The Vietnamese legal system in this period consisted of general laws and other legal documents such as Chiếu, Chỉ, Lệ, Lệnh, Dụ, Sắc. Starting from there, the monarchy and feudal states in Vietnam were aware of the role of law and cared about and invested in the enactment of the law. In particular, it was noticeable as the first marks in the reception of Confucian ideology of the Lý Dynasty. As the first Dynasty of the period of independence and autonomy, the LýDynasty acted as the first Dynasty to open, establish and create the basic money for the development of the following dynasties at all and aspects of culture such as religious activities, beliefs, literature - arts, folk festivals. In this research, proverbs and idioms about social relations in Vietnamese and Korean will be compared in terms of syntax structure, semantic structure and pragmatical characteristics to find similarities and differences in culture, thinking and language.Īfter the establishment of the Dynasty, along with the establishment of national sovereignty, development of socio-cultural economy of the country, the Lý kings, firstly Lý Thái Tổ who focused on revival and development of ancient Vietnamese culture to a new level, with new nuances. Since then, this study is not out of the goal to help international students have more opportunities to exchange and integrate with Vietnamese culture as well as to facilitate foreigners in studying Vietnamese language and Vietnamese studies. Therefore, the research topic 'Vietnamese and South Korean proverbs and idioms of social relations in comparisons' has been done in order to find out the similarities and differences in culture, thinking and languages between two countries, two cultures. In addition, proverbs and idioms also express people's judgments on the good and bad behaviors of people in society when communicating with each other. Proverbs and idioms are oral literature, expressing many aspects of the masses' activities, especially emotionally.

Although they are from folk language, proverbs and idioms are not ordinary voices but rhymes, brief, widely popular among the masses. Proverbs and idioms are folk voices, are creative products of the masses through many ages, reflecting people's feelings and emotions in daily activities.

Dế Mèn Phiêu Lưu Ký by Tô Hoài