This Should Be The Revision Age!!
One point that I keep bringing up, but I don’t find it getting recognized, is the fact that the capabilities that we now have when we conduct research in the…
Popular Confucianism/Culture in Premodern Vietnam
If there is one topic in Vietnamese history that I think people today have the hardest time understanding it is the topic of “Confucianism.”Why is that?Well, it’s a long story,…
Local Spirits and “Nguyễn Dynasty Religion”
Several months ago, or maybe longer, I downloaded a new article that I wanted to read, but I’ve only now had time to do so.The article is by Trần Thị…
The Lạc Việt – The Ancestors of BOTH the Việt AND the Zhuang?
I recently co-wrote an article with my colleague, anthropologist Đinh Hồng Hải, on the “Lạc Việt” (Chn., Luoyue).This is a name that appears in ancient Chinese texts where it refers…