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Truyện Trê Cóc
(The chronicle of the catfish and the frog) is a 398-line satirical poem written in Vietnam in the 13th Century. In the poem a catfish steals the tadpoles of two frogs. The frogs appeal to the mandarin who orders the catfish imprisoned. However the wife of the catfish bribes the mandarin's assistant to have the case re-examined. After inspection of the pond the mandarin's inspectors declare that the tadpoles are the true offspring of the catfish. Along with folk tales such as '' Thằng Bờm'' the ''Truyện Trê Cóc'' was one of the poems reanalysed by scholars such as Ninh Viết Giao.Patricia M. Pelley ''Postcolonial Vietnam: New Histories of the National Past'' 2002 p270 "Writers such as Ngô Quân Miện, Ngọc Lân, Nguyễn Hồng Phong, Ninh Viết Giao, Trần Hữu Chí, Trương Chính, and Văn Tân debated the meaning of the folktales Thằng Bờm and Truyện Trê Cóc." References {{DEFAULTSORT:Truyen Tre Coc Vietnamese poems ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thằng Bờm
''Thằng Bờm'' (Bờm the Fool, Bờm the village idiot) is a Vietnamese folktale Oral literature, orature, or folk literature is a genre of literature that is spoken or sung in contrast to that which is written, though much oral literature has been transcribed. There is no standard definition, as anthropologists have used va ... character. Content The Thằng Bờm stories, along with poems like the satirical '' Truyện Trê Cóc'', were among the folktales reanalysed by socialist scholars.Patricia M. Pelley ''Postcolonial Vietnam: New Histories of the National Past'' 2002 p270 "Writers such as Ngô Quân Miện, Ngọc Lân, Nguyễn Hồng Phong, Ninh Viết Giao, Trần Hữu Chí, Trương Chính, and Văn Tân debated the meaning of the folktales Thằng Bờm and Truyện Trê Cóc." References {{DEFAULTSORT:Thang, Bom Vietnamese literary characters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ninh Viết Giao
Ninh Viết Giao ( Thanh Hoá, c. 1930) is a Vietnamese writer. He graduated from Hanoi University Hanoi University (HANU; ) (formerly Hanoi University of Foreign Studies), established in 1959 in Hanoi, is an institution for foreign language training and research. Hanoi University offers bachelor's degrees in 10 languages including Englis ... in 1956. He was one of the writers reviving an interest in folk tales such as Thằng Bờm and Truyện Trê Cóc. Works * Xứ Nghệ và tôi 2006Viết Giao Ninh "Autobiography and literary works of Ninh Viết Giao; well known author in Vietnam." References Vietnamese writers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Vietnam-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trương Chính
Trương or Truong is a Vietnamese surname. Individuals with the surname Trương make up approximately 2.2% of the population and rank eighth on the list of the most common surnames in Vietnam. They are primarily of Kinh ethnicity (Vietnamese people) but also include people from the Chinese, Cham, Tho, and San Diu ethnic groups in Vietnam. Origin The Vietnamese surname Trương derives from the Chinese surname Zhang, both written in the Han script as 張. Zhang is the third most common Chinese surname in China and fourth in Taiwan. Notable people with the surname * André Truong Trong Thi (1936–2005), Vietnamese-French engineer, called the "father of the personal computer" * Doris Truong, president of the Asian American Journalists Association * Hieu C. Truong (born 1941), Vietnamese Canadian engineer * Monique Truong (born 1968), writer * Paul Truong (born 1965), American chess player, trainer, and organizer * Trương Bửu Diệp (1897–1946), Vietnamese Catholic pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |