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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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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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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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Laozi & the Daodejing: A Daoist Response to Confucian Morality ICP: 131-146 • Neiye ※ Recommended ~ Laozi |
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| 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
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Secret of Caring for Life to Equanimity
in the Face of Death ICP: 173-180 • SCT: 103-111 ※ Recommended ~ Bimodal Mystical Experience |
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| 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 |
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| 2/11 | Legalism: The Philosophical Foundation
of “Imperial” China ICP: 182-204 • SCT: 190-212 |
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| 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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RTTP: Historical Background/How to React The Book of Lord Shang: 7-24 • Game Book (Introduction) |
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| 2/18 | RTTP: More Historical Background/Roles and Factions Game Book (Factions) ※ Recommended ~ The Book of Lord Shang, 44-85 | |
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| RTTP Session 1: The Debate on Human Nature Human Nature and Learning in Ancient China |
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RTTP Session 2: The Debate on Self-Cultivation Self-Cultivation in the Early Edited Literature |
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| RTTP Session 3: The Debate on Unifying the Warring States Searching for Peace in the Warring States • Horizontal and Vertical Alliances |
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| RTTP Session 4: The Debate on Governing the Empire Records of the Grand Historian, 44 • The Zhou Political System • The Creation of Empire | ||
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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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The Arrival of Buddhism ICP: 209-219 • SCT: 415-432 ※ Recommended ~ ICP: 220-246 |
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| 3/9 | Huayan: The Chinese Transformation of Buddhism ICP: 248-275 • SCT: 471-476 |
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| 3/11 | Tiantai: The Unification of Diversity ICP: 277-302 • SCT: 444-458 ※ “Unification of China” Analysis | |
| 3/14-18 | SPRING BREAK | |
| 3/21 | Chan:
The “Meditation” School 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 | |
| 3/25 | Wang Yangming’s Challenge to 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 |
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| 3/30 | The Nineteenth-Century Encounter of Civilizations: China RTTP Readings: 2-19 |
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| 4/1 | The Nineteenth-Century Encounter of Civilizations: Korea RTTP Readings: 20-42 ※ RTTP Role Requests? |
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| 4/4 | The Nineteenth-Century Encounter of Civilizations: Japan RTTP Readings: 43-59 |
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| 4/6 | RTTP Introduction: Historical Background/Roles & Factions Gamebook: 1-28 |
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| 4/8 | Faction Meetings RTTP Readings: 60-69 • Gamebook: 29-37 |
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| 4/11 | Political Reform Debate RTTP Readings: 70-77 • Gamebook: 38-45, 61-66 |
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| 4/13 | Social Reform Debate RTTP Readings: 78-90 • Gamebook: 50-60, 83-97 |
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| 4/15 | GOOD FRIDAY |
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| 4/18 | Economic Reform Debate RTTP Readings: 91-100 • Gamebook: 73-82, 98-109 |
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| 4/20 | Education Reform Debate RTTP Readings: 101-110 • Gamebook: 46-49, 68-72 |
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| 4/22 | Final Proposals/Promulgation of Reform Plan Voting on the four proposals followed by a discussion of the game |
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| 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! |
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| 4/29 | Modern Japan: A Confucian/Shinto/Buddhist Society? RTTP Readings: 137-142 • Contemporary Confucianism? • Are the Japanese Religious? ※ “Korea at the Crossroads” Analysis |
