Chinese poetry in Vietnam was an important part of Chinese literature in Vietnam. It occupied a outstanding place in the history of Vietnamese ancient literature. Chinese poetry in Vietnam had deleveped systematically and all-sidely. Chinese poetry in Vietnam had a lot of poets, writers and works. It had made great achievement. The prosperity of Chinese poetry in Vietnam is the result influenced deeply by Chinese classical poetry. Chinese poetry in Vietnam was influenced deeply by Chinese classical poetry because of the history, culture and the aesthetic psychological factor. While it was influenced deeply by Chinese classical poetry, Chinese poetry in Vietnam demonstrates a powerful particularity of Vietnamese national poetry. It also displays the profound ethos of Vietnamese national literature and her rich content of national culture. This thesis is composed of six chapters: Introduction, A Survey of Chinese Poetry in Vietnam, Demonstrations of the Influences of Chinese Classical Poetry on Chinese Poetry in Vietnam, Reasons for the Influences of Chinese Classical Poetry on the Chinese Poetry in Vietnam, Ethos of Vietnamese Literature in Chinese Poetry in Vietnam, and Conclusion. Chapter One: Introduction. This part clarifies the positions of Chinese literature and Chinese poetry in the history of Vietnamese ancient literature. It elucidates the current situation of the studies of Chinese literature in Vietnam, including Chinese poetry and illustrates the research methodologies and the significance of the study. Chapter Two: A Survey of Chinese Poetry in Vietnam. This part presents an account of the development and evolution of Chinese poetry in Vietnam. The 10th Century and the 12th Century were the burgeoning period of Chinese poetry in Vietnam, and the 13th Century and the 14 Century were the prosperous period of Chinese poetry in Vietnam. During the period between the 15th and 17th Centuries, Chinese poetry reached its apex of flourish. From the 18th Century to the mid-19th Century was a period of a new development of Chinese poetry in Vietnam. From the mid-19th Century to the early 20th Century was a period when Chinese poetry started to decline in Vietnam. The period following the 1920s saw the withering of Chinese poetry in Vietnam. Chapter Three: Demonstrations of the Influences of Chinese Classical Poetry on Chinese Poetry in Vietnam. Influences of Chinese Classical Poetry on Chinese Poetry in Vietnam are demonstrated in the following aspects: 1. Chinese poetry in Vietnam imitates the content of Chinese classical poetry; 2. Chinese poetry in Vietnam adopts the formats of Chinese classical poetry; 3. Chinese poetry in Vietnam borrows the artistic methodology of Chinese classical poetry; 4. Chinese poetry in Vietnam borrows words and literary quotations from Chinese classical poetry; 5. Chinese poetry in Vietnam copies the styles of Chinese classical poetry; 6. The theories of Chinese poetry in Vietnam inherit from those of Chinese classical poetry. Chapter Four: Reasons for the Influences of Chinese Classical Poetry on the Chinese Poetry in Vietnam. Three reasons account for the influences of Chinese classical poetry on Chinese poetry in Vietnam, and they are as follows: 1. Historical Reason: The initiation of Chinese poetry in Vietnam is due to the long-term, close and special historical contact between Vietnam and China as well as the comprehensive and profound exchanges in polity, culture, and economy between the two nations. Chinese classical poetry is the source of Chinese poetry in Vietnam. 2. Cultural Reason: Traditional Chinese culture with its bedrock on Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism and the intermingled cultures serve as a profound foundation for the acceptance of the influence from Chinese classical poetry and the development of Chinese poetry in Vietnam. In the process of the assimilation of Chinese classical poetry into Chinese poetry in Vietnam, Buddhism has provided a significant propelling effect for the boost of Chinese poetry in Vietnam. Daoism has exerted a substantial influence on the content and style of Chinese poetry in Vietnam in the process of the assimilation of Chinese classical poetry into the Chinese poetry in Vietnam. By and large, in the history of Chinese poetry in Vietnam, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism have exerted their respective influences, in varied extents, on the assimilation of Chinese classical poetry into the Chinese poetry in Vietnam in different periods. Chapter Five: Ethos of Vietnamese Literature in Chinese Poetry in Vietnam. Chinese poetry in Vietnam is profoundly influenced by Chinese classical poetry. In the meantime, it is also deeply influenced by the national culture and literature of Vietnam and demonstrates a powerful particularity of Vietnamese national poetry. It also displays the profound ethos of Vietnamese national literature and her rich content of national culture. Chapter Six:Conclusion. We make a summary of the studies on the subject.
