The Role of Confucian Education in Vietnamese Society in the Mac Dynasty

Abstract

The Confucian education of the Mac dynasty[1], besides its great achievements, also contributed significantly to the stagnation in economy, science and technology, as well as negative thoughts that were still deeply rooted in the perception of people in Vietnam. Today's era is far different from the Mac era, so besides the positive values ​​that can be inherited and promoted, there are still a lot of inadequacies, outdated, inappropriate, even possible. become a hindrance to the cause of Vietnamese education today. That is also the reason why we must have a dialectical point of view when studying back to the traditional Confucian education to see its significance in the development of Vietnamese education today. This is also a prerequisite for building an advanced education, imbued with national identity with the noble purpose of training people who are fully developed, have enough virtue, enough talent, participate in winning force into the construction and defense of the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland.

Keywords: Mac dynasty, Confucian education, Vietnamese history, Mac Thai To, Hau le dynasty.

DOI: 10.7176/JPCR/54-02

Publication date:July 31^st 2021

[1] The Mac Dynasty is a monarchy in Vietnamese history, beginning when Mac Dang Dung forced King Le Cung Hoang to cede the throne in June 1527 and ended when King Mac Mau Hop established his son Mac Toan to the throne. was defeated by the army of Le-Trinh led by Trinh Tung in February 1593. Mac Toan then ascended the throne but was only in office for 2 months, the total official duration of the dynasty was nearly 66 years. However, in the later period, descendants of the Mac dynasty such as Mac Kinh Chi, Mac Kinh Cung, Mac Kinh Khoan, Mac Kinh Vu, Mac Kinh He, and Mac Kinh Quang still continued to oppose the Later Le dynasty during the medieval period until the end.