TTLV: Research on the Tay Son diplomatic texts

1. Student's full name: Pham Thi Huong Lan

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: August 28, 1976

4. Place of birth: Thai Binh City, Thai Binh Province

5. Decision on student admission No. 1528/QD-XHNV-KH&SDH dated October 14, 2009, by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in the training process: None

7. Thesis title: “Textual Research”Tay Son diplomatic relations"

8. Specialization: Sino-Vietnamese Studies; Code: 60.22.01.04

9. Scientific supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Trinh Khac Manh.

10. Summary of the thesis results:

- Description and analysis of the literary textTay Son diplomatic relationsand the variant versions of the work currently preserved at the Institute of Han Nom Studies, comparing and contrasting the variants to find a reliable version for research and presentation.

- Through the social context and the source materials of Sino-Vietnamese diplomatic documents from the Tay Son period, we will explore the timeline of diplomatic documents between the Tay Son dynasty and the Qing dynasty.

- Studying the content value of the work contributes to understanding the diplomatic policy of the Tay Son dynasty with the Qing dynasty in particular, and Vietnam-China relations in general.

- Studying the artistic value of the work, contributing to the understanding of Vietnamese administrative prose through diplomatic documents.

- Transcribing, translating, and annotating certain documents such as petitions, memorials, and reports within the work.Tay Son diplomatic relations.

11. Practical applications: Research and translation of literary works.Tay Son diplomatic relationsThis will make certain contributions to understanding and researching Vietnam's past foreign policy, thereby contributing to supplementing experience for foreign policy in the present era.

13. Published works related to the thesis: None

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Pham Thi Huong Lan

2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: 08/28/1976

4. Place of birth: Thai Binh city, Thai Binh province

5. Student's ID number: 1528/QĐ-XHNV-KH&SĐH

Recognized by the principal of National University of Hanoi on October, 14^th2009.

6. Changes made during study: none

7. Thesis topic: Research on the scriptures of"Tay Son diplomatic relations"

8. Major: ancient Vietnamese scripture; ID number: 60.22.01.04

9. Advisor: Trinh Khac Manh.

10. Thesis summarization

This study focuses on the scripture and literature of “Tay Son Bang Giao Tap”. The original texts as well as other existing texts are closely examined and compared in order to draw a more accurate result.

The exchange of scripture and literature between Vietnam and China during the Qing Dynasty and Tay Son period are examined to better understand the origin of ancient Vietnamese scripture.

The details of several works, scriptures, and literatures of Vietnam and China during the Qing Dynasty and Tay Son period are crucial in this research. Their values ​​and effects on Vietnamese and Chinese litterature will be described in this study. Tranlsation and decoding ancient texts to modern texts will also be done in this study so that readers can have a deeper understanding about ancient Vientiane scripture.

11. Application of this study: The search, translation and decoding in this study can be used to get a wider understanding toward ancient Vietnamese script. How has it affected Vietnamese litterature historically? What effects does it still have today on Vietnam and neighboring countries? The result of this study can give an answer to these questions, which then can be used to improve Vietnamese Literature Education and international relations.