Information on the thesis "Research on the royal decrees of Thua Thien Hue villages" by HVCH Nguyen Thi Xuan Hien, majoring in Han Nom.1. Full name of student: Nguyen Thi Xuan Hien 2. Gender: Female 3. Date of birth: March 16, 1984. 4. Place of birth: Thuan Phuoc, Hai Chau, Da Nang city 5. Decision to recognize student No: 1536/QD-XHNV-KH&SĐH dated October 16, 2009 by the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 6. Changes during the training process: None 7. Thesis topic: Research on the royal decree of Thua Thien Hue villages 8. Major: Han Nom; 9. Code: 60 22 40 10. Scientific supervisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Thuy Vinh; Working agency: Institute of Han Nom Studies. 11. Summary of the thesis results: Through the process of fieldwork and surveying the village and commune decrees in Thua Thien Hue, we initially collected documents of more than 350 decrees, most of which were dated from the Minh Mang to Bao Dai dynasties. The decrees for village and commune deities under the Nguyen Dynasty have outlined a picture of the cultural customs and beliefs in this land with a diverse and rich system of deities with their own unique colors. Besides the inherent spiritual cultural elements of the people who migrated from the North to the O Chau region from the 14th century and most during the period when Nguyen Hoang came to guard Thuan Hoa, the people in the region also absorbed and integrated with many other cultural flows such as the culture of the Champa people and the Minh Huong people who immigrated to this place. Combined with other Han Nom village and commune documents, the decrees are an important part of the documents that give us a comprehensive view of the culture of the Hue region. With a large number of villages, the number of royal decrees we surveyed is only a very small part, however, this is also an effort to create a premise to delve into the research and study of this type of document. During the fieldwork, it was shown that these royal decrees are currently in a state of tatters and loss due to the impact of natural and human conditions. Therefore, to protect this valuable heritage, it is necessary to have the attention of many professional and social agencies, so that the lifeblood of the village is always continued in modern life until the future.
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1. Full name: Nguyen Thi Xuan Hien 2. Sex: female 3. Date of birth: March 16, 1984. 4. Place of birth: Thuan Phuoc, Hai Chau, Da Nang 5. Admission decision number: 1536/QD-XHNV-KH&SDH. Dated October 16, 2009 6. Changes in academic process: none 7. Official thesis title: A research on royal ordinances in villages in Thua Thien Hue province. 8. Major: Han Nom 9. Code: 60 22 40 10. Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Thuy Vinh.Institution: Institute of Han – Nom studies. 11. Summary of the findings of the thesis: Through the process of conducting research in rural eras and carrying out survey on ancient documents related to villages in Thua Thien Hue Province, initially, 350 royal ordinances, mostly from the periods of King Minh Menh and King Bao Dai, were collected. The royal ordinances conferred to the villages' tutelary gods under the reign of the Nguyen Dynasty provided information of the villages' culture and religion with their own system of various deities. Besides inherent cultural and spriritual factors of dwellers from Northern Vietnam moving to the O Chau region in the 14th century, mostly during the reign of Lord Nguyen Hoang over Thuan Hoa region, local residents also acquire and integrate into other cultural flows such as the cultures of Champa and Minh Huong people who came to settle down in this area. Together with other Han – Nom (Sino – Vietnamese) scripts found in the villages, royal ordinance is considered as an important tupe of ancient documents which provides us a comprehensive view on Hue culture. Because there are a great number of villages, the amount of royal ordinances found in this survey is just a small part of these documents. However, this study is an effort to raise awareness and provide ideas for further research on this type of documents. During the prosess of carrying out this research in rural areas, it is recognized that apart from the well-preserved royal ordinances, many of these ancient documents are in poor condition of being torn or lost due to environmental and human impacts. Therefore, in order to preserve this precious heritage, it is necessary to attract attention of specialized agencies and the society so that village' lifestyle and tradition are continued in modern and future society.
