King Le Thanh Tong was the fifth king of Le dynasty in the history of Vietnam.
He was a king for 38 years (1460-1497).
During the reign of Le Thanh Tong, Dai Viet (Vietnam) flourished in all aspects of economic, cultural, social, educational, military and significantly expand its territory after the war with Champa, Laos and Bon Man. The achievements of the internal and external value Le Thanh Tong gave Dai Viet became a powerhouse in the Southeast Asian region, as well as despotic monarchy has made Vietnam reached the peak.
This period is known as Hong Duc prosperous period.
Le Thanh Tong had a name taboo was Tu Thanh.
He was the forth son of King Le Thai Tong.
His mother named Ngo Thi Ngoc Dao.
Along with the construction of new institutions, he speeded up the development of education and training of talents.
In addition to the Academy, the National Historical Institute, the Temple of Literature, Le Thanh Tong also built storehouses to keep the book, especially the founder of Association include Tao Dan that was Le Thanh Tong was Tao Dan Marshal owners.
Under him, the examinations and continuing education and a lot of doctors and passed the poinsettias and the title.
He initiated and established beer Dr. conducted for up to enroll, honoring the talent and virtues of Vietnamese nationalism in the Temple of Literature and generations, the court later continue adding new headstone honor.
In particular, he was very active in education reform, with the new policy on examinations and prevention of fraud in examinations.
Sometimes he personally put assignments and exam study the doubt.
At the Temple of Literature, the first university of Vietnam feudal society, on a stone tablet, has recorded a famous name of the Le Dynasty, which is Than Nhan Trung, the Vietnamese countryside Yen, Bac Giang.
He grassroots party king "loaded talented" and said that "now is the national natural air." This event is engraved on the stone building of Le Thanh Tong.
This being said, he is very meritocratic and practice under his reign, the referee often has the same weight and he united in building a peaceful and happy Dai Vietnam, in addition to peace, people admired his emperor.
He admired and easy to forgive mistakes virtuous levels, a record following paragraphs will talk more about this.
Once he blamed the former god Ngo Si Lien, Nghiem Nhan Tho:
While saying so, Le Thanh Tong, Ngo Si Lien still significant advantage and gave him charge of composing the Great Vietnamese Su Ky Toan Thu.
Besides he is also under other scholars, mathematicians Poinsettia Luong The Vinh, the University of Mathematics legal work; Phan Phu Tien, whose botanical compendium manuscript etc ...
Le Thanh Tong started allowing learning by honoring the naming ceremony (ceremony read the names of people pass), the cult of honor ceremony (ceremony to welcome people to the village passing) and is engraved with the names and resumes practice doctoral steles at Van Mieu (1484 assigned to the rooftop ceremony Dinh Bao Quach a responsibility drafting carving stone, stone monuments of art first 10 corresponding to 10 examinations, starting from the 1442 examinations Nham Tuat to examinations in 1484).
Therefore encourages all residents scrambling class education to be listed in a table name gold, to join the honor and the goal to be glorified village.
Such work Confucian education had become sticky.
Besides school and the Imperial Academy large institutions, there are schools in the religion, government, with a large excess pupil.
The exam was the response from all officers .