Re: Tra^`n- DDo^ng A - Ma^n

[hduc@airmoon.epa.nsw.gov.au]

On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, Trac Duy Tran wrote:

> 
> 
> Hello anh Hie^.p & ca'c ba'c,
> 
> 	To^i cu~ng mong cho+` ddu+o+.c ddo.c nhu+~ng nha^.n ddi.nh va`
> chu+'ng minh cu?a anh qua nhu+~ng ba`i vie^'t sau\.
> 
> 	To^'i ho^m qua to^i co' ddo.c qua "So^ng Cha^u, Nu'i DDo.i, Cu.
> Ke'p Tra`..." trong "Theo Do`ng Li.ch Su+?" cu?a GS Tra^`n Quo^'c Vu+o+.ng.
> To^i kho^ng tha^'y sa'ng to? the^m ddu+o+.c bao nhie^u ve^` nguo^`n go^'c
> ho. Tra^`n.
> 
> Tra'c
> 

Hello anh Tra'c, AiViet 

DDe^? weekend na`y to^i se~ vie^'t nhie^`u va` la`m sa'ng to? the^m ve^` 
nguo^`n go^'c ho. Tra^`n. Co' the^? anh Tra'c ddo.c nhanh va` ga.n lo.c 
ddi kho^ng ? :-)). Surprised !.

Dd^'en nay, chu'ng ta dda~ co' nhu+~ng du+~ kie^.n. Ca^u ho?i ddu+o+.c 
dda(.t ra la` : To^? ho. Tra^`n tu+` dda^'t Ma^n la` ngu+o+`i Ha'n hay 
ngu+o+`i anh em co^? Vie^.t nguo^`n Polyneso-indonesian ?. Anh AiViet va` 
anh Tra'c cho o^ng ddo' la` ngu+o+`i Han-Chinese, to^i, Tran Quoc Vuong, 
Cao Xuan Pho va` Ha` Van Tan cho ddo' la` ngu+o+`i anh em Viet co^?.

Chi'nh su+? che'p ra(`ng :
  (a) To^? ho. Tra^`n tu+` dda^'t Ma^n (co' ngu+o+`i cho la` Qu^e^' La^m) 
  (b) To^? tie^n ho. Tra^`n la` nhu+~ng da^n dda'nh ca'
  (c) Ho. co' tu.c le^. marrying close relatives
  (d) Ho. co' tu.c le^. xa^m hi`nh ro^`ng
(Mo^.t so^' chi tie^'t kha'c se~ ti'nh sau).

Chu'ng ta co' the^? no'i ra(`ng ho. Tra^`n di tu+` bo+` bie^?n Nam Trung 
Quo^'c, probably the present-day Fukien. Unlikely they came by road to the 
present-day Nam DDi.nh (que^ hu+o+ng ho. Tra^`n), tru+` khi la` thu+o+ng 
gia hay quan la.i ddi su+'. Ho. co' truye^`n tho^'ng kha'c vo+'i ngu+o+i` 
Ha'n. Nhu+~ng du+. kie^.n tre^n to^i kho^ng tha^'y ho. Tra^`n la` 
ngu+o+`i Ha'n ca?. Nho+` anh Tra'c va` anh AiViet chi? cho how do you 
know they are Han Chinese ?.

Nhu+ to^i dda~ no'i, nhu+~ng tin' ngu+o+`ng tho+` tha^`n thuy? va` ngo^n 
ngu+~ cu?a ho. Tra^`n va` da^n Vie^.t co^? co`n dde^/ la.i ca'c ddi.a 
danh va` strong affinity vo+'i va(n ho'a Cha`m phi'a Nam to^i se~ tri`nh 
ba`y sau theo ta`i lie^.u cu?a Gs Cao Xua^n Pho^?. Stay tuned.

Cheers,

Hiep Nguyen