According to researcher Le Dinh Hung, the text was written in a serif style, sometimes in running style, on smooth Do paper.
On the afternoon of June 26, the Center for Monuments and Museum Management of Quang Tri province announced that through the research of Mr. Le Dinh Hung, National Institute of Culture and Arts Research and Mr. Le Duc Tho, Deputy Director of the unit, they discovered a very interesting ancient verdict, related to the trial of an irrigation dispute in Hao Son village, Gio An commune, Gio Linh district, Quang Tri province.
Specifically, after receiving ancient documents written in Chinese characters handed over by Mr. Doan Van Loi, currently the Head of Hao Son Village, the above researchers studied and divided them into two different sets of documents.
The first set of documents is a number of petitions submitted to the Ministry of Finance related to the establishment of the Hao Son village land register, dating from the late 18th and early 19th centuries (from the Tay Son dynasty to the early Nguyen dynasty); the second set is a copy of the land register from the 12th year of Gia Long (1813), copied in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Notably, in the first set there is a document that is larger in size than the other documents in the collection (42 x 27cm).
Ancient judgment.
The content was translated into Vietnamese by researchers: “The court official. Ke: In the past, Hao Son ward had a spring water source above, and Tan An ward (now Tan Van-pv) was below. The water source of Tan An and Hao Son wards was convenient for planting. Previously, Tan An ward had to pay a pilgrimage fee, which had become an old custom. But Tan An ward abolished the fee, so Hao Son ward built a dam to prevent water from flowing down, causing litigation.
This is an obnoxious custom, so from now on, every year, Tan An ward will pay the pilgrimage fee in lieu of money of five quan (that money will replace the rituals, and you must not ask for any more betel and wine) and hand it over to Hao Son ward to collect. As for the spring water, it should be divided into shifts for irrigation: Hao Son ward for two days and nights, Tan An ward for two days and nights. After the shift, it will be divided equally for irrigation. Tan An ward must not intentionally disrupt or abolish the pilgrimage fee.
As for Hao Son ward, they are not allowed to take advantage of occupying the upstream, building dams to make demands. Those who violate this will be guilty of a serious crime. As for the previous lawsuit, either stating the betel and wine ceremony, or the buffalo and wine ceremony, or demanding payment of one hundred and sixty copper coins and thirty coins per mau, causing litigation, all are rejected. Now discuss. February 8, Canh Thinh 7 (1798). Seal of the Tang Dynasty.
According to researcher Le Dinh Hung, the document was written in a cursive style, sometimes in a running style, on smooth Do paper. At important words of the document, a small seal was stamped to confirm and avoid adding words or changing the strokes on the document. At the end of the document is a date line, stamped with the "Tang Dynasty seal" according to the old administrative document standards. This is an administrative document resolved by the Tay Son Dynasty related to the exploitation of water resources for agricultural production in the above-mentioned locality.
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