Explain the ideals of Phan Chu Trinh.

Phan Chu Trin was a nationalist, who was intensely hostile to the monarchy and opposed to the idea of resisting the French with the help of the court.

Phan Chu Trinh desire was to establish a democratic republic. He was profoundly influenced by the democratic ideals of the West, he did not want a wholesale rejection of Western civilisation. He accepted the French revolutionary ideal of liberty but charged the French for not abiding by the ideal. He demanded that the French set-up legal and educational institutions and should develop agriculture and industries.