Phan Khôi suppressed by the Communist Party with The Nhân Văn Affair since 1956 are being revived in the 2000s by the younger generation of Vietnam. 1. Phan Khoi—"Encyclopædia Britannica" 2. Nguyễn Quý Ðại - Nhà văn PHAN KHÔI và VỤ ÁN NHÂN VĂN - The Vietnamese Historical and Cultural Performing Arts Foundation: http://www.hungsuviet.org/lichsu/nha_van_phan_khoi.htm 3. http://xuquang.com/dialinhnk/danhnhan/phankhoi.html 4. http://www.gio-o.com/NguyenHueChiThuyKhuePhongVan.html Phan Khôi Phan Khôi (August 20, 1887 (Đinh Hợi) Bảo An village, Điện Bàn county, Quảng Nam Province, Vietnam – January 16, 1959, Hanoi, North Vietnam) was an intellectual leader who inspired a North Vietnamese variety of the Chinese Hundred Flowers Campaign, in which
Phan Đình Phùng consecutive generations of the Phan family had been successful mandarinate graduates. All three of Phan's brothers who lived to adulthood passed the imperial examinations and became mandarins. Early on, Phan indicated his distaste for the classical curriculum required of an aspiring mandarin. He nevertheless persevered with his studies, passing the regional exams in 1876 and then topping the metropolitan exams the following year. In his exam response, Phan cited Japan as an example of how an Asian country could make rapid military progress given sufficient willpower. Phan was never known for his scholarly abilities; it was his reputation for principled