Petrus Trương Vĩnh Ký
Jean-Baptiste Petrus Trương Vĩnh Ký ( vi-hantu, 張永記; 6 December 18371 September 1898), known as Petrus Ký, was a Vietnamese people, Vietnamese scholar whose publications helped improve understanding between colonial French Indochina, Vietnam and Europe. His works helped popularize the Vietnamese alphabet, Vietnamese alphabet, chữ Quốc ngữ, leading to its officialization in the early 20th century. He served in the French colonial regime as a linguist and also translated many literary works into modern Vietnamese. Life When he was little, he went by the name Trương Chánh Ký. He was born on 6 December 1837 in Vĩnh Thành village, Minh Lệ canton, Tân Minh district, Vĩnh Long province (now is Vĩnh Thành, Commune, Chợ Lách district, Bến Tre province). His father was Provincial Military Lead Trương Chánh Thi, his mother was Nguyễn Thị Châu. He started to learn Literary Chinese at the early age of 5. When he was 8, he lost his father. During tha ...
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