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What was Phan Chu Trinh’s objective for Vietnam? How were his ideas different from those of Phan Boi Chau?

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Phan Boi Chu and Phan Chu Trinh’s were great nationalist of Vietnam. In Japan, both discussed their visions of Vietnam independence. But they differed a lit. Both pursued the same goal i.e. liberation of Vietnam from the French rule but with different means. Their differing views are given below:

    Phan Boi Chau      Phan Chu Trinh
(i) He believed that first the foreign enemy should be driven out and after their nation’s independence was established they could late about other things.(i) He wanted to overthrow the foreign rule but at the same time he was not against the setting up of French legal and educational institutions in Vietnam
(ii) His plan was to make use of monarchy. He wanted to raise up the Vietnamese to end monarchy in due course of time.(ii) He disagreed with Phan Boi Chau on the term of monarchy. He believed in overthrowing the monarchy to promote popular rights.
(iii) He was greatly influenced by China and accepted a political framework headed by a monarch.(iii) He wished to establish democratic republic in Vietnam. he was deeply influenced by the democratic ideals of the west and did not want a complete rejection of western civilisation.
(iv) He advocated for the help of the court to resist the French.(iv) He opposed the idea of resisting the French with the help of the court.



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