Through this work, readers approach the third king of the Nguyen Dynasty through another portrait, which is a poet, scholar and literary theorist with a position in the history of Vietnamese modern literature.
According to researcher Nguyen Phuoc Hai Trung - Deputy Director of the Hue Monuments Conservation Center - Emperor Thieu Tri making poetry is not an exercise, but using poetry as a tool to educate and rule the country.
Dr. Nguyen Phuoc Hai Trung had a very attractive presentation about the poetry career of Emperor Thieu Tri, with many unique and valuable documents. In which, Nguyen Phuoc Hai Trung summarizes the 6 best of a military king as follows:
That is the most poetry writer in Vietnam to date.
He is the composer and poet who applies the most genres of poetry in modern literature.
He is the creator of the most poems in modern literature.
That is the person who loves poetry more than many other lovely things.
That is the person who has put forward the most content and topics in his compositions.
That is the person who thinks and concerns the most about composition, expressing many statements, comments, and notes in historical documents.
On the occasion of the book launch, Dr. Nguyen Phuoc Hai Trung introduced an " antique" which is the original poetry collection of Emperor Thieu Tri, published in 1844. This ancient book was brought by researcher Tran Dinh Son for readers who love poetry to "admir".
