The Three Teachings Exam in Lý Dynasty Vietnam was NOT about the Three Teachings
[I wrote this a year ago, but it got lost when I moved to a new server, so I am posting it again.]There is a brief record in the main…
The Foreign Origins of Premodern Monarchs
Some people are very defensive about the issue of the origins of people like Lý Công Uẩn and the Trần family that founded the Trần Dynasty. There are accounts that…
Lý Công Uẩn in Film and TV
There were several films and TV series made recently about Lý Công Uẩn. They were meant to coincide with the 1,000-year anniversary of Thăng Long/Hà Nội, but some were not…
Felling Lizards in Medieval Vietnam
Aren’t Buddhists not supposed to harm living things? Isn’t that one of the most basic concepts of Buddhism? That’s what I thought anyway. Then I read the following passage about…