Title:
STUDYING MEDIEVAL CHINESE POETRY WRITTEN ABOUT VIETNAM'S SEAS AND ISLANDS

Authors:
Ngo Thi Thu Trang and Nguyen Thuy Nhan, Vietnam

Abstract:
This article initially studies medieval Chinese poems written about Vietnam's seas and islands to see the importance and value of this literary body. We use interdisciplinary methods, survey methods, statistics, analysis, and synthesis to serve the research. The seas and islands were of early interest to the feudal state of Vietnam. The leaders of the country such as emperors and mandarins of the court clearly recognized the role of the seas and islands in the economic, cultural, and security development of the country and attached importance to the defense and development of the seas and islands. The seas and islands are an important subject in the thoughts of the Vietnamese people from ancient times to the present. Vietnamese Chinese poems written about the seas and islands often clearly express patriotism, national pride, and awareness of protecting territorial sovereignty.