Việt Điện U Linh Tập Explained

Việt Điện U Linh Tập (Vietnamese: 粵甸幽靈集 or 越甸幽靈集) is a collection of Vietnamese history written in chữ Nho compiled by Lý Tế Xuyên in 1329.

The English "Viet Realm" (or "Yue Territory") derives from alternative Chinese characters designating Vietnam under the Chinese domination as Jiaozhi. Chinese sources tend to use the Chinese title Yuedian (粵甸, Yue as in Nanyue) whereas Vietnamese sources tend to use the title Việt Điện (越甸). The use differs in selection of different chữ Hán characters for Viet/Yue. The text gives not only a commentated history of historical figures, but also their roles as spirits in the afterlife according to the traditions developed in Vietnam's Mahayana Buddhism.^[1] The text also cited from contributions of Tang dynasty author Zhao Chang (fl. 791–802) and Zeng Gun (f. 866–897) who ruled the Protectorate General to Pacify the South (northern Vietnam).

See also

• Lĩnh Nam chích quái

Bibliography

• Book: Dror, Olga. Cult, Culture, and Authority: Princess Liễu Hạnh in Vietnamese History. 2007. University of Hawaii Press. 0-824-86207-4.
• Book: Pelley, Patricia M.. Postcolonial Vietnam: New Histories of the National Past. 2002. Duke University Press. 978-0-822-32966-4.
• Book: Dutton. George. Werner. Jayne. Whitmore. John K.. 2012. Sources of Vietnamese Tradition. Columbia University Press. 978-0-231-51110-0.
  • • Book: Taylor, Philip. 2007. Modernity and Re-Enchantment: Religion in Post-Revolutionary Vietnam. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. 978-9-812-30438-4.

Notes and References

1. The Oxford History of Historical Writing: Volume 3: 1400-1800: Volumes 31400-31800 - Page 122 Jose Rabasa, Masayuki Sato, Edoardo Tortarolo - 2012 "Compiled by Lý Tế Xuyên, a thirteenth-century court official, this work detailed historical figures, as well as the roles they subsequently played as spirits, and the titles accorded to them. This was written during and after the Mongol invasions,"