
Trinh Can: EDICT TO THE PEOPLES OF QUANG NAM
Khanh Duc Emperor: EDICT PROHIBITING FOREIGNERS FROM TAKING UP RESIDENCE WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS
Le Quy Don: WEALTH OF THE NGUYEN REALM
Ngo The Lan: MEMORIAL ON THE CURRENCY CRISIS
Quang Trung Emperor: EDICT ENCOURAGING AGRICULTURE
Quang Trung Emperor: LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR OF MACAO
Phan Huy Ich: PREFACE TO THE SOUND OF THE TRUE GREAT AND PERFECT ENLIGHTENMENT FROM THE BAMBOO GROVE
Ngo Thi Nham: THE SOUND OF EMPTINESS
Pham Dinh Ho: RITUAL FOR VENERATING HEAVEN
Bui Si Tiem: TEN ITEMS FOR REFORM
Nguyen Cu Trinh: MEMORIAL DESCRIBING THE ECONOMIC CRISIS IN THE NGUYEN REALM
Nguyen Thiep: MEMORIAL REGARDING THE ECONOMIC CRISIS IN NGHE AN
Trinh Tac: EDICT REGARDING OFFICIAL POSITIONS
TEMPLE OF LITERATURE STELE FOR THE EXAMINATION OF 1623
Nguyen Phuc Khoat: EDICT DECLARING AUTONOMY
Le Duy Mat: PROCLAMATION TO RALLY TROOPS
Ngo Family Literary Group: THE UNIFICATION RECORDS OF THE IMPERIAL LE
Ngo Thi Nham: LETTER TO NGO TUONG DAO
Quang Trung Emperor: EDICT ON ASCENDING THE THRONE
TREATY OF VERSAILLES BETWEEN NGUYEN ANH AND KING LOUIS XVI
Bento Thien: REGARDING FESTIVALS
Trinh Cuong: EDICT REGARDING LOCAL CUSTOMS
Hoang Quang: “LAMENT FOR THE SOUTH”
Le Huu Trac: “DISCOURSE ON MEDICAL TRAINING”
Le Quy Don: INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPLETE ANTHOLOGY OF VIETNAMESE LITERATURE
Le Quy Don: PREFACE TO THE LITERATURE SECTION OF GENERAL HISTORY OF DAI VIET
Nguyen Huy Luong: “RHAPSODY ON WEST LAKE”
Gia Long Emperor: NAMING THE COUNTRY VIET NAM
Minh Mang Emperor: NAMING THE COUNTRY DAI NAM
Le Quang Dinh: VIETNAMESE GEOGRAPHICAL EXPANSION
Nguyen Van Sieu: TALES OF THE COUNTRY OF CAMBODIA
Phan Huy Chu: HA NOI / SON NAM
Trinh Hoai Duc: CLIMATE AND GEOGRAPHY OF GIA DINH
Phan Huy Chu: STATE USE OF RESOURCES
Minh Mang Emperor: POLICY FOR TRADING WITH EUROPEANS
Phan Huy Chu: PREFACE TO CATEGORIZED RECORDS OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF SUCCESSIVE DYNASTIES
Minh Mang Emperor: EDICT TO THE LITERATI AND COMMONERS OF THE SIX PROVINCES OF SOUTHERN VIETNAM
Nguyen Truong To: “A PLAN FOR MAKING THE PEOPLE WEALTHY AND THE COUNTRY STRONG”
Nguyen Dynasty History Board: NGUYEN COMMENT ON THE FATE OF THE LE
Tran Dam Trai: TWO NOTEWORTHY WOMEN
Trinh Hoai Duc: CUSTOMS OF GIA DINH
Nguyen Du: “A DIRGE FOR ALL TEN CLASSES OF BEINGS”
Minh Mang Emperor: TEN MORAL PRECEPTS
Truong Vinh Ky: TALES FROM A JOURNEY TO THE NORTHERN REGION
Gia Long Emperor: COMMEMORATION OF THE DEFEAT OF THE TAY SON
Phan Huy Chu: SUMMARY RECORD OF AN OVERSEAS JOURNEY
Phan Huy Chu: A RECORD OF MILITARY SYSTEMS
Gia Long Emperor: EDICT OUTLINING PROPRIETY AND RITUAL
