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Schedule
of Classes and Assigned Readings
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Week |
Monday |
Wednesday |
Friday |
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Aug. 20 |
Topic:
Introduction
to Classical China
Readings:
General
Introduction
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The culture
of the Classical elite
1.
General
Introduction
2.
Han Qi Visits the
State of Zheng |
Classical
patrician views of the past
The
Legendary Emperors
Homework 1 due
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Aug. 27 |
Poetic views
of society
Verses From the
Book of Poetry
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The founding
of the Zhou Dynasty
1.
The
Rise of the House of Zhou
2.
The Story
of the Duke of Zhou
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Early Spring
& Autumn Period political history
Spring and Autumn China (722-453), pp. 1-21
Homework 2 due
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Sept. 3 |
* No Class - Labor Day* |
Later Spring
& Autumn Period political history
Spring and Autumn China (722-453), pp. 22-42
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Ritualism and the advent of Confucius
Zhou Ritual
Culture and Its Rationalization
Journal entry 1 due
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Sept. 10 |
The
Analects of Confucius
Confucius and
the Origins of Confucianism
Analects: Appendixes 3-4 (pp. 122-44) |
Political
history of the early Warring States Period
The
Warring States Period (453-221), pp. 1-21
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Political
history of the later Warring States Period
The
Warring States Period (453-221), pp. 22-41
Homework 3 due
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Sept. 17 |
Social change in the Warring States Period
1.
The
Economy of Early China: Food and Money
2.
Technological
Change in Warring States China
Quiz
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Intellectual
change: Mohism and philosophy
1.
The
Rhetorical Arts and Political Persuasion
2.
Mohist Thought
Journal entry 2 due
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The
Confucian career of Mencius
Mencius |
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Sept. 24 |
Daoist
thought: the Dao de jing
Daoism, pp.
1-10
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Zhuangzi
Daoism, pp.
11-28
Journal entry 3 due
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Naturalism
Naturalist
Thought in the Late Classical Period |
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Oct. 1 |
The Confucian response:
Xunzi
Xunzi
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Legalism
and the basis of the Qin Revolution
Legalism
Journal entry 4 due |
Religion
in Warring States society
Spiritual Beliefs
and Regional Religion |
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Oct. 8 |
MIDTERM EXAM |
Shang China and its discovery
1.
Preface to Readings on Pre-Classical China
2.
The Discovery of
the Shang Dynasty |
* No Class - Fall Break * |
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Oct. 15 |
The deities
of the Shang world
1.
The Sexagenary
Number-Date System
2.
The Oracle Texts
3.
Shang
Religion
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Shang
bronzes
1.
Shang Kingship and
Shang Kinship
2.
Shang Ritual
Bronzes
Homework 4 due
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The
Neolithic background of the Shang
Neolithic
China: Before the Shang Dynasty
Journal entry 5 due
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Oct. 22 |
Shang
society and the nature of the Shang polity
Shang Society
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The Western
Zhou
The History of the
Western Zhou |
Western Zhou: Group Project Meeting
Inscriptional Records of the Western Zhou
Homework 5 due
(cancelled)
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Oct. 29 |
Inscriptions
of the Western Zhou (I)
Inscriptional Records of the Western Zhou
Presentations |
Inscriptions
of the Western Zhou (II)
Inscriptional Records of the Western Zhou
Presentations
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Inscriptions
of the Western Zhou (III)
Inscriptional Records of the Western Zhou
Presentations
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Nov. 5 |
Bridging the
Pre-Classical and Post-Classical eras
1.
Introduction to
Imperial China
2.
The Qin Dynasty,
pp. 1-7 |
The Qin
Revolution
The Qin Dynasty,
pp. 8-27
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Qin law
The Laws of Qin |
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Nov. 12 |
Post-Qin
civil war
The Rise of the Han
Quiz |
The
establishment of the Han state
The Reigns of the
Early Han Emperors
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Early Han
ideology
Huang-Lao
Ideology |
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Nov. 19 |
*
THANKSGIVING BREAK * |
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Nov. 26 |
Han
Dynasty metaphysical thought
1.
Yin-Yang
Five-Forces Theory During the Han
2.
The Arts of the
Fangshi
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The reign of
Han Emperor Wu
The Reign of
Wu-di, 140-87
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Confucianism
in the early Han
The Fortunes of
Confucianism During the Early Han |
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Dec. 3 |
Our
historical lens on early China
Sima Qian and Our
View of Early China
Quiz |
The Yi jing
The Yi jing |
History as
moral wisdom in the Confucian tradition
The
Spring and Autumn Annals
Term papers due
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Final Exam: Monday, December 10,
5:00-7:00 p.m., Woodburn 007
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