The Hội Trí Tri (會致知) or the Société d’Enseignement Mutuel du Tonkin (1892-1946) was an educational society in French colonial Tonkin. It was part of the modernist movement. The Association for Mutual Education was behind the short-lived
Tonkin Free School
Tonkin, also spelled ''Tongkin'', ''Tonquin'' or ''Tongking'', is an exonym referring to the northern region of Vietnam. During the 17th and 18th centuries, this term referred to the domain ''Đàng Ngoài'' under Trịnh lords' control, includi ...
(1907-1908) at 59 Hàng Đàn where
Phạm Duy Tốn Phạm Duy Tốn (1881 – 25 February 1924) was a Vietnamese writer. He was father of the songwriter Phạm Duy
Phạm Duy (5 October 1921 – 27 January 2013) was one of Vietnam's most prolific songwriters with a musical career that spanned ...
was one of the teachers.
[Nguyễn Đình Hoà ''From the City Inside the Red River: A Cultural Memoir'' 1999 Page 76 "the Association for Mutual Education (Hội Trí Tri) at 59 Fan Street. ... August 22, 1907, of the same paper further revealed, on page 348, that the three elementary grades were taught ... Trần Văn Hùng, Vũ Văn Trw and Phạm Duy Tốn, the latter a scholar-publicist and father of Professor Phạm Duy-Khiem and musician Phạm Duy-Ca'n, a.k.a. Phạm Duy. On November 16, 1943, Governor-General Decoux, resident-sup ...] The chairman was
Nguyễn Văn Tố.
References
Vietnamese writers' organizations
Confucianism in Vietnam
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