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Nguyen Du’s Philosophical Views in His Collection of Strange Tales

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Nguyen Du was a thinker of Vietnam in the 16th century and he bequeathed the famous Collection of Strange Tales to the following generations. Through the characters in the tales, he criticized the society of his time, expressed the aspirations for life and discussed the norms for human beings and the solutions for human and social problems. The book is the distilled expression of Nguyen Du’s philosophical reflections, which were typical for the ideology landscape of Vietnam society in the decline of the Le dynasty. The Collection of Strange Tales and the embedded philosophical views contribute to the diversity and identify of Vietnam traditional philosophy.


Source: Journal of Political Theory and Communications, no 4 (2020).

Bui Thi Thanh Huong

Assoc. Prof., PhD, Academy of Journalism and Communication

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