Question

Short note on Phan Chu Trinh

Answer 1

Phan Châu Trinh  was an early 20th-century Vietnamesenationalist. He sought to end France's colonial occupation of Vietnam. He opposed both violence and turning to other countries for support, and instead believed in attaining Vietnamese liberation by educating the population and by appealing to French democratic principles.

Answer 2

Phan Chu Trinh was also one of the greatest Vietnamese nationalists of the early 20th century.

(i) Against the French : He sought to end France’s brutal occupation in Vietnam.

(ii) Western Culture : His ideas regarding the Western culture differed with Phan Boi Chau. He did not want a wholesale rejection of Western civilisation.

(iii) Hostile to monarchy : He was intensely hostile to the monarchy, and opposed to the idea of resisting the French with the help of the court. He was in favour of establishing a Democratic Republic.

(iv) Democratic ideals : Phan Chu Trinh was influenced by the democratic ideals of the West. He accepted the French revolutionary ideal of liberty but charged the French for not abiding by the ideals. He demanded that the French should set up legal and educational institutions and should develop agriculture and industries