17:03' 19/04/2007 (GMT+7)
VietNamNet Bridge - 85 year-old Tran Hieng from Cong Thanh Commune, Nghe An Province has donated to the Nghe An Library 2 valuable Han-script book sets about national hero Tran Hung Dao and Buddhism.
Kangxi dictionary These two sets titled Tran Dai Vuong chinh kinh and Cuu sing thuyen chan kinh alternatively are made up of 49 wooden slates sharply engraved with Han letters. Each of the slates is 16cm wide and 19cm long and weighs 0.6 kg. In addition, Mr. Hieng also presented the library with a Kangxi dictionary set consisting of 29 210-page, 11cm x 16 cm volumes printed on brown Neohouzeaua paper and 71 other old Han-script books. According to Mr. Hieng, Tran Dai Vuong chinh kinh was printed in the Duy Tan period (1907), Bo Cuu sinh thuyen chinh kinh in Bao Dai Tan Ti (1941), and the Kangxi dictionary during the Manchu Quing Dynasty. All of the 3 sets were engraved and printed in what is today, Cong Thanh Commune, Yen Thanh District, Nghe An Province. Mr. Hieng is very fluent in the Han language, so he has preserved these books for many years. But because his children don't know the Han script he decided to give them away to the Nghe An Library. According to Mr. Hieng, in his area, some households used to have old Neohouzeaua paper books. Yet, since they didn't know how to read Han, they used them as incense materials or to wrap fire-crackers with. The Nghe An Province's People's Committee plans to give Mr. Tran Thien a paper of commendation. (Source: Tuoi Tre)
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