THE THIRD UNIVERSALISM OF THE GREAT DAO
The Programme of Joining Hands
for Free Caodai Publications
for Free Caodai Publications
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HUỆ KHẢI
(Dũ Lan LÊ ANH DŨNG)
A CONCISE CAODAI HISTORY
THE EARLIEST BEGINNINGS 1920-1926
First edition
HỒNG ĐỨC Publishing House, Hà Nội 2017
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Three thousand copies sponsored by
Sister HUỲNH THỊ
DƯNG (deceased)
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Donation: 35.5 million VND.
CONTENTS
A CONCISE CAODAI HISTORY
THE EARLIEST BEGINNINGS 1920-1926
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
THE FIRST UNIVERSALISM
THE SECOND UNIVERSALISM
THE THIRD UNIVERSALISM
Chapter I. NGÔ VĂN CHIÊU’S DELIVERANCE BY CAODAI GOD
1. Hearing the name Caodai the first time (1920)
2. Hearing the name Caodai the second time (1920)
3. Beginning meditation practice (1921)
4. The God Eye’s appearance (April 1921)
5. Hearing the name Caodai the third time (April 1921)
6. A hermit life in Saigon
(1924-1925)
Chapter II. APOSTLES CAO-PHẠM’S DELIVERANCE BY CAODAI GOD
I. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF
APOSTLES CAO-PHẠM
1. Cao Quỳnh Cư
(1888-1929) and Hương Hiếu (1887-1971)
2. Cao Hoài Sang
(1901-1971)
3. Phạm Công Tắc
(1890-1959)
II. THE POEM EXCHANGE
BETWEEN MORTALS AND IMMORTALS
1. Experiment with the
turning table
2. Thất Nương (the
Seventh Lady)
3. Establishing a
brotherhood with the Seventh Lady
4. Bát Nương (the Eighth
Lady) and Quí Cao
5. His Holiness AĂÂ
6. Using the beaked
basket
7. The Peach Banquet
8. Trương Hữu Đức
(1890-1976)
9. Nguyễn Trung Hậu
(1892-1961)
III. APOSTLES CAO-PHẠM’S
INITIATION INTO CAODAISM
1. Hearing the name
Caodai the first time
2. Christmas night 1925
IV. LÊ VĂN TRUNG
(1876-1934)
1. His life prior to
spiritual contacts
2. Lê Văn Trung’s
initiation into Caodaism
V. APOSTLES CAO-PHẠM’S
ADVANCEMENTS
1. Increase of their
belief
2. Union
with Ngô Văn Chiêu
3. Vương Quan Kỳ
(1880-1939)
4. Đoàn Văn Bản
(1876-1941)
5. Lê Văn Giảng
(1883-1932)
6. Inaugurating the God’s
altar at home
7. Suggestions on
meditation practice
8. Worshiping the Three
Governors of Majesty
9. The Tiger new year’s
eve 1926
Chapter III. INITIAL STEPS OF CAODAI EXOTERICISM
I. A SHORT PERIOD OF UNION
1. God’s birth
anniversary
2. Ngô Văn Chiêu’s
separation from exoteric activities
II. NEW KEY FIGURES FOR
EXOTERIC ACTIVITIES
1. Lê Văn Lịch
(1890-1947)
2. Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ (1873-1950)
and Lâm Ngọc Thanh (1874-1937)
3. Nguyễn Ngọc Tương
(1881-1951)
4. Trần Đạo Quang
(1870-1946)
III. A NUMBER OF
DIGNITARY RANKS CONFERRED BY GOD IN THE LATENT YEARS
Holy last name for male
dignitaries of the Nonuple hierarchy
Chapter IV. THE CAODAI LEGAL ENTITY ESTABLISHMENT
I. PREPARATION FOR THE
CAODAI LEGAL ENTITY ESTABLISHMENT
II. THE REGISTRATION TEXT
OF THE CAODAI LEGAL ENTITY
III. TWENTY-EIGHT
APOSTLES’ NAMES LISTED IN THE REGISTRATION TEXT
1. Huỳnh Trung Tuất
(1873-1947)
2. Huỳnh Văn Giỏi
(1880-1954)
3. Lại Văn Hành
(1878-1939)
4. Lê Bá Trang
(1878-1936)
5. Lê Văn Giảng
(1883-1932)
6. Ngô Văn Kim
(1868-1940)
7. Nguyễn Phát Đạt
(1881-1942)
8. Nguyễn Văn Chức
(1873-1956)
9. Nguyễn Văn Kinh
(1890-1945)
10. Nguyễn Văn Trò
(1886-1949)
11. Nguyễn Văn Tường
(1887-1939)
11. Phạm Văn Tỉ
(1887-1949)
12. Võ Văn Kỉnh
(1880-1946)
IV. THE LEGAL BASIS FOR
THE CAODAI LEGAL ENTITY ESTABLISHMENT
V. THE FRENCH’S REACTION
VI. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
THE CAODAI LEGAL ENTITY ESTABLISHMENT
IN LIEU OF A CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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