The history of Vietnam during the Ming Dynasty

The situation in Annan changed suddenly in the early years of the Ming Dynasty. At the same time as the Battle of Jingnan, the king of Vietnam's Chen Dynasty was forced to abdicate the throne to a powerful minister named Le. The Li family and his son proclaimed themselves emperors one after another and massacred the descendants of the Chen family.

The Ming Dynasty had the strongest military force during the reign of Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty. When civil strife broke out in the Chen Dynasty of Vietnam, the Southern Expedition was victorious. The entire Jiaozhi was pacified and counties were established. Vietnamese history books refer to this period as the "subjugation" period.

After the death of Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, neither Emperor Ren nor Emperor Xuan could suppress or appease him, so Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty agreed to make Li Li king and withdraw the Ming army. Later, the Hou Le Dynasty of Vietnam was established.

Around 1537, civil strife broke out again in the Annan regime. The Vietnamese once again requested the Ming Dynasty to send troops to quell the civil strife. Emperor Jiajing's army was stationed at Zhennanguan, preparing to invade Vietnam.

In 1539, the rebellious monarchs of the Mo family took the initiative to send people to Zhennanguan to ask for surrender. They presented the Annan land register and household register to the Ming emperor, and were willing to incorporate the Annan regime into the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty reduced the Annan tributary state to a dependent territory, and the Annan Kingdom to the Annan Capital Commandery Division. Annan State paid tribute every three years and was nominally included in the Chinese territory again. In fact, it was still directly ruled by the Vietnamese king until the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

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The Ming court sent Tang Yi, a supervisor, to Jiaozhi in 1419 to award the Complete Collection of Xingli, the Complete Collection of Five Classics, and The Complete Collection of Four Books to schools in prefectures and counties. " and other books for students to study.

In 1427, the Ming army withdrew, Annan restored the country, and the Li Dynasty was established the following year. Le Dinh continued to take a series of measures to revitalize Confucianism and advocated Neo-Confucianism with Cheng Zhuzhi as the core, allowing it to penetrate into all aspects of Vietnamese society and have a broad and far-reaching impact.

Yan Congjian, a scholar of the Ming Dynasty in China, once wrote about the situation of Confucianism in Vietnam at that time: "Its three cardinal principles and five constant principles, as well as the art of cultivating one's mind, cultivating one's family and governing the country, and articles on rituals and music are all somewhat prepared." Among overseas Chinese and Chinese-Americans, Under the advocacy of Confucianism, Confucianism has been deeply rooted in Vietnamese society.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Vietnam History