花郎

花郎

1. (Vietnamese Classical Chinese) Portugal
2. (Vietnamese Classical Chinese) Catholicism

   • 冬十月、禁天下學花郎道。 [Vietnamese Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 1775, Đại Việt sử ký tục biên (大越史記續編), volume 19 卷之十九, page 4a

     Đông thập nguyệt, cấm thiên hạ học Hoa Lang đạo. [Sino-Vietnamese]

     In the winter, during the 10th month, a ban was issued prohibiting people in the country from studying the Hoa Lang religion.

花郎

1. chữ Nôm form of Hoa Lang (“Portuguese, Catholicism”)