{"id":2862,"date":"2018-04-18T10:37:27","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T03:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoangthanhthanglong.vn\/en\/?p=2862"},"modified":"2023-05-26T09:51:39","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T09:51:39","slug":"ly-thai-to-the-brain-son-of-buddhism-the-founding-father-of-thang-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoangthanhthanglong.vn\/en\/ly-thai-to-the-brain-son-of-buddhism-the-founding-father-of-thang-long\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u00fd Th\u00e1i T\u1ed5 – the brain son of Buddhism, the founding father of Th\u0103ng Long"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the morning of 18\/4\/2018, at K\u00ednh Thi\u00ean Palace Foundation of Th\u0103ng Long Imperial Citadel, The Th\u0103ng Long – H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i Heritage Conservation Centre held an incense offering ceremony to commemorate the 990th<\/sup> anniversary of the decease of King L\u00fd Th\u00e1i T\u1ed5, the first king of the L\u00fd Dynasty (1028- 2018).<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Participants and visitors paying tribute to King L\u00fd Th\u00e1i T\u1ed5.<\/em><\/p>\n

King L\u00fd Th\u00e1i T\u1ed5, known by birth as l\u00e0 L\u00fd C\u00f4ng U\u1ea9n, was born in 974. According to inscriptions on stele titled \u201cHoa L\u00e2m Tam B\u1ea3o Th\u1ecb\u201d, whose complete rubbing coded 2985\/2986 is now preserved at the Institute for Sino-N\u00f4m Studies, Hoa L\u00e2m was the renowned hometown of L\u00fd C\u00f4ng U\u1ea9n\u2019s paternal grandparents. His parents\u2019 tombs were also located here. Stele inscribers and the elderly of hamlets and communes of \u00a0\u0110\u00ecnh B\u1ea3ng, D\u01b0\u01a1ng L\u00f4i, Tam S\u01a1n, Tam T\u1ea3o, Ti\u00eau S\u01a1n Th\u01b0\u1ee3ng, Ti\u00eau Long who contributed to the restoration of the Ti\u00eau Pagoda at that time all concurred that Hoa L\u00e2m Commune of \u0110\u00f4ng Anh District in \u0110\u00f4ng Ng\u00e0n was the natal home village of Lady Ph\u1ea1m, L\u00fd C\u00f4ng U\u1ea9n\u2019s mother, now Du N\u1ed9i Hamlet, Mai L\u00e2m Commune, adjacent to \u0110\u00f4ng H\u1ed9i, \u0110\u00f4ng Anh District, H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i. This is confirmed not only through the poems of Nguy\u1ec5n Phi Khanh, parallel couplets of Nguy\u1ec5n T\u01b0 Gi\u1ea3n who despite their adopted family name of Nguy\u1ec5n were descendents of the L\u00fd origin and through the memory of elderly closely attached to the homeland, but also through rare and precious stelae that date back more than three centuries ago. His mother was a lady known by the name of Ph\u1ea1m Th\u1ecb (Ng\u00e0), who gave L\u00fd C\u00f4ng U\u1ea9n to Monk L\u00fd Kh\u00e1nh V\u00e2n of D\u00e2u Pagoda \u00a0Ph\u00e1p V\u00e2n) as an adopted son. When he was 7, L\u00fd C\u00f4ng U\u1ea9n was sent by his adoptive father to study under the tutelage of Monk V\u1ea1n H\u1ea1nh of L\u1ee5c T\u1ed5 \u00a0Pagoda (also known as Ti\u00eau S\u01a1n) in Ti\u00ean Du District of B\u1eafc Ninh.<\/p>\n

With inborn intelligence and learning avidity nurtured through meditation, \u00a0L\u00fd C\u00f4ng U\u1ea9n was taught by Zen Master V\u1ea1n H\u1ea1nh both literature and martial arts as well as a spirit of nobility at a time when the country had only recently regained its independence and sovereignty after 1000 years of Chinese occupation and was in great need of peace for national development and popular prosperity. It was these factors that nurtured in the young man of the L\u00fd family a love for the people and the country.<\/p>\n

In his early manhood, L\u00fd C\u00f4ng U\u1ea9n was recommended by Zen Master V\u1ea1n H\u1ea1nh to serve in the Hoa L\u01b0 royal court under the reign of L\u00ea \u0110\u1ea1i H\u00e0nh. He assumed the post of commander of imperial guards until the reign of L\u00ea Long \u0110\u0129nh (1005-1009).<\/p>\n

After the decease of King L\u00ea Long \u0110\u0129nh in 1009, he was supported by military and civil court officials as well as Monks Khu\u00f4ng Vi\u1ec7t and V\u1ea1n H\u1ea1nh to become Emperor, with a new dynastic title of Thu\u1eadn Thi\u00ean the first year (1009), and a capital city placed in Hoa L\u01b0.<\/p>\n

With a strategic vision that embraced geomantic, cultural, societal, economic and military conditions, King L\u00fd Th\u00e1i T\u1ed5 after 10 months of enthronement decided to move the capital city to \u0110\u1ea1i La in the eighth lunar month of 1010.<\/p>\n

After seeing golden dragon soared into the sky when his royal boat docked the Red River, the King decided to rename \u0110\u1ea1i La as Th\u0103ng Long (literally Ascending Dragon, now H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i).<\/p>\n

