Phan Thanh Giản

Phan Thanh Giản
潘清簡
Phan Thanh Giản in Paris in 1863.
BornNovember 11, 1796
Ba Thanh village, Biên Hòa[1]
DiedAugust 4, 1867
Other namesCourtesy name (tự): Đạm Như ()
Pseudonym (hiệu): Lương Khê ().
OrganizationNguyễn dynasty
Notes
Negotiator of the Treaty of Saigon. Ambassador to France. Governor.

Phan Thanh Giản (November 11, 1796– August 4, 1867) was a Grand Counsellor at the Nguyễn court in Vietnam. He led an embassy to France in 1863, and committed suicide when France completed the invasion of Southern Vietnam (Cochinchina) in 1867.

Life

Treaty of Saigon

Phan Thanh Giản was one of the foremost mandarins of the Nguyễn court. He played a key role in negotiating the Treaty of Saigon with the French in 1862.[2][3] The negotiations led to the formal cession of Vietnamese territory that the French Expeditionary Corps had occupied in 1861 (the first parts of the future colony of Cochinchina): the provinces of Già Dinh, Mỹ Tho, Biên Hòa, and the Poulo Condore islands were ceded, and war reparations paid to the French.[4]

Because of his role in these negotiations, Phan Thanh Giản became rather unpopular, both with the Vietnamese population, and with the court of emperor Tự Đức.[2]

Embassy to France (1863)

In 1863, Phan Thanh Giản was sent by the emperor on an embassy to France to visit Napoleon III, in order to negotiate the return of the territories given to the French. Phan Thanh Giản was accompanied by Michel Duc Chaigneau (the son of Jean-Baptiste Chaigneau) on this embassy.[5] Phan Thanh Giản with a 70-strong embassy met with Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie in November 1863. Napoleon III, moved by Phan Thanh Giản's plea, accepted to return the provinces in exchange for a war indemnity, an agreement to station troops in Saigon, My Thau and Thủ Dầu Một, and recognition of French military protection. The French Navy Minister Chasseloup-Laubat however, opposed to the return of Cochinchinese territory, threatened Napoleon III with his resignation and that of the whole cabinet, forcing him to order the cancellation of the agreement in June 1864[6]

Through his visit to France, Phan Thanh Giản obtained a first hand understanding of the level of advancement of France compared to Vietnam, was astonished at examples of technological innovation such as steam trains, and stated on his return to Vietnam that France's "wealth and strength are beyond description". Tự Đức only responded to this warning with admonitions of moral rectitude:[2]

"If faithfulness and sincerity are expressed
Fierce tigers pass by,
Terrifying crocodiles swim away
Everyone listens to Nghia (conscience)"

Governorship

Upon his return, Tự Đức nominated Phan Thanh Giản governor of the remaining southern provinces.[2] When France invaded the rest of the southern territories in 1867, Phan Thanh Giản chose to avoid armed resistance and failed to defend the citadel of Vĩnh Long,[7] waiting for orders that never came, resigned from his position and took his own life through poisoning.[2]

Family

His grandfather, Phan Thanh Tap was a native of Haicheng (near modern-day Longhai, Fujian) in Zhangzhou prefecture of Fujian province before later ultimately migrating to Vietnam due to political sentiments against the ruling Qing government. Phan Thanh Tap migrated to Vietnam in the early 18th century, along with his family and relatives and settled in the village of Hoi Trung at Bình Định Province. Upon settling in Vietnam, he married a Vietnamese woman, Huynh Thi Ngoc, with whom his Phan's father, Thanh Ngạn was born from this union. Phan Thanh Ngạn began his career as a clerk to the Nguyễn court. In 1798, Phan Thanh Ngạn was appointed as the chief supplier for Lord Ánh's (Emperor Gia Long from 1802) navy and was sent on a diplomatic mission to Tourane, but was later shipwrecked at lost at sea.[1]

He had three sons, Phan Hương, Phan Liêm (also known as Phan Thanh Liêm, or Phan Thanh Tòng), and Phan Tôn, of which the last two organised an armed rebellion against the French soldiers who had colonised Vĩnh Long and were later defeated. Phan Hương stayed in Vĩnh Long, lived hidden as a farmer. Phan Liêm and Phan Tôn escaped to Huế, then followed Nguyễn Tri Phương in Battle of Hanoi (1873). They were defeated and captured by the French force in this one-day battle. General Phương was heavily wounded but refused to be treated by French and began a hunger strike, dying shortly afterwards. Meanwhile, Phan Liêm and Phan Tôn were sent to France. [8][9]

Phan Thanh Giản as the head Vietnamese delegation (middle and first row) to Napoleon III (1863)

Nowadays, Phan Thanh Giản is being venerated as a minor god in some localities in southern Vietnam.[10]

Images

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Nguyẽn (1964), p. 227
  2. ^ a b c d e Jamieson, p.46
  3. ^ Vietnam by Jan Dodd, Mark Lewis, Ron Emmons, p.151
  4. ^ Chapuis, p.49: "Phan Thanh Giản agreed to cede Già Dinh, My Tho, Bien Hoa, and the Poulo Condore Island, and to pay for war reparations of 400000 silver dollars over 10 years"
  5. ^ Tran and Reid, p.207
  6. ^ Chapuis, pp.50–51
  7. ^ The Twenty-five Year Century by Quang Thi Lâm, p.11
  8. ^ Nguyẽn (1964), p. 240
  9. ^ "Nguyễn Dynasty famous scholar, high ranking mandarin - Phan Thanh Giản". cand.com.vn. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Bến Tre with historical character Phan Thanh Giản". baodongkhoi.vn. Retrieved 11 January 2022.

References

  • Chapuis, Oscar (2000). The Last Emperors of Vietnam: from Tu Duc to Bao Dai. Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-31170-6.
  • Choi, Byung Wook, Southern Vietnam Under the Reign of Minh Mạng (1820–1841): Central Policies and Local Response, SEAP Publications, 2004, ISBN 0-87727-138-0
  • Jamieson, Neil L. (1995). Understanding Vietnam. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-20157-4.
  • Nguyẽn, Phút Tán, A Modern History of Viet-nam (1802–1954), Nhà sách Khai-Trí, 1964
  • Tran, Nhung Tuyet; Reid, Anthony (2006). Việt Nam: borderless histories. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 0-299-21774-4.

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