He illuminated revolutionary truth through his research works.

During the nine years of resistance against the French, Professor Hoang Xuan Nhi participated in the Southern Resistance Administrative Committee, directly serving as Director of the Southern Resistance Culture Institute and Director of the Southern Education Department. After peace was restored, he relocated to the North, working at the Hanoi Teacher Training College (1954-1957) and Hanoi University (1957-1982). With a high sense of responsibility as a soldier on the cultural and educational front, the Professor focused intensely on learning Russian to translate four volumes.Marxist-Leninist aesthetic principles" of the Soviet Academy of Sciences and the bookAesthetic categoriesBy Borep, he compiled 8 volumes of textbooks on Russian literature to serve timely university teaching and literary research (2, p. 400). After paving the way and laying the foundation for the Russian literature specialization and disseminating Marxist-Leninist aesthetic principles in Vietnam, Professor Hoang Xuan Nhi returned to the national cultural heritage..During the period of the war against the US to save the country, Professor Hoang Xuan Nhi wrote scholarly works.Learn about President Ho Chi Minh's poetry.First published in 1974 and reprinted in 1976, this book is a heartfelt work "filled with the essence of the land and life, in harmony with the fighting and building spirit of our army and people."

Professor Hoang Xuan Nhi (1914-1991).He was the Head of the Department of Literature (1960-1979).

Throughout his research career, Professor [Name] left behind numerous outstanding articles and scientific works. Some of his notable contributions include:Combating modern reactionary bourgeois ideology in aesthetics and literature and art.(Introduction, abridged translation, compilation). Published by Hanoi University.M. Gorki – Life and Work.Truth Publishing House, 1958 – 1959;History of Russian literature in the 19th century.Culture Publishing House, 1960;Marxist-Leninist aesthetic principlesVolume 1. 1961, 1963;Lenin and Party spirit in modern revolutionary literature. 1970, (mimeographed);Modern revisionism in literature and art in some countriesHanoi University, 1974;Learn about President Ho Chi Minh's poetry.Published by the University and Vocational High School Publishing House, 1976. As a patriot, proud of his nation, and deeply devoted to President Ho Chi Minh, the professor dedicated much effort to researching his poetry and writings..He wrote the work.Learn about President Ho Chi Minh's poetry.During the days when the faculty and students of the Literature Department of Hanoi University had to evacuate to Viet Bac, he "worked and toiled among the beloved people of Viet Bac, whose revolutionary loyalty and glorious fighting tradition were the pride of the entire nation, amidst the mountains and forests that had once been the 'capital of resistance' and where the footprints of the infinitely beloved Uncle Ho were imprinted...". He finished writing the final lines of his work when he received the shocking news: the beloved Uncle Ho had passed away. In October 1969, he began the academic year for the fourth-year Literature class with a special topic on President Ho Chi Minh's poetry, expressing boundless sorrow and immense grief that flowed through his tears and choked-up lecture.

With the scientific perspective of a communist, using Marxism-Leninism as the theoretical basis, and examining literary phenomena from a party-oriented standpoint, prioritizing the ideological content of literature, Professor Hoang Xuan Nhi has explored and analyzed important issues such as party spirit, people-oriented spirit, and national spirit in President Ho Chi Minh's poetry. The treatise has clarified a core issue in Ho Chi Minh's literary and artistic creations: He wrote prose and poetry with the noble purpose of serving the revolution, the cause of national liberation, and the happiness of the people. For him, literature was first and foremost a weapon of struggle, a means of revolutionary propaganda, and revolutionary content was the primary and foremost aesthetic object. When explaining the immense artistic effect of President Ho Chi Minh's poetry, Professor Hoang Xuan Nhi stated, "He composed for the revolution and, consequently, for poetry." While poetry wasn't the main purpose, without it, the poetry would lack artistic merit, appeal, and the ability to inspire. Uncle Ho was an artistic talent; he deeply understood the aesthetic characteristics of art. The revolutionary ideology in his poetry was seamlessly transformed into thought, feeling, and aesthetics, thus enabling him to "bring the Party's line to the heart and soul of every citizen of a country under foreign rule, and thus leading to the unity of the entire nation in the struggle for the vital interests of the Fatherland and the nation." The above analysis is profound and convincing; however, if the author of the treatise focused on highlighting the excellence and artistry of Uncle Ho's poetry, its persuasiveness would be even greater.

Covers of some of Professor Hoang Xuan Nhi's representative scientific works.

ThesisLearn about President Ho Chi Minh's poetry.Written in the light of Marxist-Leninist aesthetic theory and the Party's literary guidelines, this treatise consciously clarifies theoretical issues of Marxist-Leninist aesthetics through the study of Ho Chi Minh's poetry and prose. The author points out the unity and close connection between national and party spirit, between national tradition and humanity, in the President's poetry. In particular, he points out that the President's poetry is the highest crystallization of revolutionary heroism in the modern era. As someone particularly interested in aesthetic categories, Professor Hoang Xuan Nhi agrees with the view that, in Marxist-Leninist aesthetics, a special place should be given to heroism and nobility alongside the categories of beauty, tragedy, and comedy… According to him, "heroism is a broad category encompassing three types of qualities: political, moral, and aesthetic, closely linked and harmoniously intertwined." He believes that in the President's poetry there is nobility, and this category is intimately connected to heroism and revolutionary heroism. He substantiated these observations through the practical application of President Ho Chi Minh's poetic creations and his pure and noble life. The discussions on aesthetic categories in Ho Chi Minh's poetry constitute a specific historical contribution to this treatise; however, the author is also limited by the simplistic conception of tragedy in the new society held at that time.

Professor Hoang Xuan Nhi at a meeting (archive photo)

ThesisLearn about President Ho Chi Minh's poetry.Professor Hoang Xuan Nhi's work is a highly theoretical and heartfelt contribution to clarifying the immense value of Ho Chi Minh's literature and poetry, particularly expressing the deep and passionate love and respect of a patriotic intellectual for the Vietnamese revolutionary leader. This profound sentiment has given this scholarly treatise a strong literary and essayistic quality; the researcher's individuality is clearly expressed through each page—the individuality of a patriotic intellectual who pursues science out of revolutionary ideals and sentiment.

Many people wonder: Why didn't Professor Hoang Xuan Nhi, a man fluent in French and well-versed in French culture, focus on Western literature? Why didn't he use his strengths to pursue Russian literature and study Ho Chi Minh's poetry? This concern is valid, but I believe his academic choice was logical. Professor Hoang Xuan Nhi was a patriotic intellectual and a revolutionary fighter; revolutionary sentiments guided his scientific path, and he turned to literature to illuminate revolutionary truths through his research.