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Background
Đỗ Pháp Thuận was a Zen Buddhist master who made some of the earliest recorded poems in Vietnam during the Early Lý dynasty. The reigning king, Lê Đại Hành 黎大行, asked the monk about the nation's destiny and what the future holds, to which the monk replied with the poem.
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國祚·杜法順
國祚如藤絡，南天理太平。
無為居殿閣，處處息力兵。
Quốc tộ như đằng lạc,
Nam thiên lý thái bình.
Vô vi cư điện các,
Xứ xứ tức đao binh.
References
Yan, Y. (2023). 越南汉诗选 [Anthology of Vietnamese Sinitic Poetry] (1st ed, Vols 1–2). 江西教育出版社 [Jiangxi Education Press].