Ly Bi Uprising and the Van Xuan State in history textbooks

Abstract

In 542, the Ly Bi uprising came to success and overthrow the Liang Dynasty's domination in northern Vietnam. In 544, Ly Bi proclaimed himself Ly Nam De and established the Van Xuan state. The uprising’s triumph, Ly Bi's claim to the Emperor title, and the establishment of the Van Xuan state marked the maturity of Vietnamese national consciousness by denying the domination of the Northern empire, affirming the strong and eternal vitality of the nation, and expressing the desire for an independent and autonomous country of our people. With such a position and stature, after the August Revolution in 1945, the Ly Bi uprising and the Van Xuan state were included in the history curriculum at all levels. This article focuses on introducing the content of the Ly Bi uprising and the Van Xuan state in Vietnam’s history textbooks from 1945 to the present, thereby providing more information on how new achievements in historical research have been updated in textbooks and taught at high schools.