page_title: Neo-Confucianism
section_title: Neo-Confucianism in Vietnam
hierarchical_section_title: Neo-Confucianism / Neo-Confucianism in Vietnam
caption_attribution_description: Tiếng Việt: Tranh thờ Chu Văn An (1292 - 1370) trong Văn Miếu - Quốc Tử Giám tại Hà Nội.
context_page_description: Neo-Confucianism is a moral, ethical, and metaphysical Chinese philosophy influenced by Confucianism, and originated with Han Yu and Li Ao in the Tang Dynasty, and became prominent during the Song and Ming dynasties under the formulations of Zhu Xi.
  Neo-Confucianism could have been an attempt to create a more rationalist and secular form of Confucianism by rejecting superstitious and mystical elements of Taoism and Buddhism that had influenced Confucianism during and after the Han Dynasty. Although the neo-Confucianists were critical of Taoism and Buddhism, the two did have an influence on the philosophy, and the neo-Confucianists borrowed terms and concepts. However, unlike the Buddhists and Taoists, who saw metaphysics as a catalyst for spiritual development, religious enlightenment, and immortality, the neo-Confucianists used metaphysics as a guide for developing a rationalist ethical philosophy.
context_section_description: In 1070, emperor Lý Thánh Tông opened first Confucius university in Hanoi named Văn Miếu. The Lý, Trần court expanded the Confucianism influences in Vietnamese Mandarin through year examinations, continued the model of Tang dynasty until being annexed by the Ming invaders in 1407. In 1460, emperor Lê Thánh Tông of Lê Dynasty adopted Neo-Confucianism as Đại Việt's basic values.
caption: Portrait of Chu Văn An (1292–1370), prominently Vietnamese Confucianist teacher in 14th century.
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