Phan Boi Chau – the Vietnamese revolutionary democrat, predecessor of Ho Chi Minh

Abstract

The article analyzes the life and activity of one of the prominent figures of the national liberation movement of the Vietnamese people, the predecessor of Ho Chi Minh. Coming from the class of Vietnamese Confucians, Phan Boi Chau could have made a career as an official, but chose the path of struggle for the liberation of his homeland. He initiated the creation and became the leader of the first political parties of the anti-colonial movement. The article focuses on his ties with Japan and China, which, he believed, could help Vietnam get free from French domination, analyzes the main scientific and political treatises and articles by Phan Boi Chau, the complete collection of which (10 volumes) was published after the victory of the August Revolution and proclamation of Vietnam's independence.

Keywords

• vietnam
• japan
• china
• anti-colonial movement
• feudal class
• repression of french colonialists
• scientific and political treatises and articles