Learning to Live Through Vietnamese and American Proverbs: A Bilingual Vietnamese-English Edition - Paperback

by Vuong Gia Th?y (Author)

It is a common knowledge among the ex-refugees from Vietnam that after more than 40 years of living in the US and even with a smooth and successful mainstreaming into the new way of living in an alien social and cultural environment in America, a good number of them are still suffering from the "culture shock." Consequently, they have been researching and looking for their old traditions, cultural values and moral practices that have been deeply ingrained in them but have been lost or forgotten due to a variety of factors such as: the language barrier and differences in culture and moral standard between their old and new countries. Because of the demand of working long hours and struggling for survival many of them have no time or ability to educate and communicate effectively with their children in Vietnamese or English, let alone teaching them Vietnamese traditions and morals. As a result, they feel guilty of being unable to carry out this important and traditional duty. This unusual educational book is an effective and powerful tool for all those who can or cannot read Vietnamese or English to discover, rediscover, learn or relearn one of the most esteemed aspects of the Vietnamese traditional teaching: wisdoms and living with virtues and decency. Sau 40 nm nh c Hoa K, nhiu ngi Vit Nam cm thy cn c nhu cu hc hay hc li nhng truyn thng v o c m ng cha h truyn li cho h t th h n y n th h kh c. H rt quan t m n nhng sc th i n y ca nn vn h a Vit nam v mun truyn li cho con ch u ca h nhng h gp nhiu kh khn v nhu cu l m n vt v, kh ng c th gi, v nht l nhiu khi v l ng n ng kh c bit cho n n h kh ng c th thc hin uc nguyn vng n y mt c ch d d ng. Cho n n nhiu ngi Vit cm thy bt lc v kh ng th thc hin c bn phn quan trng v truyn thng dy d con ch u h vn h a v o c ca Vit Nam. D ng hai th ting, Vit v M, cun s ch n y nhm gi p nhng ai hoc kh ng bit c ting Vit hay ting M mun hc, hc li, hay dy con ch u ca h ngn ng Vit, mt gia t i vn h a c truyn v v gi ca d n tc Vit Nam, mt c ch d d ng. Hn th na, cun s ch song ng khi m tn ny d ng c hai ngn ng Vit v M dy kh n ngoan v c ch sng cho c o c v cho ng o l m ngi.