The book that you are holding is a kind of collection of literary notes covering 85 the most representative portraits of Vietnamese cultural and literary men. Here are some ones from the book: 1 - Staunch spirit and personality of CHU VAN AN (1292 - 1370). 2 - A great cultural man: LE THANH TONG (1442 - 1497). 3 - A great cultural man: NGUYEN BINH KHIEM (1491 - 1585). 4 - NGUYEN HUY TU (1743 - 1970) and the poetic work HOA TIEN in humanism inspiration and national literature. 4 - Great old man NGUYEN DU (1765 - 1820) and masterpiece Tale of KIEU. 5 - NGUYEN CONG TRU (1778 - 1858) and CAO BA QUAT (1808 - 1855): The two Confucianism intelligentsia in a hard time. 6 - TRUONG VINH KY (1837 - 1898): A historical figure. 7 - PHAN BOI CHAU (1867 - 1940) in history and Vietnam literary history in the first half of XX century. 8 - NGUYEN VAN VINH (1882 - 1936) in very first time of new Vietnamese literature. 9 - TAN DA Nguyen Khac Hieu (1889 - 1939) and literary innovation's demands. 10 - DUONG QUANG HAM (1899 - 1945) and literary textbook VIET NAM VAN HOC SU. 11 - DONG HO (1906 - 1969) and Ha Tien Province's literature and new poetry movement. 12 - The imprint of VU TRONG PHUNG (1912 - 1939). 13 - HO DZENH (1916 - 1991) and Old Horizons. 14 - XUAN QUYNH (1942 - 1988): A love and fate. 15 - The event of LUU QUANG VU (1948 - 1988). 16 - DUONG HUONG (Born 1949-): From BEN KHONG CHONG to DUOI CHIN TANG MAY.