TTLV: Research on the text of Tay Son State Giao Tap

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 recognition of students No. 1528/QD-XHNV-KH&SDH dated October 14, 2009 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in training process: No

7. Thesis topic: "Textual research"Tay Son State Affairs Collection”.

8. Major: Han Nom; Code: 60.22.01.04

9. Scientific advisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Trinh Khac Manh.

10. Summary of thesis results:

- Describe and survey the text of the workTay Son State Affairs Collectionand the different versions of the work are currently kept at the Institute of Han Nom Studies, compare the different versions and find the reliable version to research and introduce.

- Through the social context and sources of Han Nom diplomatic documents of the Tay Son period, study the timeline of diplomatic documents between the Tay Son and Qing dynasties.

- Research the value of the work's content, contributing to understanding the foreign policy of the Tay Son period with the Qing Dynasty in particular, and Vietnam - China in general.

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

- Transcribe, translate and annotate some documents such as reports, memorials and revelations in the workTay Son State Affairs Collection.

11. Practical application: Research and translation of worksTay Son State Affairs Collectionwill have certain contributions to the study and research of Vietnam's foreign policy in the past, thereby contributing to supplementing experience for foreign policy in today's 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 State Affairs Collection”.

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

9. Advisor: Trinh Khac Manh.

10. Thesis summary

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.