“Composition in the mother tongue about ten kinds of homeless soul-hon” and the Vietnamese encyclopedic work “Records of the heavenly South, made in leisure hours”

The article analyzes the work of Vietnamese emperor Le Thanh-tong (XV century) “Compositions in the mother tongue about ten types of homeless soul-hon“ written by nom , the Vietnamese hieroglyphic script. The author tells about the structure and genre of the work, the system of its images, draws parallels with the works of Chinese authors. There is also a brief description of the first surviving Vietnamese political encyclopedic collection "Records of the Heavenly South, made during leisure hours", which was compiled by order of Le Thanh-tong and which includes “Composition in the mother tongue about ten kinds of homeless soul-hon”.

traditional literature, poetry, Vietnam, political encyclopedia, Buddhism, Le Thanh-tong