Lương Kim Định

Lương Kim Định or Dominic Lương Kim Định, Kim Định (15 June 1914 – 25 March 1997 in Carthage, Missouri) was a Vietnamese catholic priest, scholar and philosopher.

In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Luong. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Kim Dinh.

Lương Kim Định
Born	15 June 1914 Nam Dinh, French Indochina
Died	25 March 1997(1997-03-25) (aged 82) Carthage, Missouri, U.S.
Philosophical work
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Eastern philosophy
Main interests	“Authentic Vietnamese Confucianism”

Biography

He was born in Nam Dinh, French Indochina. He was ordained Catholic priest in 1943. He was a philosophy graduate of the Seminary of Saint Albert le Grand, and a professor of philosophy at Bui Chu Seminary (1943–46). He afterwards went to Paris, France to study French civilization, sociology and philosophy at Institut Catholique de Paris, and Confucianism at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Chinoises. Returning to Vietnam in 1957, he taught philosophy at the Le Bao Tinh Academy and the Saigon University Faculty of Letters since 1960, Van Hanh University since 1967, and Dalat University. Philosopher Kim Dinh died on 25 March 1997 at Carthage, Missouri, USA, aged 83.

Works

He published more than 30 books on Vietnamese culture and philosophy from 1963 until his death. The numerous works of Kim Dinh present a plethora of insights into the Vietnamese cultural heritage and can serve as a valuable basis for a Vietnamese‑American theology. He established the philosophies of An Vi (or An Việt, “Tranquillity Philosophy”) and “Authentic Vietnamese Confucianism” (Việt Nho).

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