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Yes, I went off topic with that post because this thread is not on Korean's history. To confess, my family is currently living and working in South Korea. I've studied, worked and lived in many different countries, including Russia, China to Malaysia. From Spain, Egypt to Japan. I can't say...

Hi dichoi, Siddhartha Guatama (The Buddha) was born in the republican state known at the time as Sakya Gaṇa-rājyaa, which in now modern Napal. Napal did not exist during Buddha's time. Vietnamese refer to his birthplace as "Lâm Tỳ Ni" (Lumbini), In Sanskrit meaning "Lovely". As for the origin...

When reading History, one must keep in mind that ancient history was written in favor of members of the royal family he served. Historians write down facts with a knife across their neck (just a figure of speech). Modern history is written in favor of the majority of the land, based on facts...

History has shown us that one ethnicity would often mislabel another as "barbarian" through lack of knowledge, understanding and appreciation for that culture, simply because the custom differ from their known norms. "Manji" is an example of this given by Marco Polo. It is common for...

By saying "China" do you mean, an anglicized term for Cathay/Catai used by Portuguese explorers? Cathay or China is derived from the name Khitan (契丹), which was used at the time, and, was publicized by Marco Polo in his book to refer to the people of Liao Dynasty who ruled what is known today as...

Thank you for your reply. I apologize if I may have offended you or anyone in this forum with my previous post. I am only seeking for answers. Initially, when I heard of this, I thought perhaps there were more heirs to the Ming's throne beside 朱由崧 of Southern Ming, which might have seek refuge...

Thank you, Viet, for the in depth reply. Greatly appreciated.

Thank you for the information. About the name "Kinh" to describe yourself as of Vietnamese ethnicity, I heard of a story of the origin of the first use of this word to refer to northern Vietnamese in China but do not know how true it is since the use of the word "Kinh" (Gin/Jing;京) when...

Hi, sorry to butt into your conversations. Do you folks know the history of the Kingdom of Tungning which was once located in today's Taiwan? After the fall of Ming to the Manchus Qing, Teiseiko (郑成功) or Trịnh Thành Công in vietnamese, a military leader, led Hokkien people to what is now Taiwan...

Yes, I see now. Thank you for the correction. I meant to write Đông Kinh (Eastern Capital) and not Động Kinh. Tokyo, Japan was called Edo. The city's name was changed Tokyo (東京) in 1868.

Động Kinh (Tonkin) is the name of Hanoi, Vietnam from 1430 to 1831. This painting show two monks (an old man with fan and a young boy to the left) with shaved head, which are common shave-style for monks during this era. The attires depicted are common during the 1400s to early 1600s in Vietnam.