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What was Phan Boi Chau \'s vision in opposing foreign domination in Vietnam? |
| Answer» Phan Boi Chau was a Confucian scholar and was a nationalist.\xa0His contribution to Vietnamese liberation was\xa0as follows:\tPhan Boi Chau was one of the leading figures in the anti-colonial movement in early 20th century Vietnam.\tPhan Boi Chau was a Vietnamese nationalist and a freedom fighter. He formed the Revolutionary Society in 1903 under the leadership of Prince Cuong De.\tHis most famous book, \'The History of the Loss of Vietnam\' was written under the influence and advice of Liang Qichao, a Chinese reformer.\xa0The book focused on two connected themes:\t(i) the loss of sovereignty\t(ii) the severing of ties with China.\tIt became the best seller in Vietnam and China\xa0and was even made into a play.\tHe wanted to use monarchy in order to push French out of the country as he was of the opinion that the monarchy was still highly respected by wealthy landowners.\tIn 1905 he went to Japan to get the Japanese assistance for the independence of Vietnam. In Japan, he started the Go – East Movement with an aim to provide western education to the young Vietnamese. | |