Professor, People's Teacher Nguyen Kim Dinh was the former Head of the Department of Literature, Hanoi University of Science (1988-1991), now the Department of Literature, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
Professor Nguyen Kim Dinh was a direct lecturer of Literature class 8 (1963 - 1967) and was very impressed with this special student.
Impressions of a special student
More than 60 years have passed, but the memories of his former student, who later became General Secretary, are still intact in the memory of Professor Nguyen Kim Dinh.
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I taught Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong when the whole school was evacuated to Thai Nguyen. Hanoi University evacuated to Thai Nguyen from 1965 to 1969. I specialized in teaching Russian Literature History. In my impression, during his time at school, Mr. Trong was one of the most serious students, studious, quiet and calm. After Mr. Trong graduated, I heard that he went to work at the Communist Magazine., Professor Nguyen Kim Dinh recalled.
Following the steps of student Nguyen Phu Trong back then and also witnessing his growth, Professor Nguyen Kim Dinh further affirmed the integrity of this student.
"In 2016, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the 8th Class's graduation, Mr. Trong attended, who was then the General Secretary. At the meeting, I suddenly thought of a couplet to give to Mr. Trong. I told Mr. Trong to let me borrow the word "Trong" in his name to give him a couplet. I wrote it on the spot without preparing it in advance.", Professor Nguyen Kim Dinh shared.
Professor, People's Teacher Nguyen Kim Dinh told about the time General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong studied in the Literature class of Course 8 (1963-1967) (Photo: USSH Media)
The two parallel sentences are "Respecting the government, respecting integrity, promoting Party loyalty/Promoting talent and virtue to unite the people's hearts".
That is, we must respect integrity and uprightness to arouse the spirit of our Party, and must praise talented and virtuous people to unite the people.
After I gave those two parallel sentences to Mr. Trong, he said: "Today, the teacher and my friends have given me such a heavy responsibility!"
According to Professor Nguyen Kim Dinh, the word "Trong" chosen to be used in the parallel sentence means "respect", also meaning "weight".
But when I watched foreign newspapers and radio stations report, I saw that they used the word “Trong” differently. The word “Trong” in foreign newspapers and radio stations often means “younger brother” in Manh, Trong, Quy to distinguish brothers in order from older to younger.
"After that, I never had the chance to meet Mr. Trong again to ask him which word "Trong" was used in his name.", said the Professor.
Noble personalityAccording to Professor Nguyen Kim Dinh, the years Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong studied at the Faculty of Literature - Hanoi University were not many, and he also had to study in an evacuation area, where material conditions and books were difficult and lacking.
But that time certainly left unforgettable "lines" for Literature students of Course 8, especially humanity and knowledge about society and people.
General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong during a visit to the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Vietnam National University, Hanoi) in 2012.
According toyesAccording to Professor Nguyen Kim Dinh, Mr. Trong's future professional path seems far away but is actually very close to Literature, because studying Literature is studying about people.
"I think the knowledge Mr. Trong learned at the Faculty of Literature is very important to his activities and work. The work of Party building that he pursued throughout his life is essentially building people, from this point of view, the influence of the Faculty of Literature is not small."Professor Nguyen Kim Dinh said.
Talking about his impression of the university graduation thesis of student Nguyen Phu Trong, Professor Nguyen Kim Dinh said that Mr. Trong did his graduation thesis on Folklore in To Huu's poetry.
Mr. Trong was also directly instructed by a very good and prestigious teacher in the field of Folk Literature, Professor Dinh Gia Khanh.
"To dare to choose such a topic must be a person who is very confident in his expertise. That choice has shown a maturity in Mr. Trong since he was young, also showing his thoroughness, certainty, maturity in work in general, as well as his later qualities.", Professor Nguyen Kim Dinh said.
When hearing the news of Mr. Trong, the old Professor expressed regret.
"I regret it for several reasons. A General Secretary who also has a theoretical level like him is very rare! Very rare!
Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong is both the General Secretary and an outstanding theorist of the Party, this is his special advantage. The topic that he devoted his whole life to researching was Party building. His last articles focused especially on the issue of Party building and building the integrity of Party members.
I also respect Mr. Trong because although he is the General Secretary, he continues to do theory about the Party.
Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong passed away, we lost an expert in in-depth research on the Party. In terms of personality. Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong was a man with a truly noble and beautiful personality, he was loved by many people. I am very sorry!", Professor Nguyen Kim Dinh said.
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