MAC KINH VU IN THE RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY- THE NEW APPROACH

Abstract

Being the 4th king of the post Mac Dynasty, Mac Kinh Vu has become the focus of attention of many researchers when they discuss the survival of the Mac Dynasty. In his role, how did he continue the diplomatic strategy of the the earlier Mac kings in relation to the Chinese imperial Dynasty? Was there a new thing in that relationship? And did the relationships with the Ming Dynasty, Qing Dynasty at that time affect the collapse of the Mac in second half of the seventeenth century? These are the questions and the concerns that we want to discuss in this article.