hàm lâm viện
Definition
- Noun:
- The Imperial Academy: "Hàm lâm viện" refers to a historical institution in feudal Vietnam, specifically the Imperial Academy or Hanlin Academy. It was the highest academic institution, responsible for scholarly activities, compiling historical records, drafting imperial documents, and educating high-ranking mandarins.
- The body of academicians: It can also refer to the collective body of elite scholars (academicians) who served in this institution.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Ông ấy từng giữ chức vụ tại Hàm lâm viện triều Nguyễn. (He once held a position at the Imperial Academy of the Nguyen Dynasty.)
- Các học giả của Hàm lâm viện chịu trách nhiệm biên soạn quốc sử. (The scholars of the Imperial Academy were responsible for compiling the national history.)
Advanced Usage
- "chức quan Hàm lâm viện": a mandarin/official post in the Imperial Academy.
- Ông được bổ nhiệm vào chức quan Hàm lâm viện. (He was appointed to a mandarin post in the Imperial Academy.)
Variants and Related Words
- Viện Hàn lâm (n): Academy (a modern term for academies of sciences or arts, e.g., Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology - ). Note: "Hàn lâm" is the Sino-Vietnamese reading of the same Chinese characters as "Hàm lâm," but "Viện Hàn lâm" is the contemporary term.
- Hàn lâm viện (n): An alternate, less common spelling/reading for the same historical institution.
Synonyms
- Học viện Hoàng gia: Royal Academy (a conceptual translation).
- Cơ quan học thuật tối cao: Supreme academic institution (a descriptive term).
Related Idioms
(This specific historical term is not commonly used in modern Vietnamese idioms. Its usage is primarily academic or historical.)