Tran Quoc Tuan’s Perception of Human Virtuous Way through the Work “Hịch tướng sĩ” (Encouragement to Soldiers)

Tran Thi Thom^1,

¹Politics Education Department, Hanoi Metropolitan University, Hanoi, Vietnam

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Tran Thi Thom. Tran Quoc Tuan’s Perception of Human Virtuous Way through the Work “Hịch tướng sĩ” (Encouragement to Soldiers). American Journal of Educational Research. 2018; 6(6):638-643. doi: 10.12691/education-6-6-9

Abstract

The Encouragement to Soldiers is the work attached with name of a world-reputable supreme commander – Tran Quoc Tuan, Great King of Hung Dao who contributed a big share of maKing East Asia Magnanimity during Tran Dynasty of Vietnam. Aiming to encouraging solider spirit, gathering national united power for the sake of the struggle against the second Mongol Invasion, Encouragement to Soldiers came to being and rose the fire of patriotism inside each Vietnamese from that made the great victory of Vietnam over the Mongolia Empire, the most powerful Kingdom of the world at that time. Moreover, the work presents a statement that patriotism is the most respectable one among human virtuous way. Patriotism in Encouragement to Soldiers bears elements of humanity attaching with and mixing into family love and happiness desire of each person on the ground of unification between individual interest and collective and national interest. Studying Tran Quoc Tuan’s perception of human virtuous way in the Encouragement to Soldiers will help us understand further the East Asia Magnanimity and contribute to develop precious properties and durable values of Vietnam’ culture, at the same time form a foundation to build a traditional Vietnamese culture within such a situation like today.

Keywords:
Human virtuous way Patriotism The Encouragement to Soldiers Great King of Hung Dao Tran Quoc Tuan Mongolia Empire

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