Celebrating 102 years of birth of Prof. Dr. Tran Van Khe (24/7/1921-24/7/2023)
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| Prof. Dr. Tran Van Khe has been passionate about researching and introducing and promoting Vietnamese traditional music to the world. |
Prof. Dr. Tran Van Khe- a life passionate about collecting, researching, analyzing, promoting and introducing and promoting Vietnamese traditional music to the world. With that deep love, he has brought many sweet fruits to life and created a "big tree" in the sacred land of Vietnamese traditional music.
Prof. Dr. Tran Van Khe is the first Vietnamese doctor in musicology in France, was a professor at Sorbonne University (Paris, France), honorary member of the International Music Council (UNESCO). He studied and taught music abroad for 55 years, but he still couldn't help but dream of good things so that the national art could last and develop.
With a deep, ironic and loyal love, it was that love that made "the country's music resound". As warm as the heart for music is, it is also warm to think about young people.
Through the Autobiography of Prof. Dr. Tran Van Khe - Wisdom left for life, he sent the enthusiastic words of a person who went before, reminding the people who followed. For him, the "poor orphan" situation became "a precious opportunity" for him to train himself.
He wrote: “Since childhood, when I was ten years old, I was orphaned parents, did not think of the suffering of an orphan, knew not to rely on others, but "self-reliant" in everything. job. I was born sick by nature, I have to consciously exercise to have a strong body.”
"Beyond the sad cloud of an orphan childhood", he sent to young people: "No one chooses the door to be born, and no one in life has never experienced more or less turbulence. When life pushes you into adversity, it may well be giving you an opportunity to be more stable in the flow of life.”
The story "Pearl of the soul is named modesty", he reminded: "Friends, in my life I have always thought that what I already knew did not mean anything compared to what I did not know; what I have heard means nothing to what I have not heard; The things I have seen have nothing to do with the things I have not seen. And I continued to learn until my last breath.”
The story "Learning as if life doesn't last long", with a heart that loves young people, he said: "Learning is a lifelong thing, at the age of 90, I still study hard and will probably study until the last day of the journey. human life. There is nothing happier than finding joy in learning and giving the quintessence of that learning to life!"
Many people gave him the title "an extraordinary culturalist", because many people felt that he was endowed with extraordinary intelligence, memory and good health, born under a star. morning… He wanted to send a message to young people, the truth is not like that, he is just a very ordinary person.
“I have to work, study, practice to have an abundance of knowledge.” For the road to glory is strewn with fragrant flowers and strange grass. But he firmly overcame the sufferings, determined to turn the nothing into the yes, the difficult into the easy.
The story of "Self-reliance", he reminded: "Difficulty, temptation is inherently part of life, consistency with the goal will help us to overcome these things to pick the sweet fruit for us and still give life a cultural work".
The professor has packed the thoughts and feelings of nearly a century of experience to send to readers passionate things from his life stories through the Autobiography of Prof. Dr. Tran Van Khe - Wisdom left for life. Emotions are overflowing with the passionate words of a person who goes before, reminds those who follow, and avoids difficulties in life through each story.
To contribute more life experiences on the journey into the lives of young people. From the ups and downs in life, the professor left young people to see hidden deep life lessons. Each story the professor left a valuable lesson, leaving a warm feeling from an open heart for the next generation.
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| Prof. Dr. Tran Van Khe performed the zither in Geneva, Switzerland in 1963. Photo taken from the book |
At the end of the journey, the professor wished, "For the rest of my life, I wish to transfer all the "cultural treasures" related to the study of Vietnamese national culture and art that I have accumulated in my lifetime of cultural and artistic activities from Paris, France to Ho Chi Minh City with the desire to help the young people in the country in terms of national cultural knowledge.
Although his life journey has ended, the spiritual and cultural values he left behind are priceless.
HOI THUONG
