That was the question asked by the Emperor to all the kings – Page 11
That was the question asked by the Emperor to all the kings of the sur rounding countries. As for the latter, their noblest duty would be to revere and serve the emperor in order to benefit from the sainted vir tues of a ruler endowed with the mandate of Heaven and, on a more materialistic […]
Zhao Tuo did not alter in any significant way the governmental – Page 10
Zhao Tuo did not alter in any significant way the governmental struc tures of his new acquisition. The most important change he made that will exert an impact on the relations between China and Vietnam for centuries to come consisted in the merging of the four principalities he ruled over in China with the land […]
the genie of the Mountain, Son Tinh, and that of the Water, Thuy Tinh – Page 9
Dragons must reside near the water and fairies or immortals are faithful compa nions of trees and rocks. But, how can we explain the fact that the people of the mountain and the people of the water, or by proxy the mountain and the sea, have not lived peacefully all that time next to one […]
People lived on the Vietnamese land a very long time ago. Page 8
From the family to the village, we now emerge into something vaster and more encompassing: the nation as headed by a sovereign who presided over all the villages because in him resided the power not only to assign protecting deities to each individual village, but also to rank those deities according to their respective merits […]
Zhao Tuo renounced his title of emperor, accepted the Han – Page 7
result: Zhao Tuo renounced his title of emperor, accepted the Han investiture as king of Nan Yue, and resumed diplo matic and com mercial relations with China. Nan Yue’s founder died in 137 BCE. His direct successor, Zhao Wen Wang, Trieu Van Vuong (137-125 BCE) depended so much upon the protection of the Han that […]
his wife’s family which was in the Co Loa royal residence – Page 6
his wife’s family which was in the Co Loa royal residence. Soon enough, he discovered the miracul ous claw, stole it and brought it back to his father. Right away, Zhao Tuo launched his army against the Thuc’s territory. He easily conquered Au Lac, added it to his realm and kept the old name Nan […]
Eighteen legendary kings with the name of Hung successively ruled – Page 5
the dei ties protecting the Emperor of Heaven. The combat resulted in a cove nant passed between Heaven and the animals. The only clause of the con tract stipulates that each time the animals wished for rain, they simply asked the toad to grind its teeth. Two ancient one-line adages say it plainly: The toad […]
From the family to the village, we now emerge into something vaster – Page 4
From the family to the village, we now emerge into something vaster and more encompassing: the nation as headed by a sovereign who presided over all the villages because in him resided the power not only to assign protecting deities to each individual village, but also to rank those deities according to their respective merits […]
Khmers or Cambodians who reside in the southern part of South Vietnam – Page 3
Khmers or Cambodians who reside in the southern part of South Vietnam inhabit a land, which was theirs not so long ago. So do the Cham who dwell in the coastal plains of central Viet nam. Champa, the name of their vanished kingdom, controlled that part of Vietnam for more than ten centuries, from the […]
Cambodian frontier, called That Son or Nui Sap and Nui Sam – Page 2
Cambodian frontier, called That Son or Nui Sap and Nui Sam which derive their fame from their religious tradi tion. There is a very famous feature lodged on top of a mountain found in central Vietnam: it is a bloc of stone suggesting the shape of a woman hold ing an infant in her arms. […]