Trinh Hoai Duc: TEMPLE OF THE GENERAL OF THE SOUTHERN SEAS
Minh Mang Emperor: COMMENTS REGARDING CHRISTIANITY
Hoang Dieu: FAREWELL APOLOGIES TO THE EMPEROR
Ham Nghi Emperor: ROYAL EDICT ON RESISTANCE
Phan Boi Chau: “THE HISTORY OF THE LOSS OF THE COUNTRY”
Phan Boi Chau: “A LETTER FROM ABROAD WRITTEN IN BLOOD”
Tonkin Free School: “A CIVILIZATION OF NEW LEARNING”
Phan Chau Trinh: “MONARCHY AND DEMOCRACY”
Nguyen An Ninh: “THE IDEAL OF ANNAMESE YOUTH”
Pham Quynh: “INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL REFORM”
Nguyen Thai Hoc: LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE FRENCH CHAMBRE DES DÉPUTÉS
Ho Chi Minh: “THE REVOLUTIONARY’S CODE OF CONDUCT”
Ho Chi Minh: REVOLUTIONARY CHARACTER AND MORALITY
Pham Quynh: KIM VAN KIEU AND THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE
Hoang Dao: “MODERNIZE COMPLETELY AND WITHOUT HESITATION”
Dao Duy Anh: VIETNAM IN THE MODERN AGE
Cao Dai: THE NEW CODE AND THREE SPIRIT MESSAGES
Tri Hai: “WHY WE MUST REVIVE BUDDHISM”
Huynh Phu So: “THE WAY TO PRACTICE RELIGION AND RULES FOR EVERYDAY LIFE”
Hoang Cam: “ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DUONG RIVER”
Ho Chi Minh: APPEAL TO THE NATION
Vo Nguyen Giap: “THE WAR OF LIBERATION”
Tran Van Tra: TET, THE YEAR OF THE MONKEY, 1968
Political Transitions and Politics
Ho Chi Minh: DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Ngo Dinh Diem: ON THE PROMULGATION OF THE CONSTITUTION
Nguyen Thi Dinh: NO OTHER ROAD TO TAKE
Truong Chinh: COMPLETING NATIONAL REUNIFICATION
Tran Do: LETTER TO THE COMMUNIST PARTY URGING DEMOCRATIC REFORM
Ho Chi Minh: ON THE BASIC COMPLETION OF LAND REFORM IN THE NORTH
Republic of Vietnam: LAW ON LAND TO THE TILLER
Socialist Republic of Vietnam: RESOLUTION OF THE SIXTH PARTY CONGRESS
Vo Van Kiet: THE CRISIS IN FOOD, PRICES, AND MONEY
Dinh Thu Cuc: “THE PEASANTS AND COUNTRYSIDE IN VIETNAM TODAY”
Truong Chinh: MARXISM AND VIETNAMESE CULTURE
Democratic Republic of Vietnam: LAW ON MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY
NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN POETRY AND SONG DURING THE VIETNAM WAR
Nguyen Thi Thap: RETURNING TO MY HOME VILLAGE
Thich Nhat Hanh: THE MIRACLE OF MINDFULNESS
Nguyen Van Binh: VIETNAMESE CATHOLICS, MARXISM, AND THE PROBLEMS OF CATECHISTIC INSTRUCTION
Socialist Republic of Vietnam: DECREE ON RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES
Ethnic and International Relations
Chu Van Tan: THE FOUNDING OF THE PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMED FORCES
Republic of Vietnam: LAWS ON VIETNAMESE NATIONALITY
Phan Doan Nam: “ALIGNING THE STRENGTH OF THE NATION WITH THE POWER OF THE AGE”