It has also been an endless inspiration of many researchers and
collectors who want to preserve the precious national cultural
heritage. “Truyen Kieu” is a popular name of the work “Doan
Truong Tan Thanh” (A New Cry From a Broken Heart) written by the
great poet Nguyen Du (1765-1820), a native of Tien Dien Village,
Nghi Xuan District, Ha Tinh Province. Due to the values and pre-
eminence of the work, Nguyen Du is known as the only great
Vietnamese poet. The work written in Nom scripts, consisting of
3,254 lines of verse in the sin-eight-word distich metre,
recounts the reality of society and fate of people, especially
women in the feudal society via the life, trials and
tribulations of Vuong Thuy Kieu, a beautiful and talented young
woman who had to sacrifice herself to save her family. The work
also conveys feelings and thoughts of the poet about the way of
the world and the fate of people with different tones of
feeling. Over the years “Truyen Kieu” has had great influence on
every aspect of the cultural and