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The Gia huấn ca (Chinese: 家訓歌 The Family Training Ode) is a 976-line Chinese-language verse text traditionally ascribed to the great Vietnamese Confucian scholar Nguyễn Trãi (阮廌, 1380-1442).
The full printed title is Lê triều Nguyễn tướng công Gia huấn ca (Familial Instructions Put in Verse by Minister Nguyen Trai of the Le Court).
The content follows traditional Chinese Confucian lines in subordination of women: "When young, obey your father; when married, your husband; and when old, your son.", and also in the filial piety of children. The book was heavily promoted by Vietnam's Nguyen dynasty as it faced the challenges of modernization in the 19th Century, and became part of the tensions underlying the independence and later revolutionary movements. However the manual continues to illustrate some of the roots of female roles in Vietnam today.