THE THOUGHT OF "INNER SAGE, OUTER KING" IN LE THANH TONG'S POEM PHONG NIEN IN VIETNAMESE MEDIEVAL LITERATURE

Nguyen Van Trung

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Confucianism was introduced to Vietnam very early and its influence on Vietnamese society is relatively comprehensive. In Confucian philosophy, “inner sage, outer king” are considered an important ideological core, and are also the highest goal of self-cultivation for each Confucian scholar. Le Thanh Tong was a king who promoted Confucianism. He brought Confucianism to a unique position in Vietnamese feudal society during the Quang Thuan and Hong Duc periods. When absorbing the influence of Confucian ideology, Le Thanh Tong also thoroughly understood the content of "inner sage, outer king", thereby reflecting it through his compositions. Quynh Uyen Cuu Ca is known as a collection of poems including 9 excellent Chinese poems by Le Thanh Tong, and is also a very valuable poetic heritage of the author. In it, each poem expresses his views on the times, literature, and art. The thought of “inner sage, outer king” is expressed quite clearly by the author in this collection of poems. Although it does not cover all 9 poems, every time it is mentioned, the author emphasizes and boldly depicts it. The first poem and also typical for this thought is the poem Phong Nien.

 

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Confucianism, “Inner sage, outer king”, Le Thanh Tong, literature, Confucian ideology

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. Zhengtong Wei, Confucianism and modern China, Shanghai people publishing house, Shanghai, China, 1990.

. Ngoc Vuong Tran, Vietnam literature - separate stream among common sources, Hanoi National University publishing house, Hanoi, Vietnam, 1999.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.46827/ejls.v5i1.492

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