After positioning the capital city in Th\u0103ng Long, the king ordered the planning and construction of Th\u0103ng Long Imperial Citadel with C\u00e0n Nguy\u00ean Palace as the court meeting place where the king and his mandarins discussed national affairs. He also renamed the former capital city Hoa L\u01b0 as Tr\u00e0ng An regional capital, natal home village of C\u1ed5 Ph\u00e1p as Thi\u00ean \u0110\u1ee9c (in today\u2019s B\u1eafc Ninh). Many other edifices were also constructed to turn Th\u0103ng Long into a worthy eternal capital city of Vietnam, a country of a thousand-year civilization.<\/p>\n

Besides, on many occasions, the King also issued edicts about the construction of pagodas within and beyond Th\u0103ng Long and in his natal home village of C\u1ed5 Ph\u00e1p, such as H\u01b0ng Thi\u1ec7n, \u0110\u1ea1i Gi\u00e1c, Thi\u00ean Quang, Thi\u00ean \u0110\u1ee9c, Thi\u00ean, H\u01b0ng Long, Th\u1eafng Th\u1ecd, Ph\u00fac L\u00e2m in Hoa L\u00e2m Vi\u00ean, etc.<\/p>\n

In 1024, Ch\u00e2n Gi\u00e1o Pagoda was built inside the citadel so that the King could come to pray and conduct rituals as well as invite Buddhist monks to preach scriptures to the court officials and the populace.<\/p>\n

In 1027, Tripitaka (Tam T\u1ea1ng Kinh) was produced in multiple copies to be disseminated to the research circle who studied at B\u00e1t Gi\u00e1c, \u0110\u1ea1i H\u01b0ng and other key pagodas inside Th\u0103ng Long Imperial Citadel.<\/p>\n

He considered the Buddhist teachings as the fundamental moral basis, extracted the teachings of Buddha in \u00a7\u00b9i T\u00b9ng kinh and the maxims, adages, preachings of the Zen masters. The pagoda at that time served dual purpose of the place to train humans in general and a school to educate moral and talented people, such as T\u00ab Hi\u00d5n Th\u00b5nh, Ng\u00ab Ho\u00b5 Ngh\u00dca, L\u00fd Th\u00ad\u00eang Ki\u00d6t, L\u00ad\u00acng Nhi\u00d6m V\u00a8n, Nguy\u00d4n \u00a7\u00b9o Th\u00b5nh. Espcially noteworthy was the fact that under the reign of L\u00fd Nh\u00a9n T\u00abng, the Royal Academy (Qu\u00e8c T\u00f6 Gi\u00b8m) was established in 1076, known popularly as the first university of Vietnam, while Vesak was conducted and Yulan (Ghost Festival) orgnanized in 1072; the Qu\u00b6ng Chi\u00d5u Lantern Festivals was held in 1110, 1116, 1120, 1128 under the reign of L\u00fd Nh\u00a9n T\u00abng and others. Thanks to an education system which was characterized by humanity, mercy, tolerance and intelligence, the population background was elevated, creating a basis for every Buddhist academic and architectural work of the L\u00fd Dynasty to be continued into the Tr\u00c7n Dynasty (1225 \u2013 1400).<\/p>\n

Military strategy was reinforced and developed. The army, powerful and seasoned, emerged as victors against the invasion of the Chinse Song Dynasty. It was during the L\u00fd dynasty that the territory of Viet Nam was expanded.<\/p>\n

In terms of social life, the people lived in prosperity and abundance with a country known for its progressiveness, to the extent that the Song dynasty envoy had these commending descriptions: \u201c(Vietnam) was a propserous and happy society where the population had stability of job and lodgement, freedom from natural disasters, rich and fertile soil and contiuned to be developed and expanded\u201d.<\/p>\n

With mercy, benevolence, tolerance and forgiveness at its core, supported by the ideals of other two religions in the trio, Buddhism served as the overall orientation for the development of the country, aided by pious kings, mandarins and populace. Buddhism under the L\u00fd dynasty created a homogenous, moral, goodwill-oriented, stable and peaceful society that was unmatched in the history of the nation and the religion itself.<\/p>\n

After successive dynasties of L\u00fd, Tr\u00c7n, early L\u00aa, T\u00a9y S\u00acn, Nguy\u00d4n, over to the era of H\u00e5 Ch\u00dd Minh, Th\u00a8ng Long – H\u00b5 N\u00e9i continued to serve as a convergence and divergence of natinoal vitality brought about by ancestral kings and forefathers who were of great meritorious service to the country as well as to Vietnamese Buddhism. It is also a national cultural hub which has enjoyed rapid and continous development, preserving the cultural identities of the nation and the glorious spirit of the national history. The city of Ascending Dragon with Red River emptying into the East Sea has fostered solidarity with counterparts worldwide especially in an increasingly globalized world. \u201cExpanders of the country recalled and reminisced the land of \u00a0Th\u00a8ng Long<\/em><\/strong> \u201d goes a poetic line by\u00a0 Hu\u1ef3nh V\u0103n Ngh\u1ec7.<\/p>\n

Some photos at the incense offering cereomon:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The incense offering ceremony solemnly held at the Dragon Steps of K\u00ednh Thi\u00ean.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Teachers and schoolchildren of the L\u00fd Th\u00e1i T\u1ed5 Primary School paying tribute to the king who founded Th\u0103ng Long and built the Great Vi\u1ec7t state. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Overview of the incense offering ceremony.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Mr. Ph\u1ea1m Quang Ngh\u1ecb – former Secretary of H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i Party Committee taking a photo in front of the Dragon Steps at K\u00ednh Thi\u00ean Palace Foundation.
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Text collected by: Tr\u01b0\u1eddng L\u01b0\u01a1ng<\/strong><\/em>
\nPhotos by: Qu\u1ed1c D\u0169ng<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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