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The Sacred Willow This page intentionally left blank The Sacred Willow Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family Duong Van Mai Elliott New York Oxford Oxford University Press 1999 Oxford University Press Oxford New York Athens Auckland Bangkok Bogota Buenos Aires Calcutta Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Florence Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi Paris Sao Paulo Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto Warsaw and associated companies in Berlin Ibadan Copyright © 1999 by Duong Van Mai Elliott Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All. rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Elliott, Duong Van Mai, 1941 The sacred willow : four generations in the life of a Vietnamese family / by Duong Van Mai Elliott. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-19-512434-0 1. Vietnam-History-19th century. 2. Vietnam—History--20th century. 3. Elliott, Duong Van Mai, 1941- Family. 4. Duong family. 5. Van Dinh (Vietnam)—Genealogy. 6. Vietnam-Genealogy. I. Title. DS556.8. E44 1999 959.704-dc21 98-14204 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper Dedicated to my family This page intentionally left blank THE LEGEND OF THE SACRED WILLOW Long ago, a king's son became sick and fell unconscious. A holy man from India broke off a branch from the Duong willow tree, dipped it in water, and sprinkled the water on the prince, who immediately revived and was cured. From then on, the Duong willow was said to be a sacred tree. This page intentionally left blank Contents Preface, xi Acknowledgments, xv Maps, xvii Family Tree, xx 1. A Burial in the Night, 3 2. Shut Gate and High Walls, 35 3. The Silk Merchant, 53 4. French Veneer, Confucian Soul, 69 5. Taxes, Floods, and Robbers, 83 6. The Third Month in the Year of the Famine, 103 7. The Head on the Roof, 137 8. Into the Resistance Zone, 157 9. Poison and Bribes, 189 10. The Fall of a Border Garrison, 215 11. Sifting Through the Rubble, 243 12. The New Mecca, 273 13. Just Cause, 301 14. Short Peace, Long War, 337 15. Flying into the Unknown, 373 16. The Spoils of Victory, 405 17. The Hours of Gold and Jade, 433 Epilogue: Across the Four Seas, 463 Bibliography, 475 Index, 481
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