English translation of Bình Ngô Đại Cáo
Subject: [Vsg] Bình Ngô Đại Cáo
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From: Minh Tran <mtran@csulb.edu>
Reply-To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
To: vsg@u.washington.edu
Date: Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 8:52 AM
Anthony,
Although this may be of little interest but the quoc ngu translation and commentary on the Bình Ngô Đại Cáo can be found in Trần Trọng Kim’s Việt Nam Sử Lược. This book also contain the Han’s version in corollary to the original version. As to the English version, I would attempt seeking some of John Whitmore’s works for any update exertion on it since he specializes in this era. There may be a few young graduates at Cornell that is working on Nguyễn Trãi, however I cannot offer any further information.
As for the English translation, please try Trương Bửu Lâm in: Patterns of Vietnamese Response to Foreign Intervention, 1858-1900. Yale University Southeast Asia studies, Monograph Series, No. II, 1967, 55-62.
Minh Huynh Tran
Graduate Student
CSULB
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From: Anthony Le <leductony@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 10:23 AM
Thank you everyone for the referral to the sources.
When I was writing my email, I forgot that I am living
in Thailand and don't have access to the American
libraries. If anyone happens to have this translation
on an electronic file and can send it to me, I would
greatly appreciate it. If no one has it, then I will
try to find a way according to your referrals. Thank
you very much!!
Anthony
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Subject: [Vsg] Looking for Eng. translation of Bình Ngô Đại Cáo
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From: Anthony Le <leductony@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 2:31 AM
Hi everyone,
If you have or know of where I can get a hold of an
English translation of Nguyễn Trãi's declaration, I
would really appreciate it if you let me know. Thanks
very much.
anthony
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From: pham hongtung <phamhtung@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 5:52 AM
Dear Anthony,
I think there is a translation in a book by Trương Bửu Lâm that was published a quite long time ago. He offers not only the translation of Cáo Bình Ngô, but also of Hịch Tướng Sĩ and others. I'm sorry for not beeing able to provide you with the title of the book.
Pham Hong Tung
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From: Shawn McHale <mchale@gwu.edu>
Reply-To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 8:34 PM
Anthony,
You should look up Stephen O'Harrow's Journal of Southeast Asian Studies article on the Bình Ngô Đại Cáo from 1979, which has, I believe, an English translation of the article along with commentary.
See:
Stephen O'Harrow, "Nguyen Tra's Binh Ngo Dai Cao of 1428: The Development of Vietnamese National Identity," Journal of Southeast Asian HIstory 10:1 (March, 1979):159-174.
Shawn McHale
Associate Professor of History and International Affairs
George Washington University
Washington, DC 20052 USA
(on leave, 2007-08, at Vietnam National University --
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
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