What was Phan Chu Trinh’s objective for Vietnam? How were his ideas different from those of Phan Boi Chanu?
Phan Boi Chau and Phan Chu Trinh’s were great nationalist of Vietnam. Both have same visions of Vietnam’s independence, but they differed in thinking to achieve those visions. Both pursued the same goal i.e. liberation of Vietnam from the French rule but with different means. Their differing views are given below:
Phan Boi Chau | Phan Chu Trinh |
(i) He believed that first the foreigners should be driven out of the country and after their independence they could laid about other things. (ii) His was in favor of monarchy. He wanted to raise up the Vietnamese to end monarchy in due course of time. (iii) He was greatly influenced by China and accepted a political framework headed by a monarch. (iv)He advocated for the help of the court to resist the French. | (i) He supported the western civilization. He also wanted to overthrow the foreign rule but at the same time he was not against the setting up of French legal and educational institutions in Vietnam. (ii) He was against Phan Boi Chau’s monarchy theory. He believed in overthrowing the monarchy to promote popular rights. (iii) He wished to establish democratic republic in Vietnam. He was deeply influenced by the democratic ideals of the west and also demanded the legal and educational institutions along with the development of agriculture and industries. (iv) He opposed the idea of resisting the French with the help of the court. |