Scientific Conference on the Renowned Confucian Scholar Nguyen Hang

On October 5, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism collaborated with the People’s Committee of Xuan Lung commune and the Nguyen Ma Noi family line to organize the scientific conference titled “Renowned Confucian Scholar Nguyen Hang – Life, Career, Heritage Values, and Contributions to the Flow of National Culture.”

Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Duong Hoang Huong speaking at the conference.

Co-chairing the conference was Comrade Duong Hoang Huong — Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Also attending were leaders of several departments, sectors, localities, lineaged clans, and researchers.

Delegates attending the conference.

Nguyen Hang was a distinguished literary figure and an outstanding son of the Nguyen Ma Noi family in his native land of Xuan Lung. He was a prominent Confucian scholar of the 15th–16th centuries, renowned for his profound erudition, noble character, and recluse lifestyle imbued with high moral integrity.

Following his passing, the Restored Le Dynasty posthumously conferred upon him the title “Thao Mao Dat Si” (Secluded Scholar of the Thatched Cottage) and granted land for worship in his homeland. Descendants of the family alongside local residents erected a temple in his honor, named “Dat Si Tu” (Secluded Scholar Temple). The Nguyen Hang Worship Temple is currently classified as a Provincial-Level Historical and Cultural Relic.

Secretary of the Lam Thao Commune Party Committee Nguyen Quang Anh speaking at the conference.

At the conference, delegates focused on exchanging views and further clarifying the native homeland, life, career, ideology, character, and heritage values of the renowned Confucian scholar Nguyen Hang; while analyzing the value of related works and historical documents, as well as his contributions to national cultural and literary life.

Researchers also continued to survey and cross-reference matters with differing opinions in a scientific and objective spirit.

Dr. Le Quang Chan — Deputy Director of the Institute of History, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences speaking at the conference.

Speaking at the conference, Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Duong Hoang Huong affirmed: The conference is a practically meaningful scientific activity aimed at continuing to gather documentation, exchange academic perspectives, and more comprehensively identify the heritage values associated with the renowned Confucian scholar Nguyen Hang and his Xuan Lung homeland.

She emphasized: Researching a historical figure not only aims to clarify personal biography and career, but also contributes to identifying the historical context, cultural environment, family and ancestral land traditions, as well as values passed down through generations.

Research outcomes will help solidify scientific foundations for relic management and protection; while concurrently serving traditional education and spreading the cultural and historical values of the Ancestral Land in contemporary life.

Overview of the conference.

Le Hoang