{
  "project_id": "01062026-002-Chu-Van-An",
  "style": "Vietnamese historical documentary ink-wash, warm antique paper, late Trần dynasty, grounded costumes and architecture, no fantasy, no modern objects",
  "characters": [
    {
      "character_id": "chu-van-an",
      "name": "Chu Văn An",
      "role": "central scholar-teacher, Tư nghiệp Quốc Tử Giám, Vạn thế sư biểu",
      "visual": "Vietnamese elder scholar in late Trần era plain dark scholar robe and khăn, calm stern face, thin beard, dignified but humble, carries books or scrolls, not royal, not warrior",
      "required": true
    },
    {
      "character_id": "tran-du-tong",
      "name": "Trần Dụ Tông",
      "role": "young king of late Trần court, associated with decadence and ignored remonstrance",
      "visual": "young Vietnamese king in restrained Trần royal court attire, not villain caricature, distant expression, palace interior",
      "required": true
    },
    {
      "character_id": "tran-minh-tong",
      "name": "Trần Minh Tông",
      "role": "king who valued talent and brought Chu Văn An to court",
      "visual": "mature Vietnamese Trần king in dignified royal robe, composed, ceremonial court",
      "required": false
    },
    {
      "character_id": "students-huynh-cung",
      "name": "Học trò Huỳnh Cung",
      "role": "students and later mandarins taught by Chu Văn An",
      "visual": "Vietnamese students in simple scholar robes, bamboo books, village school etiquette, respectful posture",
      "required": true
    },
    {
      "character_id": "tran-court-mandarins",
      "name": "Quan lại triều Trần",
      "role": "court officials, including corrupt/nịnh thần atmosphere for Thất trảm sớ scenes",
      "visual": "Vietnamese Trần dynasty mandarins in court robes, mixed solemn and evasive expressions, no Chinese opera costume",
      "required": true
    },
    {
      "character_id": "phuong-hoang-mountain-hermitage",
      "name": "Núi Phượng Hoàng / Tiều Ẩn",
      "role": "mountain retreat after resignation",
      "visual": "misty Vietnamese mountain hermitage, pine/bamboo, scholar hut, old teacher reading or teaching in seclusion",
      "required": true
    }
  ]
}