Primary Sources with DBQs—Vietnam
1000 BCE - 300 CE
Conquest by Chinese Han Dynasty; Revolt of the Tru'ng Sisters
ca.
39-43 CE, Chinese control briefly challenged by revolt of the
sisters Tru'ng Trac and Tru'ng Nhi
• Excerpts
from The Complete Compilation of the Collected Writings about the
Departed Spirits of the Viêt Realm: Sovereigns, The Tru'ng Sisters
[PDF]
Si Vuong(137-226 CE)
• Si
Vuong (Shi Xie) [PDF]
In the early third century CE, as the Han empire to the north began to
crumble, in northern
Vietnam the Shi family led by Shi Xie (known to later Vietnamese as Si
Vuong or King Si [137-226 CE]) maintained
stability and prosperity in the region.
600 - 1000
Cao Vuong
• Cao
Vuong (Cao Bien) [PDF]
When a Chinese official tried to double the price of salt traded
for the valuable mountain goods, the chieftains
rebelled and Nanzhao joined them in an invasion of the lowlands
in the 860s. China sent an official, Cao Bien
(known to later Vietnamese as Cao Vuong [King Cao]), to drive
the invaders out and stabilize the Protectorate.
1000 - 1450
Religious Poetry of Tran king Minh Tong (1300-1357)
• "A
Chant on the Mustard Hut," by Tran Minh Tong [PDF]
The Tran ruler Minh Tong (1300-1357; r. 1314-1329) was a follower
of Thien (Zen) Buddhism, and his poetry reflects both the beliefs
held and the efforts at consolidating his realm with its orthodoxy.
1450 - 1750
Scholar-Officials of the Mac Dynasty
Nguyen
Binh Khiem ,1491-1585
• Excerpt
from Nguyen Binh Khiem's Inscription for "Three Belief" Temple [PDF]
The Lê Dynasty Defends Itself against the Champa
Lê Thánh-tông,
1442-1497
• Excerpt
from Lê
Thánh-tông's Edict to the Ancestral Temple on the
Champa War, 1470 [PDF]
The Nguyen Court on Scholarship and the Examination System
• Selections from The Nguyen Court's Comments on Scholarship and the Examinations [PDF]
Economy of the South during the Rule of Trinh and Nguyen, 1770s
Le
Quy Don, 1726-1784
• Selections
from Le Quy Don's Descriptions of the South in the 1770s [PDF]
1750 - 1919
Hoang Cao Khai and Phan Dinh Phung: Family vs. Nation
Hoang
Cao Khai, 1850-1933; Phan Dinh Phung, 1847-1896
• A
Late Nineteenth Century Debate: Family vs. Nation, with selections from the letters
of Hoang Cao Khai and Phan Dinh Phung [PDF]
1900 - 1950
1945 Declaration of Independence
• Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (September 2, 1945) [PDF]
Striving for Modernity
• Selected Poems and Popular Songs Regarding the "Modern" Haircut [PDF]
A New Generation of Poets
• "Remembering the Jungle: The Words of the Tiger in the Zoo," by The Lu [PDF]
