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DATE
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LECTURE TOPICS/READINGS |
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1/10
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The Foundation of East Asian Sociopolitical Thought
ICP: 1-25 ※ Recommended ~ SCT: 3-23, 35-37
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| 1/12 | Yijing: The Cosmological Foundation
of Chinese Philosophy
ICP: 26-45 ※ Recommended ~ Yijing
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| 1/14 | Confucius: Transforming the World through Ritual & Humaneness
ICP: 47-63 • SCT: 41-44 |
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1/17 |
MLK HOLIDAY
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| 1/19 | MOVIE: Kongzi (Confucius), Part I (Location: Meiley-Swallow/Thrust Theater)
Confucius • SCT: Analects Passages “Learning” to “Humaneness” (see index on p. 44)
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| 1/21 | MOVIE: Kongzi (Confucius), Part II (Location: Meiley-Swallow/Thrust Theater)
SCT: Analects Passages “Wealth...” to “Words/Rectification of Names” (see index on p. 44) |
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1/24
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Confucius: The Secular as Sacred
Contemporary Rituals and the Confucian Tradition
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| 1/26 |
Mencius: The “Goodness” of Human Nature
ICP: 65-84 •
SCT: 112-129, 147-158 ※ Recommended ~ Mencius
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| 1/28 | Xunzi: Human Nature
is “Bad”
ICP: 86-106 • SCT: 159-183 ※ Recommended ~ Xunzi
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| 1/31 | Mozi: Universal Love
ICP: 108-129 • SCT: 64-76 ※ Recommended ~ Mohism |
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2/2 |
Laozi & the Daodejing: A Daoist Response to Confucian Morality • Chinese New Year
ICP: 131-146 • Neiye ※ Recommended ~ Laozi |
| 2/4 | Zhuangzi: Free and Easy Wandering &
the Equalization of Things
ICP: 152-173 • SCT: 95-103 ※ Recommended ~ Zhuangzi
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| 2/7 | From
the
Secret of Caring for Life to Equanimity
in the Face of Death
ICP: 173-180 • SCT: 103-111 ※ Recommended ~ Bimodal Mystical Experience |
| 2/9 |
The Politicization of the Dao: The Way of Wuwei
ICP: 146-151 • SCT: 77-94 ※ Recommended ~ Two Interpretations of De in the Daodejing |
| 2/11 | Legalism and the Unification of China
ICP: 182-204 •
SCT: 190-212 |
| 2/14 | Huang-Lao: The
Synthesis of Daoism, Confucianism and Legalism
SCT: 235-236, 241-247, 256-273, 278-282 ※ RTTP Role Requests?
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2/16 |
RTTP: Historical Background/How to React
The Book of Lord Shang: 7-24 • Game Book: 1-6
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| 2/18 | RTTP: More Historical Background/Roles and Factions
Game Book: 7-20 • Role Sheet (sent by email) ※ Recommended ~ The Book of Lord Shang, 44-85
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2/21
| RTTP Session 1: The Debate on Human Nature
Human Nature and Learning in Ancient China |
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2/23
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RTTP Session 2: The Debate on Self-Cultivation
Self-Cultivation in the Early Edited Literature |
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2/25
| RTTP Session 3: The Debate on Unifying the Warring States
Searching for Peace in the Warring States • Horizontal and Vertical Alliances: pp. 17-21
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| 2/28 | RTTP Session 4: The Debate on Governing the Empire
Records of the Grand Historian, 44 • The Qin Revolution and the Fall of the Qin • The Zhou Political System
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3/2 |
RTTP Session 5: The Inner Council’s Deliberations on the Ruling Philosophy of Qin
King Zheng’s Draft of his Ruling Philosophy (Blackboard/RTTP/Shared Documents)
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| 3/4 | RTTP Game Debriefing: What Really Happened!
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3/7 |
RTTP Poll • RTTP Historical Analysis • The Indian Foundation of Buddhism: From Theravada to Mahayana
ICP: 209-219 • SCT: 415-432 ※ Recommended ~ ICP: 220-246
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| 3/9 | From Qin to Tang: Tiantai & the Unification of Disunity
ICP: 277-302 • SCT: 444-458 |
| 3/11 | Huayan: The Pinnacle of Buddhist Philosophy?
ICP: 248-275 • SCT:
471-476 |
| 3/14-18 | SPRING BREAK |
| 3/21 | Chan:
The “Meditation” School ※ “Unification of China” Analysis
ICP: 304-330 • SCT: 491-504 ※ Recommended ~ SCT: 504-517
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| 3/23 | Zhu Xi and the Development of Neo-Confucianism
Neo-Confucian Philosophy (Intro-5a) • SCT: 737-754 ※ Recommended ~ SCT: 667-737
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| 3/25 |
Wang Yangming: Challenging the Zhu Xi Orthodoxy
Wang Yangming • Instructions: 3-17 • SCT: 851-855 ※ Recommended ~ SCT: 841-851
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| 3/28 |
Japan’s Indigenization of Chinese Civilization
The Heritage of Japanese Civilization: 4-29 • Shinto and Buddhism |
| 3/30 |
The Nineteenth-Century Encounter of Civilizations: China
RTTP Readings: 2-19 |
| 4/1 |
The Nineteenth-Century Encounter of Civilizations: Korea
RTTP Readings: 20-42 ※ RTTP Role Requests? |
| 4/4 |
The Nineteenth-Century Encounter of Civilizations: Japan
RTTP Readings: 43-59 |
| 4/6 |
RTTP Introduction: Historical Background/Roles & Factions
Gamebook: 1-28 |
| 4/8 |
Faction Meetings
RTTP Readings: 60-69 • Gamebook: 29-37 |
| 4/11 |
Political Reform Debate
RTTP Readings: 70-77 • Gamebook: 38-45, 61-66 |
| 4/13 |
Social Reform Debate
RTTP Readings: 78-90 • Gamebook: 50-60, 83-97 |
| 4/15 |
GOOD FRIDAY
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| 4/18 |
Economic Reform Debate
RTTP Readings: 91-100 • Gamebook: 73-82, 98-109 |
| 4/20 |
Education Reform Debate
RTTP Readings: 101-110 • Gamebook: 46-49, 68-72 |
| 4/22 |
Final Proposals/Promulgation of Reform Plan
Voting on the four proposals followed by a discussion of the game |
| 4/25 |
Modern China: From the Critique of Confucianism to the Confucian Revival
RTTP Readings: 111-129 • Lin Biao/Confucius • Confucius & Communism
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| 4/27 |
Modern Korea: A Confucian Society?
RTTP Readings: 130-137 • Jongmyo • Family • Role of Women • Ask a Korean! |
| 4/29 |
Postmodern Japan: A Buddhist/Shinto/Confucian/Christian Society?
RTTP Readings: 137-142 • Contemporary Confucianism? • Are the Japanese Religious?
※ “Korea at the Crossroads” Analysis
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