Like the quest for the dead sea scrolls, the efforts surrounding the search for an original document is a way to pay tribute to the value of a text.
And so it is with The Tale of Kieu, as the latest discovery of a version of the work last year has led to an escalating debate over who holds the oldest version of the story.
While originally proclaimed as the oldest te xt, and likely closest to the author’s original message, scholars are now challenging its status.
The origins of the tale date back to an ancient Chinese story popularised by writer Nguyen Du. The tale tells the story of the talented but unlucky Vuong Thuy Kieu, a woman driven to sell herself to a brothel to earn money to save her father.
more of the story->Viet Nam News
And so it is with The Tale of Kieu, as the latest discovery of a version of the work last year has led to an escalating debate over who holds the oldest version of the story.
While originally proclaimed as the oldest te xt, and likely closest to the author’s original message, scholars are now challenging its status.
The origins of the tale date back to an ancient Chinese story popularised by writer Nguyen Du. The tale tells the story of the talented but unlucky Vuong Thuy Kieu, a woman driven to sell herself to a brothel to earn money to save her father.
more of the story->Viet Nam News
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