User:JustCh1llong/Bachelorito Movement

Bachelorito Movement (Phong trào Văn Thân) was a popular movement led by non-government scholars in Vietnam. Their purpose was to kill the Westerners and Christians (Bình Tây, Sát Tả, literally Pacify the Westerner, Massacre the Christian) in order to preserve Vietnam ad Vietnam culture. It started in 1862 because of the Treaty of Saigon in which Saigon, the island of Poulo Condor and three southern provinces of what was to become known as Cochinchina (Bien Hoa, Gia Dinh, and Dinh Tuong) was ceded to the French. Later on, in 1885, it joined Cần Vương Movement, however, in some report it was expelled from the Cần Vương Movement because of its brutality toward the christians.

Origin of the name
Văn Thân is a compound word. Văn is word, refers to the students and scholars. Thân is the belts of small officials at the time. Together, Văn Thân refers to the students and scholars who are the connection between the government and the people. These people are respected by the community thank to their unusual ability to read governmental law and announcement.