BASIC IDEAS OF CONFUCIANISM IN VIETNAM FROM THE 15th CENTURY TO THE FIRST HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY

Abstract

As the world is getting more integrated, competition takes the main forms of mind and "grey matter". Therefore, the educational reform in our country must be towards an open education, lifelong learning and learning society (Tuyet & Lan, 2021). In that context, it is needed to continue to inherit the values of Confucianism - the sociopolitical doctrines founded by Confucius in China during the Spring - Autumn and Warring States period and introduced to Vietnam about two thousand years ago - in the education of Vietnamese people. From a doctrine that prefers moral factors over law and establishes social order on the basis of education and teaching for people to have knowledge of the way of the sages and thus unconditionally adhere to the ruling class, Confucianism was used by the Chinese colonial government as a tool for colonial domination with the purpose of tightenting the grip of the Han dynasty on our people.  On the other hand, in that process of existence and acculturation, Confucianism had been transformed and participated in the formation of Vietnamese traditional values.  In this article, the author only focuses on studying the perspective on education of some prominent Confucian scholars to clarify some statements regarding education of Confucianism.