The spread of Chinese classics to Vietnam has a unique way and impact.

Once upon a time, Vietnam did not rely on developed commercial channels to obtain Chinese classics.

This involves a variety of complex factors, including trade exchanges, geographical location and the domestic situation in Vietnam at that time.

The spread of Chinese classics to Vietnam was mostly accomplished through official personnel such as envoys.

Under the international relations at that time, official envoys were able to shuttle between countries.

During the Qing Dynasty of China, Vietnam was a vassal state and the two sides had frequent exchanges.

These official personnel may bring cultural products such as classics with them when they go to Vietnam.

This was part of the official exchanges at that time, and it revealed the specific practices of cultural exchanges between China and Vietnam at that time.

In other countries, cultural dissemination is also promoted by official figures, but between China and Vietnam, the dissemination of classics mainly relies on such official figures.

This official-led communication method is very different from private commercial communication.

At that time, the role of the private sector in this regard was relatively limited.

In addition to envoys, other officials may also be involved.

They may be responsible for cultural communication and other tasks.

In ancient times, the government often took the lead in disseminating culture, which helped spread our country's cultural knowledge to other countries, thereby promoting exchanges and understanding between the two sides.

The book trade between China and Vietnam is not as prosperous as people think.

This is different from the situation where Han nationality was spread to North Korea and Japan.

In North Korea, the situation is different from that in Vietnam. The ways and means of obtaining Chinese nationality seem to be more abundant and diverse.

Compared with the spread of books between China and Japan, the difference is even greater.

The commercial nature of book dissemination between China and Japan seems to be stronger.

The underdeveloped book trade between China and Vietnam has not changed for many years.

During that period, book trade was not a major part of Sino-Vietnamese exchanges.

The two sides have frequent interactions in the fields of political, cultural and material exchanges, among which exchanges such as tribute trade are particularly important.

This underdevelopment is also a phenomenon brought to the surface caused by a variety of comprehensive factors.

There is a regular tribute system between China and Vietnam, which has special characteristics.

This system has certain commercial characteristics, in which communication between the two parties is basically realized within this framework.

As a result, trade activities have been facilitated to a certain extent, and the exchange of required materials can basically be met.

This results in insufficient room for development of ordinary commercial trade.

Taking books as an example, the two sides can communicate to a certain extent within the tribute system, and this method of communication is more convenient.

The book trade from a commercial perspective will be ignored.

Officials focus more on completing various exchanges within this system rather than promoting commercial transactions for specific books.

At that time, the trade between China and Vietnam was mainly carried out in the Guangdong and Guangxi areas, while during the Qing Dynasty, the distribution centers of Chinese books were mainly located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The geographical locations of the two places were very different.

This distance increases the cost of transporting books.

Increased shipping costs make it less cost-effective to get books to Vietnam.

Transportation consumes manpower and material resources, and also faces the risk of loss.

This is simply a huge obstacle to the commercial book trade.

It is not as easy to obtain books from mainland China as it is in countries or regions close to the plains.

The economic cost considerations brought about by geographical distance have a significant and direct impact on trade.

The amount of books in Vietnam is smaller than that in neighboring North Korea and Japan.

Moreover, in Vietnam, there was a special phenomenon of books at that time, that is, many books were concentrated in the hands of the royal family.

The royal collection is the largest and is preserved by a number of institutions.

But it was difficult for ordinary Vietnamese scholars and other groups to obtain books.

If the number of books in a country or region is originally small, and the distribution is extremely uneven, and most of them are concentrated in the hands of a few people, then this will undoubtedly pose a huge problem to improving the cultural literacy of the public.

For the scholar class, it would limit their intellectual growth and improvement of cultural literacy.

The literary level of Vietnamese scholars was of course limited due to difficulties in obtaining books.

Our country’s ancient books contain rich profound thoughts and literary and artistic values. Without access to these ancient books, it will be difficult to develop in-depth literary accomplishments.

Moreover, the Nguyen family's court also recognized this situation and issued official documents many times.

This shows that the government at that time recognized that books played a vital role in building the excellent culture and literary heritage of literati.

The government aims to enhance the country's overall cultural atmosphere and literary standards through measures such as increasing the supply of books, thereby enhancing the cultural accomplishment of the people.

In today's society, people are thinking about how to promote exchanges and learning between cultural classics from various countries?