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,…
Engaging With Vietnam #14
The 14th Engaging With Vietnam Conference will be held in Hue (1-6 August 2023). The overall theme of the conference is “Living with Heritage, (Re)Creating Heritage: Vietnam and the World,”…
Searching for Sujidan
There is a thirteenth-century Chinese text called the Treatise on the Various Barbarian Lands (Zhu fan zhi 諸蕃志) that has information about a place on the island of Java that…
Engaging With Vietnam #13
The 13th Engaging With Vietnam conference will be held next week, with the main academic part of the conference running from 26 - 28 October.To get a sense of what…
The Lost History of the Mekong Delta
Last weekend I participated in a weekly online forum in Vietnam called “Midnight Talks.” The topic this past week was on “The Lost History of the Mekong Delta.”I presented together…
The Zhu Fan Zhi and the Complete Mess Scholars Have Made
The scholarship on early Southeast Asian history that relies on Chinese sources is a complete mess.From the very beginning, scholars got a lot of things wrong, and then they just…
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