m6t loat qud'c gia Hbi giao tr§n vung hai dko.
Hbi giao gianh th^ng Icfi d vung hai d^o vi An giao
khac vdi ti§'u thOfa Phat giao trong vung Dbng Nam A
luc dia, CO ccf sd quian chung kem sau s^c, vi giao ly
va cac l i nghi Hbi. giao gian dcfn, di ti&'p thu va thufc
hanh, va vi Hbi giao cung tu bien cai di hoa vao cac
gia trj van hoa truyln thb'ng d mi"6n da't mdi. , '
Theo diing Kinh Ko-ran, chuong IV, di^u 38, thi
"ngUdi dan bng d vao dia vi cao hem ngifdi dan ba, vi
ThiTcmg d&' da phu cho dan bng ph^m cha't cao hcfn so vdi dan ba, va vi dan bng dung cua cai cua minh ban vdi dan ba, va vi dan bng dung cua cai cua minh ban phat cho ngirdi phu ml". Vi th6' phu nvl phai tbn thd,
phuc tung va vang Idi chbng. Phu nt? d cac xii Hbi
giao chinh gb'c tdi tan ngay nay vSn phai che mat khi ra ngoai. Ngvfdi dan bng Hbi giao difcfc nha Ti6n t r i ra ngoai. Ngvfdi dan bng Hbi giao difcfc nha Ti6n t r i cho phep lay nhieu vd. Nhimg kh^p ndi trong xi? sd Ma Lai, ngUdi phu nil difdc quy mb'n va kinh trong, khbng bj khinh thifdng hay xur t§; ngtfdi vd an cung mam vdi chbng, va trong moi mb'i quan hb, dbu binh
dang vdi chbng. Dac bi§t, d Gia-va, nhiJng ngi/di vd
ckn cu, kheo leo con mang lai Idi Ibc va thanh danh
cho chbng. Chinh nhiing ngifdi vd ay cung ca'p du nhu c^u vat cha't cho gia dinh va bi§'t each dieu hanh gia c^u vat cha't cho gia dinh va bi§'t each dieu hanh gia dinh ma khbng e'an tdi SLf giiip dd cua ngifdi chbng... Khbng hi^m trtfdng hdp phu nC ngil trbn ngai vang eac qub'c gia d Ma Lai, Su-ma-td-ra, X&-lep-bd, Mb-luc...
Nhilng tin db Hbi giao Ma Lai rb rang hvfdng quy"&n
tijf do, binh dang hdn nhi^u so vdi cac phu nxi Hbi
giao d qu§ hifdng cua Hbi giao.
Bfitt ky t6n giao nao, k h i tdi D6ng Nam A, dfeu t i ; tiMc bo di nhiJng giao ly va thtfc hanh ciJng nhSc, boa vao cac t i n ngifdng t6n giao t r u y i n th6'ng, va do
vfiy, txi bi^n d6i di dOtfc cha'p thuSn va tibn tai. V i
thg", no CO dircfc si?c s5ng lAu b^n trong nhSn dan. That vay, cung vdi c6ng cuOc hanh trirdng thUc dan, cac qu6'c gia Hbi giao bi^n d&n khoi lich sd, nhifng Hbi giao van tbn tai. No da kh6ng chi tibn tai th6ng qua nhiJng I I nghi, ni^m t i n , ma con dvTcfc cung c6', duy t r i th6ng qua cac bi§n phap td chi?c va luat phap. B6 luat vg h6n nhan va thijfa k^ ma chung t6i gidi thi&u
dvfdi day la hkng chiJng v& di^u do. Nhufng di^u luat
se cung ca'p cho chiing ta nhOtng va'n dl cu t h i , giiip
di sau t i m hi^'u cac mfi'i quan h& xa h6i, gia dinh... cua ngifdi Gia-va Hbi giao. B6 luat nay, nguy§n la ban
chep tay, difcfc sifu t ^ m va trtfng bay tai Vidn hko tang
Qu6'c gia Pa-ri va dtfcfc Aristide Marre dich in ra ti§'ng Phap vao cac nSm 1874, 1889 cung nhtfng Idi gidi thi&u, binh chii rSft t h u v i ^ ^ ^
(1) Code malais des successions et du mariage en usage dans I'ile de Java, traduit du Manuscrit 12 ter du fonds malais
et javanais de la Bibliotheque nationale de Paris par Aristide Marre, Paris, 1889.
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