TTLA: Research on the work "Ho Thuong Thu Gia Le"

Author's name: Vu Viet Bang

Thesis title:Studying the work "Ho Thuong Thu Gia Le"

The field of study for this dissertation is Sino-Vietnamese studies.

Major: Sino-Vietnamese Studies Code: 62 22 01 04

Name of the postgraduate training unit: University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

1. Purpose and scope of the thesis

- Research objectives:Minister Ho's family ritualsThe work of Ho Si Duong (1622 - 1682) plays a special role in the system of Vietnamese family rituals and in the development of Vietnamese family rituals. This study aims to: introduce the author and address textual issues related to the work; analyze the work's value within the system of Vietnamese family rituals; and analyze its position in the history of Vietnamese family rituals. From this, the thesis contributes to resolving several major issues concerning Vietnamese family rituals, such as the concept of Vietnamese family rituals, the history of Vietnamese family rituals, and the influence of Chinese culture on Vietnamese family rituals.

- Research subjects:WorkMinister Ho's family rituals.

2. Research methods used

- Methods of studying Sino-Vietnamese texts

- Interdisciplinary research method

3. Main results and conclusions

3.1. Main results

- An overview of the current state of research on family rituals and family ritual literature, by author Ho Si Duong, workMinister Ho's family ritualsFrom the beginning of the 20th century to the present day.

- Research on the author Ho Si Duong, textual analysis of his work.Minister Ho's family rituals.

- Research the role ofMinister Ho's family ritualsWithin the system of Vietnamese family ritual works, the position of the work in the development process of Vietnamese family rituals.

3.2. Conclusion

- Vietnamese family rituals refer to ceremonial activities within the family and lineage, primarily funeral rites. Research on family rituals from the early 20th century to the early 1980s has yielded certain achievements, but with the work of author Ho Si Duong, the results are still lacking.Minister Ho's family ritualsThe work has only been briefly introduced, and its true value is not yet fully appreciated.

- The workMinister Ho's family ritualsThe work of Minister Ho Si Duong (1652-1682), initially drafted after 1638 and completed after 1676, consists of two volumes:National Language RitualsVolume 1andFamily rituals and questionsVolume IIEach volume has its own structure and purpose, but the content is interconnected within a single work on family rituals.

- The original work is the 5th Vinh Huu (1739) printed edition, coded AB.592, Institute of Han Nom Studies.

- In the system of Vietnamese family ritual works,Minister Ho's family ritualsThey played a pivotal role, inheriting the legacy of etiquette from previous generations and laying the foundation for the emergence of numerous works on family rituals later on.

- In the context of Vietnamese family history and rituals, the ceremonies withinMinister Ho's family ceremonyBuilt upon the ideas of Vietnamese Confucianism, and widely published, it played a special role in shaping Confucian family rituals during the Le Trung Hung period and defining the face of Vietnamese family rituals.

SUMMARY OF DOCTORAL THESIS

The author's name: Vu Viet Bang

Thesis title: A study of the work “They usually collect retail prices.”

Scientific branch of the thesis: Sino-Nom

Major: Sino-Nom Code: 62 22 01 04

The name of postgraduate training institution: Thesis purpose and objectives

University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi National University.

1. Thesis purpose and objectives

ButPurpose of research:They usually pay retail prices.Minister Ho's family ceremonyButMinister Ho's familial rituals),written by Ho Si Duong (1622 - 1682), is one of the essential works that form the Vietnamese familial rituals corpus and has a special role in shaping the Vietnamese tradition of familial rituals. This study is aimed at solving the cultural issues regarding the work and analyzing the role of the work in the history of Vietnamese familial rituals, on the basis of which the study will hopefully help to clarify some matters related to Vietnamese familial rituals, among which are: the concept of Vietnamese familial rituals, the history of Vietnamese familial rituals, Chinese cultural elements in Vietnamese familial rituals.

- Object of studyThe workThey usually collect the price.

2.Produce methods

- Sino-Nom textological method

- Interdisciplinary methods

3. Major results and conclusions

3.1.The major results

- An overview of the status of the study of social reality, cultural representations regarding familial rituals, as well as of the author Ho Si Duong and theThey usually collect retail prices.from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present.

- New findings on the author Ho Si Duong and a textological interpretation of theThey usually collect retail prices.

- A view on as theThey usually collect retail prices.as both a continuance and an initiator in the Vietnamese system of works on familial rituals.

- A view on the role and mission of theThey usually collect retail prices.in the development history of Vietnamese familial rituals in general and Vietnamese Confucian familial rituals in particular.

3.2.Revisions

- Vietnamese familial rituals refer to ceremonial activities within families and clans, mainly funerary rituals. The study of familial rituals from the early twentieth century to the early 80s of the twentieth century has its main object of study and basis of reference in the actual ceremonies and rituals themselves, with traditional works on familial rituals being considered mere additional reference sources. From the late 1980s until now, traditional works on familial rituals have been studied from textological and ethnologic point-of-views...etc Meanwhile, Ho Si Duong and theThey usually collect retail prices.have been barely researched, usually referred to with brief introductions or initial surveys of the text. There has been no in-depth research on the text, content and value of the work.

-Regarding the workThey usually collect retail prices.the initial stages of writing began after 1638 and the work was completed after 1676, including two volumes: “Gia Le Quoc Ngu Quyen Chi Ha” (Family Rituals in the National Language, Volume 1Familial rituals in written Vietnamese, the Upper Volume) and “Gia le van dap Quyen chi Ha” (Family Rituals and Q&A, Volume 2Questions and Answers on Rituals, the Lower Volume), each with its own structure and purpose.

- The best edition (in our view) is the printed edition of the Fifth Year of the Reign of Vinh Huu (1739), AB.572 (The Institute of Sino-Nom Studies).

- TheThey usually collect retail prices.has a crucial role both as a continuance and an initiator in the Vietnamese system of works on familial rituals.

-In the development history of Vietnamese familial rituals, rituals as described in the widely published workThey usually collect retail prices.created on the basis of Vietnamese Confucian thinking, had a special mission in the forming process of Confucian family rituals during the Late Le Restoration Period and the basic features of Vietnamese familial rituals in general.