KHIEU DUC LONG bien soan
"A
COMMENTARY REVIEW of the VIETNAMESE SYNTHETICAL CULTURE"
written in Vietnamese by KHIEU DUC LONG
"A
COMMENTARY REVIEW of the VIETNAMESE SYNTHETICAL CULTURE"
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Mr. Duc Long Khieu taught Vietnamese literature
at high schools, including Petrus Truong Vinh Ky Senior High School, Saigon,
for over 20 years. During 1974 and 1975, he also held lectureship at the
Faculties of Buddhism and Humanities, Van Hanh University – the only Buddhist
university in Vietnam prior to 1975.
In 1973, together with his colleagues, he founded a group called |
After the 1975 communist takeover, Mr. Khieu resigned from his teaching career in protest against the communist rule. However, he continued to conduct his own research on Vietnamese culture. As a result, he was able to finish the first volume of a two-volume set entitled “ Luan ve nen van hoa tong hop cua dan toc Viet nam” (A commentary review of the Vietnamese synthetical culture) in 1990. As the book touched upon sensitive issues that could face communist censorship and even imprisonment of the author, its manuscript had to be secretly sent overseas for publication. The second volume of the book has recently been completed and published in Canada.
Ever since his resettlement in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1991, Mr. Khieu has been whole-heartedly involved in numerous cultural and educational activities in the Montreal community. He served as the Vietnamese representative on the Montreal Catholic Schools’ Commission’s Consulting Committee on Ethnic Groups in 1994. He taught Vietnamese literature and culture to “Que huong men yeu” (“Our Beloved Country”, a programme for Vietnamese diasporas interested in exploring their cultural roots). He is also often invited by different organisations in Montreal to deliver various speeches on Vietnamese culture. Mr. Khieu has been an active member on the advising boards of The Vietnamese Association of Educational Encouragement and Development in Montreal, Hong Duc Cultural and Educational Centre, and Alexandre de Rhodes School of Vietnamese language studies.
Mr. Khieu’s major publications included a number of textbooks for senior high schools such as “Tan luan de ve Tran Te Xuong” (1972) (New Essays on Tran Te Xuong). He co-authored with the NLRG in 1973 “Quoc van dien giang lop 12 ABCD” (Illustrated National Literature for Grade 12 ABCD) and, also in 1973, with Mr. Tran the Xuong, “Quoc van dien giang lop 10 ABCD” (Illustrated National Literature for Grade 10 ABCD). Of course, his most recent work is the two-volume book to which this webpage is dedicated - "Luan ve nen van hoa tong hop cua dan toc Viet nam" (A commentary review of the Vietnamese synthetical culture). In addition, Mr. Khieu has contributed articles on Vietnamese culture to Vietnamologica (Journal of Vietnamese studies in Canada), "Quoc gia" (“The Nation”, a monthly Vietnamese Community of Montreal magazine), and “Di toi” (“Forward”, a monthly political, social, economic, educational, and cultural magazine with a wide readership in Canada, the United States, Australia and other countries in Europe.)
Mr. Duc Long Khieu holds a Master of Arts degree
in Sino-Vietnamese Literature from Faculty of Letters, University of Saigon
(1969), producing a 400-page thesis “Nhung khuynh huong chu yeu trong van
hoc chu han hai doi Li, Tran” (Major tendencies in Sino-Vietnamese literature
during Li and Tran dynasties - from the XIth to XIVth centuries).
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This volume of the book contains two sections, the first consisting of a preliminary chapter and five chapters, and the second consisting of six chapters and a supplementary chapter. A synoptic chapter recaps the characteristics of the Vietnamese culture. Below are some details of each chapter.
Preliminary Chapter: The national spirit of the Vietnamese people
Chapter 1: The Great Antiquity and the monarchic dynasties of the Independent Era
Chapter 2: The Vietnamese village and hamlet
Chapter 3: The Vietnamese family
Chapter 4: Man-and-woman relationship, marriage and women's status in the family and society
Chapter 5: Other social relationships:
king and subjects, teacher and disciples, friends, master and servants
Chapter 6: Vietnamese language and literature
Chapter 7: The characteristics of different types of entertainments, and of arts, fine arts, and fine handicrafts
Chapter 8: Religious beliefs in Vietnam
Chapter 9: Beliefs with regards to the organisation of the universe
Chapter 10: Vietnamese moral values
Chapter 11: Miscellaneous beliefs
Supplementary chapter: The significance
of the traditional Tet (the Vietnamese New Year celebration)
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This volume of the book contains two sections, each consisting of six chapters with a summary chapter at the end. Below are some details of each chapter.
Chapter 1: The European entrance into Dai Viet in the midst of the North and South Vietnam dispute (XVI to early XIX centuries)
Chapter 7: Vietnam during the nationalist-communist civil war (1946-1975)
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