Information on the thesis "Comparative Study of the Inspiration of Contentment in 16th and 19th Century Literature (through the authors Nguyen Binh Khiem and Nguyen Cong Tru)" by graduate student Nguyen Tuan Hanh, majoring in Vietnamese Literature.1. Student's Full Name: Nguyen Tuan Hanh 2. Gender: Female 3. Date of Birth: September 1, 1984 4. Place of Birth: Ha Tinh 5. Decision No. 1355/2008/QD – XHNV – KH &SĐH, dated October 24, 2008, issued by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 6. Changes during the training process: None 7. Thesis Title: A Comparative Study of the Inspiration of Contentment in 16th and 19th Century Literature (through the authors Nguyen Binh Khiem and Nguyen Cong Tru) 8. Major: Vietnamese Literature; Code: 60 22 0121 9. Scientific Supervisor: (Clearly state scientific title, academic degree, full name, and affiliation): Associate Professor – Dr. Nguyen Kim Son – Vietnam National University, Hanoi. 10. Summary of the thesis results: (Summarize the thesis results, emphasizing new findings if any): The thesis starts from the core of Confucian doctrine to the Confucian theory of self-cultivation, and generalizes the inspiration of "An Ban Lac Dao" (living a peaceful life in poverty and finding joy in the Way), then studies specifically the authors Nguyen Binh Khiem and Nguyen Cong Tru. The thesis delves into the era, life, and people to explain the origins of each person's inspiration and, through that, emphasizes and studies the beauty of poetry and literature in two aspects: "An Ban" (living a peaceful life in poverty – the word "Nhan") and "Lac Dao" (finding joy in the Way – the Way of the Confucian scholar). From there, the thesis compares the literary periods of the 16th and 19th centuries to see similarities and differences, and affirms that the inspiration of "An Ban Lac Dao" permeates Vietnamese literature throughout its history, but each period has its own differences, largely determined by the factors of the era and the people involved. 11. Further research directions (if any): None 12. Published works related to the thesis: None.
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name : Nguyen Tuan Hanh 2. Sex: Female 3. Date of birth: September 1st 1984 4. Place of birth: Ha Tinh 5. Admission decision number: 1355/2008/QD – XHNV – KH & SĐH. Dated: October 24, 2008 6. Changes in academic process: None 7. Official thesis title: Research on comparison of “Peace – poverty – happiness – Confucianism” in literature works in 16th century and 19 (by author Nguyen Binh Khiem and Nguyen Cong Tru) 8. Major: Vietnamese 9. Code: 60 22 0121 10. Supervisors: Nguyen Kim Son - Vice Professor – Doctor of art -National University Hanoi. 11. Summary of the findings of the thesis: The master thesis ranges from the core of theory of Confucianism to the theory of self-improvement of Confucians, from the general inspiration of Peace-Poverty- Happiness- Confucianism to the specific researches on Nguyen Binh Khiem and Nguyen Cong Tru. The thesis focuses on the epoch, the life and characters to understand the source of inspiration of each author from which to put an emphasis and do research on the beauty of their works on two sides: Peace-Poverty (live peacefully in poverty-leisure) and Happiness – Confucianism (be happy with Confucianism – religious system of Confucians). Also from those things, the thesis makes a comparison between the literary period in the sixteenth century and that in the nineteenth century to see the similarities and differences; at the same time to confirm the influence of the inspiration of Peace-Poverty- Happiness- Confucianism on Vietnamese literatures; but there are still differences in each period and these differences are due to the factors of epochs and people. 12. Further research directions, if any: None 13. Thesis-related publications: None
