Lương Kim Định or Dominic Lương Kim Định, Kim Định (15 June 1914 – 25 March 1997 in

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) was a Vietnamese

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, scholar and

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Biography

He was born in Nam Dinh,

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. He was ordained Catholic priest in 1943. He was a philosophy graduate of the Seminary of Saint Albert le Grand, and a professor of philosophy at Bui Chu Seminary (1943–46). He afterwards went to

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at the ''Institut des Hautes Etudes Chinoises''. Returning to Vietnam in 1957, he taught philosophy at the Le Bao Tinh Academy and the

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Faculty of Letters since 1960, Van Hanh University since 1967, and Dalat University. Philosopher Kim Dinh died on 25 March 1997 at

, USA, aged 83.

Works

He published more than 30 books on Vietnamese culture and philosophy from 1963 until his death. The numerous works of Kim Dinh present a plethora of insights into the Vietnamese cultural heritage and can serve as a valuable basis for a Vietnamese‑American theology. He established the philosophies of An Vi (or ''An Việt'', “Tranquillity Philosophy”) and “Authentic Vietnamese Confucianism” (''Việt Nho'').

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''An Viet'' Foundation

* Kim Dinh

The Presentation of Dr. Luong Kim Dinh during the First World Conference in

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, Taichung,

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, R.O.C., August 19–25, 1984 * Kim Dinh
A Tao-Field for Asia
The Presentation of Dr. Luong Kim Dinh during the International Symposium on Confucianism and the Modern World, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., November 11–17, 1987
32 Kim Dinh's Books in Vietnamese

BIOGRAPHY OF PHILOSOPHER LUONG KIM DINH
{{DEFAULTSORT:Luong, Kim Dinh 1914 births 1997 deaths People from Nam Định Vietnamese emigrants to the United States 20th-century Vietnamese philosophers 20th-century Vietnamese Roman Catholic priests 20th-century American philosophers

Biography

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