Chu Văn An

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Chu Văn An (* 1292 ; † 1370 ; maiden name Chu An ) was an influential Confucian scholar at the court of the Trần dynasty in Vietnam and tutor of the later monarch Trần Dụ Tông .

Life

Chu Văn An was the son of a Chinese father and a Vietnamese mother. He was appointed to the court by Emperor Trần Minh Tông to work as a scholar and tutor to the later Emperor Trần Dụ Tông . He achieved prominence at court as an observer of current affairs and as an author. Chu Văn An trained other scholars at the court who subsequently pushed ahead with the restructuring of the state according to Confucian ideas. When his prince and student finally sat on the throne, Chu Văn An demanded the removal of several corrupt state officials. When he went unheard, he withdrew from politics and spent the rest of his life in a village sixty kilometers outside of what was then Hanoi.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b K. W. Taylor: A History of the Vietnamese. Cambridge, 2013, pp. 145f
  2. ↑ Bruce Lockhart, William J. Duiker: Historical Dictionary of Vietnam, Oxford, 2006 p. 72
personal data
SURNAME Chu Văn An
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chu An
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Vietnamese scholar during the Tran Dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH 1292
DATE OF DEATH 1370