Chinh tri va Nho giao o Viet Nam the ky XIX truong hop trieu vua Tu Duc (1847-1883). (Vietnamese)

Politics and Confucianism in Vietnam in the Nineteenth Century: the case of Emperor Tu Duc (r. 1847-1883). (English)

Under the Nguyen dynasty (19th and 20th century), in Vietnam there was virtually no reaction on the Confucianist ideology like the situation in contemporary China, Korea, and Japan. This article seeks to explain this phenomenon in the following points: 1. Because of the close-door policy of the Chinese Qing dynasty, there were a very limited number of Chinese books introduced to Vietnam while Vietnam was also lack of documents as well as libraries and printing houses. The Hue court and its mandarins therefore had to content themselves with the reading of Zuni's books. 2. Vietnamese intellectuals at that time hardly found any book on Vietnamese history. 3. Wealthy Chinese merchants quickly enjoyed the predominant position in Vietnam and forced Vietnamese traders to surrender in this severe competition right from the outset. Vietnamese traders therefore had neither properties nor comfort to think deeply about the Confucianist ideology. 4. The Nguyen dynasty had little time to against the French invasion. Soon after its establishment in 1802 the Nguyen had to confront with both the Black Flag troops led by Liu Young (Luu Vinh Phuc) as well as the French invasion. Under such a circumstance, the Nguyen court had no time to "ferment" Vietnamese Confucianism as an ideological catalyst in order to enable its resistance war. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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