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Nguyễn Du
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Nguyễn Du, courtesy name Tố Như and art name Thanh Hiên, was a poet and scholar-official, widely acclaimed as one of the most important writers of Vietnamese literature. Fluent in both Literary Chines
Nguyễn Du's statue at the site of his ancestral house in Hà Tĩnh Province.
Nguyễn Du's statue at the site of his ancestral house in Hà Tĩnh Province.
A Đại Việt delegate to the Qing court in 1761. The mandarin robes worn by Du's family would have been similar to this.
A Đại Việt delegate to the Qing court in 1761. The mandarin robes worn by Du's family would have been similar to this.
Armies of the Trịnh lords, depicted in an 18th-century painting at the Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts.
Armies of the Trịnh lords, depicted in an 18th-century painting at the Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts.
Qing portrait of Nguyễn Huệ, also known as Emperor Quang Trung.
Qing portrait of Nguyễn Huệ, also known as Emperor Quang Trung.
Chữ Nôm
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Chữ Nôm is a logographic writing system formerly used to write the Vietnamese language. It uses Chinese characters to represent Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary and some native Vietnamese words, with other
Nguyễn Du
…a poet and scholar-official, widely acclaimed as one of the most important writers of Vietnamese literature. Fluent in both Literary Chinese and the Nôm script then used to transcribe the Vietnamese language, Du left behind a prolific body of works that demonstrates a mastery of various poetic forms…
A page from Tự Đức thánh chế tự học giải nghĩa ca (嗣德聖製字學解義歌), a 19th-century primer for teaching Vietnamese children Chinese characters. The work is
A page from Tự Đức thánh chế tự học giải nghĩa ca (嗣德聖製字學解義歌), a 19th-century primer for teaching Vietnamese children Chinese characters. The work is attributed to Emperor Tự Đức, the fourth emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty. In this primer, chữ Nôm is used to gloss the Chinese characters, for example, 𡗶 is used to gloss 天.
A page from the bilingual dictionary Nhật dụng thường đàm (日用常談; 1851). Characters representing words in Hán (Chinese) are explained in Nôm (Vietnames
A page from the bilingual dictionary Nhật dụng thường đàm (日用常談; 1851). Characters representing words in Hán (Chinese) are explained in Nôm (Vietnamese).
A page from The Tale of Kieu by Nguyễn Du. This novel was first published in 1820 and is the best-known work in Nôm. The edition shown was printed in
A page from The Tale of Kieu by Nguyễn Du. This novel was first published in 1820 and is the best-known work in Nôm. The edition shown was printed in the late 19th century.
The second page of Tam tự kinh lục bát diễn âm (三字經六八演音) with the original Literary Chinese text on the top, and Vietnamese translation on the bottom.
The second page of Tam tự kinh lục bát diễn âm (三字經六八演音) with the original Literary Chinese text on the top, and Vietnamese translation on the bottom. The Vietnamese text is written in chữ Nôm and lục bát (六八) verse form.