When I was young, I lived in a countryside region. Every month, when the moon was full, my family gathered in the courtyard around a fire. My grandmother usually recited some line from Truyen Kieu of Nguyen Du. Under the fluorescing light of the moon, with breezing winds, I felt like every single line of poem melted into my body. Especially whenever my grandmother read a line about the image of nature, I felt the …showed first 75 words of 1011 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1011 total…follow the same life span. Some people criticize Kieu for her passive role and endurance. They ask why Kieu does not think of a way to escape. However, in my view, Kieu is bound by the Confucian rule by the 19th century. To have the right view about Kieu, we have to look through the bird eyes view of the 19th century. However, her characteristics still laminate like a full moon in the August night.