Trần Văn Giáp Explained

Trần Văn Giáp ([1],1902 - 25 November 1973) was a Vietnamese historian who wrote the first widely published histories of Buddhism in Vietnam in French. The two volumes, for Annam and Tonkin respectively were published in Paris in 1932. Giáp was an authority on Hán-Nôm (i.e. both chữ Hán and chữ Nôm) literature.[2] On his return to Vietnam he published various other histories in Vietnamese, both in Latin alphabet chữ Quốc ngữ and chữ Nho.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Trâǹ, Văn Giáp (1902-1973) Auteur du texte . 漢文摘採講引課本 Textes choisis d'explications chinoises . Bùi . Kỷ Auteur du texte . 1944 . EN.
  2. Book: Keith Weller Taylor. John K. Whitmore. Essays Into Vietnamese Pasts. 1995. 83. Giáp was undoubtedly a scholar well versed in the field of Hán-Nôm (i.e. Chinese and Demotic Script) literature, yet his knowledge of Buddhism in general and Chinese Buddhist history and literature in particular left much to be desired..