Tianxia/Thiên Hạ in Nineteenth-Century Vietnam
A few years ago, I was invited to write a paper on the concept of “Tianxia” (Thiên Hạ) in nineteenth-century Vietnam, and that paper has now been published.The paper is…
The Confucian Brain Drain in Ming Occupied Vietnam
I have been writing about the established narrative in English-language scholarship on premodern Vietnam which sees the Lý and Trần dynasty periods as a time when Confucianism played a limited…
Hồ Quý Ly’s Confucianism from an East Asian Perspective
If you read the extant scholarship on premodern Vietnam, you will discover that historians have presented a story about the past which argues that there is very little evidence of…
Pale Scholars in Trần Dynasty Vietnam
In the extant English-language scholarship on Vietnam, most scholars argue that there was little presence of Confucianism during the period of the Lý Dynasty (1009-1225) and that it was only…
Confucianism and Buddhism in Premodern Vietnam
I find that when it comes to talking about the religions/teachings of Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism in Vietnamese history, many people have a difficult time understanding how they were related.The…
Lý Công Uẩn’s “Superstitious” Beliefs
As I mentioned in the previous post, in English-language scholarship on premodern Vietnamese history, the Lý Dynasty (1009-1225) is usually described as not being Confucian.In fact, many historians writing in…
The Lý Dynasty Wasn’t Confucian. . . Really??!!
In the English-language scholarship on Vietnamese history, the Lý Dynasty (1009-1225), the first major Vietnamese dynasty, is usually presented as not being influenced by Confucian ideas and institutions. Instead, historians…
The Văn Miếu (Temple of Literature) was Built in 1070. . . Really??!!
I do not know how many times I have heard or read that the Văn Miếu (Temple of Literature) in Hanoi was “built” in 1070 AD, but it’s a lot,…
New Article – “Sinology in Vietnam”
An article that I wrote a year or two ago has just been published. It is called “Sinology in Vietnam.”There are people who would label anything that was written in…
A Working Paper on the Chinese Sources on Early Southeast Asia
I’ve recently published a working paper entitled “Revisiting the Chinese Sources on Early Southeast Asia.”I started looking at the Chinese sources for early Southeast Asian history a few years ago,…
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