TTLA: Truong Luong - a model of the sub-type of the imperial teacher character in the works of Confucian authors

1. Full name of PhD student: Trinh Van Dinh

2. Gender: Male

3. Date of birth: 27-01-1982

4. Place of birth: Hai Phong

5. Decision on recognition of PhD students No. 3202/QD-SDH, dated November 8, 2010 of the Director of Hanoi National University.

6. Changes in training process: No

7. Thesis topic: Truong Luong - a model of the sub-type of the imperial teacher character in the works of Confucian authors (Survey of Chinese and Vietnamese sources)

8. Major: Vietnamese Literature 9. Code: 62 22 34 01

10. Scientific advisor: Prof. Dr. Tran Ngoc Vuong

11. Summary of new results of the thesis:
The thesis proves that there is a type of imperial teacher literary image in the history of Vietnamese literature and the history of Chinese literature.
There is a vein of imperial inspiration running through the elite Vietnamese Confucian authors, starting with Nguyen Trai, passing through many famous authors and ending with Phan Boi Chau.
There is an obsession with the image of the imperial teacher Truong Luong in the minds of the most elite Confucian scholars in Vietnam, typically: Nguyen Trai, Nguyen Binh Khiem, Nguyen Huu Chinh, Nguyen Cong Tru, Phan Boi Chau...
There was an aspiration to become a royal teacher among the most elite scholars of the nation from Nguyen Trai to Phan Boi Chau.
There was a sublimation of the image of the imperial teacher Truong Luong in Vietnamese literature in the 18th-19th period.
The aspiration to become an imperial teacher is where scholars express their highest aspirations in seeking freedom and how elite scholars respond to despotism.
Zhang Liang, as the sediment of the desire to propose a master, is a late-appearing master who surpasses the previous master and overshadows the later master.
Practical applicability: reference for students, postgraduates and interested people
Further research directions: research on imperial literature and research on the behavior of the entire scholar class towards despotism.

12. Published works related to the thesis
Trinh Van Dinh (2011), “Van Hanh - Ly Cong Uan viewed from the structure of power couple”, Journal of Science of VNU, Vol. 27 (1), pp. 15-21.
Trinh Van Dinh (2011), “Reception of Truong Luong in Vietnam”, Readers and contemporary art public, Hanoi National University Publishing House, pp. 120 - 138.
Trinh Van Dinh (2012), “Coming and fossilizing: Truong Luong in the consciousness of Vietnamese scholars in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries”, Forty years of Han Nom training and research 1972-1912, Hanoi National University Publishing House, pp. 473-509.
Do Thu Ha - Trinh Dinh (2012), "Heroes During Time of Unrest in Korean History: from the Reference System between China and Vietnam", International Review of Korean Studies, Vol 9 (1), the University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia, ISSN-1449-7395, pp 127-166.
Trinh Van Dinh (2013), “The ways of choosing of the elite scholars in history” (Case Studies of Nguyen Trai, Nguyen Binh Khiem and Nguyen Du), VNU Science Journal, Vol. 29 (2), pp. 10-18.
Trinh Van Dinh (2013), “The origin of the formation of the “hero of troubled times” model in East Asian history and the characteristics of the hero of troubled times model in Korean history”, Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ho Chi Minh City National University, (59), pp. 258 – 265.

INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name: TRINH VAN DINH 2. Sex: Male
3. Date of birth: January 27, 1982 4. Place of birth: Hai Phong
5. Admission decision number: 3202/QD-SĐH Dated 8th November 2010 by President of the Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
6. Changes in academic process: None
(List the forms of change and corresponding times)
7. Official thesis title: Zhang Liang – the model of characters of Emperor's Advisor in the writings of Confucians (Surveying the resources from China and Vietnam)
8. Major: Vietnam Literature 9. Code: 62 22 34 01
10. Supervisors: Prof.Dr Tran Ngoc Vuong
(Full name, academic title and degree)
11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:
The thesis demonstrates a literary character style of the Emperor's Advisor in the literary history in Vietnamese writings;
The thesis also has a deep inspiration of emperor's advisor in the most famous Vietnamese Confucians, from Nguyen Trai, to others and to the end of Phan Boi Chau; There is also a haunting explanation of character image in the mind of the most renowned scholars of Vietnam such as Nguyen Trai, Nguyen Binh Khiem, Nguyen Huu Chinh, Nguyen Cong Tru, Phan Boi Chau;
There is an inspiration also to become the emperor's advisor from the most elite national scholars, from Nguyen Trai to Phan Boi Chau; There is a sublimation of the image of the emperor's advisor of Zhang Liang in Vietnamese literature from the 18th to 19th century; There is an aspiration by scholars to become the emperor's advisor in which they look for the freedom, the ways conducted to the autocracies;
Zhang Liang is known as the aspired emperor's advisor who has appeared recently but prominently and over-imaged to the previous ones.

12. Practical applicability, if any: as referenced sources for undergraduate, postgraduate students and for other interested scholars.
13. Further research directions, if any: research on literature on emperor's advisor and the ways to autocracies by the scholars.
14. Thesis-related publications:
Trinh Van Dinh (2011), “Van Hanh – Ly Cong Uan, Revising from dual power- construction”, Scientific Annals of VNU Vietnam National University Press Hanoi, Vol . 27, pp. 15-21
Trinh Van Dinh (2011), “The receiving of Zhang Liang in Vietnam”, Readers and Contemporary Art's Adiences, Vietnam National University Press, Hanoi, pp.120 - 138.
Trinh Van Dinh (2012), “Coming and being fossiled: Zhang Liang in the Vietnamese scholar's thinking in the 18th, 19th and early 20th century, Forty years of training and research Sino Nom: 1912-1972, Vietnam National University Press, Hanoi, pp. 473-509.
Do Thu Ha – Trinh Dinh (2012), “Heroes During Time of Unrest in Korean History: from the Reference System between China and Vietnam”, International Review of Korean Studies, Vol 9 (1), the University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia, ISSN-1449-7395, pp. 127-166.
Trinh Van Dinh (2013), “The choosing ways of Confucians of Quintessence in Vietnam's History” (case study on Nguyen Trai, Nguyen Binh Khiem and Nguyen Du), Scientific Annals of VNU, Vietnam National University Press, Hanoi, Vol 2., pp. 10-18
Trinh Van Dinh (2013), “Shape-Taking origin oF the “heroes in unrest time” typology in East Asian History and the characteristics of that typology in Korea's history”, Scientific Annals of VNU, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ho Chi Minh City, Vol 59., pp. 258-265