The Vietnamese Pattern book by Professor Nguyen Du Chi consists of 3 chapters, Chapter 1: Prehistoric pattern; Chapter 2: Early history pattern; Chapter 3: Pattern in the first half of feudal period. In chapters 1 and 2, the author classifies according to decorative patterns such as stick-shaped patterns, water-wave patterns, boat-shaped patterns, patterns of grasses, patterns of dancing people ... In chapter 3, the author classified according to motifs such as dragon, phoenix, lotus, chrysanthemum ... From the motifs, the author analyzes in-depth their symbols in society, each relating that pattern to different cultures in the region. This book has nearly 600 rich illustrations of different types of antiques and artifacts dating back thousands of years of history.