WAYS OF CONDUCT REGARDS TO THE SOCIO-POLITICAL SITUATION IN NGUYEN BINH KHIEM’S PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHTS

Abstract

In Vietnamese history of philosophical thoughts, Nguyen Binh Khiem was one of few people who had a very special life. Living through the 16th century that had a lot of changes in term of politics, constant wars, decadent morals, Nguyen Binh Khiem had initiatively chosen an appropriate and timely conduct. Sometimes, he was very active to help people; sometimes he had to live in seclusion to keep his uprightness. Through his works, this article shows the philosophical thoughts of Nguyen Binh Khiem, specially his ways of conduct regarding to the social circumstance of Nguyen Binh Khiem as the most important content of the article.

Keywords: Nguyen Binh Khiem, ways of conduct, philosophical thoughts, the 16th century