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Index
Cover
Half title
Series Page
Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Chronology
Chronicles and Other Historical Sources
A Note on Names and Dates
Introduction
Part I: Premodern Vietnam
Chapter 1. The Period of Northern Empire
The Land
Chen Shou: South and North
Shen Quanqi: Life in the South
Zeng Gun: The Spirit Cao Lo
Economics and Trade
Chen Shou: Riches of the South
Xue Zong: Economics in the South
Liu Xu: Maritime Trade in the South
Philosophy and Religion
Mou Bo: Beliefs in the South
Chen Shou: Scholarship in the South
Tan Qian: Buddhism in the South
Shen Quanqi: Buddhism as it Existed in the South
Zeng Gun: The Mountain Spirit
Governance
Fan Ye: Ma Yuan’s Administration
Chen Shou: Governing the South
Zhao Cheng: An Indigenous King
Gao Pian: A Northerner Governing the South
Society and Culture
Fan Ye: Han Officials in the South
Zhou Cheng: Memorial on the South
Xue Zong: Customs of the South
Dao Huang: Relations with Champa
Chapter 2. The Ly, Tran, and Ho Epochs
The Land
Ly Thai To: Edict on Moving the Capital
Ly Thuong Kiet: The Southern Land
The Spirit of to Lich
Ly Nhan Tong: Poems on a Buddhist Land
Tran Minh Tong: Royal Poems on the Land
Ly Te Xuyen: The Cult of Phung Hung
The Buddhist Monk Khuong Viet
A Vietnamese Antiquity
Nguyen Nhu Thuyet: Protest on Moving the Capital
Economics and Trade
Le Van Huu: Preserving Livestock
Le Van Huu: Foreign Trade
Ngo Si Lien: The Diking System
Ngo Si Lien: Northern Commerce
Philosophy and Religion
Power and Redemption
Buddhist Poems
Le Van Huu: Buddhist Cults
Lady God of the Earth
The Queen Mother and Thong Bien: The Origins of Buddhism in Dai Viet
Funeral Inscription of a Court Minister
Buddhism and the Sages
Literati on Buddhism and the Spirits
Tue Trung: Thien Beliefs
Ly Te Xuyen: The Trung Sisters
Truong Han Sieu: A Literatus’s Inscription for a Buddhist Temple
The Literati’s New Worldview
Governance
Phap Thuan: Advising the King
Omens and Prophecies
The Spirit of Phu Dong
Funeral Inscription of a Court Minister
Ngo Si Lien: The Oath Ritual
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
How to Govern
Literati Poems, Literati Concerns
Ho Quy Ly: Dai Ngu and the Ming Court
Society and Culture
Ly Thanh Tong: Life in Jail
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
Ngo Si Lien: Scholarly Life
Le Van Huu: The Trung Sisters
Views on Northern Influence
Ethnic Relations
The Nung and the Cham
Le Van Huu: Music of Champa
External Threats
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
Ngo Si Lien: Foreign Cultures
Chapter 3. The Le and Mac Epochs
The Land
Le Thai To and Nguyen Trai: Great Proclamation on the Defeat of the Ming
Mapping the Land
Hoang Duc Luong: A Literati View of the Land
Duong Van An: A Cosmic View of the Land
Economics and Trade
Le Thai To and Nguyen Trai: Edict on Currency
Le Code: Public and Private Lands
Foreign Trade
Le Code: Laws on Foreign Commerce
Le Thanh Tong: Government and the Economy
Le Code: Draft Animals
Le Code: Elephants
Le Code: Market Regulations
Philosophy and Religion
Praying for Rain
Debate Over Music and Ritual
Phan Phu Tien: The Temple of Literature
Le Thanh Tong: Changing the Reign Name
Rules of Behavior
Ngo Si Lien: Literati Beliefs
Vu Quynh: Collecting Tales
Literati and Buddhist Temple Inscriptions
Nguyen Binh Khiem: The Three Teachings
Governance
Le Thai To and Nguyen Trai: How to Govern
Le Code: Village Registers
Demotion of the Queen
Phan Phu Tien: Continuity in Governance
Le Thanh Tong: Literati Government
Le Thanh Tong: The Proper Minister
Ngo Si Lien: South and North
Ngo Si Lien: Critique of a Past Court Minister
Le Thanh Tong: The Purpose of Government
Nguyen Binh Khiem: Good Government
Duong Van An: Dynastic Change
Society and Culture
Le Code: Law and Social Status
Le Code: Controlling Powerful Families
The Literati and Local Custom
Le Code: Private Property
Le Code: Ideology and Social Structure Mourning
Public Land and Powerful Families
Children and the Law
The King on Bad Behavior
Le Code: Marriage
Marriage and Mourning
Ritual and Patrilineality
Ethnic Relations
Le Code: Law and Ethnic Groups
Nguyen Trai and Others: Regarding Cultural Influences
Le Thanh Tong: Edict on Champa
Ordering Ethnic Groups to Conform
Receiving Foreign Envoys
Part II: Early Modern Vietnam
Chapter 4. The Trinh-Nguyen Period
The Land
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
Economics and Trade
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
Philosophy and Religion
Le Quy Don: On Ly and Khi
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
“The Child-Giving Guanyin”
Pham Dinh Ho: Ritual for Venerating Heaven
Political Reform
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
Governance
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
Society and Culture
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”
Pham Dinh Ho: On Marriage
Chapter 5. The Early Nguyen Dynasty
The Land
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
Economics and Trade
Phan Huy Chu: State Use of Resources
Minh Mang Emperor: Policy for Trading With Europeans
Governance
Phan Huy Chu: Preface to Categorized Records of the Institutions of Successive Dynasties
Phan Huy Chu: Records of Men
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
Society and Culture
Tran Dam Trai: Two Noteworthy Women
Trinh Hoai Duc: Customs of Gia Dinh
Nguyen Du: “A Dirge for All Ten Classes of Beings”
Ho Xuan Huong: Selected Poems
Minh Mang Emperor: Ten Moral Precepts
Truong Vinh Ky: Tales From a Journey to the Northern Region
Foreign Relations and Warfare
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
Debating French Demands
Philosophy and Religion
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
Thien Mu Pagoda
Part III: Modern Vietnam
Chapter 6. The Colonial Era
The Land
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”
Responses to the French
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 Deputes
Ho Chi Minh: “The Revolutionary’s Code of Conduct”
Ho Chi Minh: Revolutionary Character and Morality
Society and Culture
Pham Quynh: Kim Van Kieu and the National Language
Hoang Dao: “Modernize Completely and Without Hesitation”
New Poetry
Tran Trong Kim: Confucianism
Dao Duy Anh: Vietnam in the Modern Age
Religion
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”
Chapter 7. The Independence Era
The Land
Hoang Cam: “On the Other Side of the Duong River”
Ho Chi Minh: Appeal to the Nation
Foreign Conflicts
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
Economics
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”
Society and Culture
Truong Chinh: Marxism and Vietnamese Culture
Tran Dan: “We Must Win”
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
Religion
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”
Bibliography
Index
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