81{,t rt/ a-rL NcuvtN oiNn cruEu vA cONc cIAo HAy slIDOr MAr crtlq.vAN n6npnUoNc ooNcvL pHLIoNG rAv o vrET NAM cu6l rnf ri xrx o6 mu HtENt.r Ttim dt: Ngu"ylr ointr Cliiiu le mQt t€n rudi ton.crla vdn hoc Vi€t Nam nta cutii thi5 ki xtx 6ng dugc coi ld m6t bi0u tugng cta phong treo y6u nudc chdng thgc ddn d giai tlo4n nhimg ndm th6ng dau tiCn Viet Nam tung bu6c th6t bai trudc qu6n Ph6p xdm lugc S6ng tric ctng nhu cuQc ttdi 6ng ti€u bi€u cho c6ch img xt cta nhd nho ctng nhu nguoi ViCt trudc vnn h6a phuong T6y Bdi viiit nghi€n ctru thdi aI6 cta Nguyin Dinn Chi6u diii voi Cdng gieo bidu hign s6ng tdc cta ong nhu m6t truong hqp de th6m mQl g6c nhin vd s1r tllii m|t gita ven h6a phuong D6ng vd phuong Tdy mQt hodn canh lich su tl6c tht cu6i th6 ki xrx Tir khda: NguyEn Dinh Chiiau, chu nghia thuc dan, COng gi6o, Nho gi6o Abstract: NguyEn Dinh Chi6u was a great author of Vietnamese literature in the second half of the nineteenth century He is considered a symbol of the Metnamese patriotic anti-colonial movement in the early years of French colonialism in Vietnam, when Vietnam was gradually defeated by the French invadeis His compositions and his tife represented a way of behavior of Vietnamese Confucian as well as Vietnamese people towards Western culture This article aims to study NguyEn Dinh Chi6u's attitude towards Catholicism expressed in his works to have a better understanding about the East - West Cultural encounters in Vietnam during the late l9th century Keyvords: Ngr.ryEr Dinh Chi6u, colonialism, Catholicism, Confucianism Dit vAn 116 Nguydn Dinh Chi6u (1822-1888) ld nhd tho n6i ti6ng nhdt cria Nam 86 tru6c the ki XX CuQc tl