A Study on Vietnamese Yan-xing-lu from 1849-1877

• Main Authors: Hoang-YenNguyen, 阮黃燕
• Other Authors: Yi-Yuan Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/15217006783906023958

博士 === 國立成功大學 === 中國文學系 === 103 === 19th century is such a “special period” for all East Asia nations. Many Southeast Asian countries surrounding Vietnam already became colonies of different Western countries, which made great change both in their economic and social life. For China, the suzerain of East Asian culture sphere, which having a very close relationship with Vietnam, is also having a tough time in managing its situation. China, an undoubtedly great, powerful nation before 1800, started to go downhill rapidly from the end of Qianlong. And this time is not easy for Vietnam, too, for it has to face many issues, from its own inner crisis, as well as the fatal threat from Western power, that all put Vietnam in a very deadly situation. As we can see, Vietnam and China seem to share the same problems, including the corruption of the nation and the threat from Western countries. Those issues not only threaten the sovereignty and the presence of two nations, but also hit badly on their people’s traditional, deep-seated belief and culture. Under such similar situation, the envoys of Vietnam dispatched to China have a great chance to observe different experience and things, that are written down carefully in there journals during the trips. Those documents truly do a great job in helping them or other scholars to open up their mind and their knowledge, as well as providing very valuable reference materials for managing the complicated situations in Vietnam. Hence, in this thesis, based on the documents of Vietnamese envoys going to Peking, China from 1844-1877, we study on how Vietnamese envoys, as well as popular Vietnamese scholars view on China and its destiny, how they see the threat from Western powers to Asian nations and what they consider or do after their trips to change themselves and Vietnam, which will make important contribution to research on the cultural exchange between China and Vietnam, Vietnamese history and envoys’ documents as well.