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DATE
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LECTURE TOPICS/READINGS |
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1/10
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Introduction (Xia: Prehistory)
BHC: 11-41 • MOF: 3-10 (Yu) |
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1/12
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Ancestors, Divination and Sacrifice (Shang/Western Zhou: c. 1600-771 BCE)
BHC: 42-55 |
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1/14
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The World of Confucius (Spring and Autumn: 770-481 BCE)
BHC: 56-68 • MOF: 11-32 (Confucius) • Recommended ~ The Analects of Confucius |
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1/17
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MLK HOLIDAY
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1/19
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Daoist Responses to the Warring States (Warring States: 481-221 BCE)
Daoism • Daodejing • Zhuangzi |
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1/21
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Legalism and the Unification of China (Warring States/Qin: 481-206 BCE)
BHC: 68-74 • Legalism
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| 1/24 | The Birth of an Empire and the Death of an Emperor (Qin: 221-206 BCE)
BHC: 75-83 • MOF: 33-50 (Qin Shihuang) • Records of the Grand Historian ~ Qin: 85-87 |
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1/26
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The Former Han Dynasty: Consolidation and Expansion (Former Han: 206 BCE-8 CE)
BHC: 83-99 • MOF: 51-71 (Sima Qian) |
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1/28
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Interregnum, Restoration and Division (Xin/Later Han/Three Kingdoms: 8-280)
BHC: 99-103 • MOF: 72-89 (Wang Mang) and100-113 (Zhuge Liang) |
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1/31
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The Buddhist Transformation of China (Period of Division/Sui/Early Tang: 280-755)
BHC: 104-124 • MOF: 114-126 (Hui Neng) • ESSAY 1: Memorial to the Second Qin Emperor |
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2/2
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Empress Wu: China’s Only Female “Emperor” (Early Tang: 618-755) • Chinese New Year
BHC: 125-144 • MOF: 127-148 (Empress Wu)
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| 2/4 | Xuanzong, Yang Guifei & An Lushan: The Decline of the Tang (Late Tang: 755-907)
BHC: 144-153 • Interlude: Xuanzong and Yang the Prized Consort
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| 2/7 |
MOVIE: Legend of the Demon Cat, Part I • Location: Meiley-Swallow/Thurst Theater)
BEGIN QUEST 1
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| 2/9 | MOVIE: Legend of the Demon Cat, Part II • Location: Meiley-Swallow/Thurst Theater)
QUEST 1 ENDS
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| 2/11 |
Legend of the Demon Cat • The Commercial Revolution of the Northern Song (Northern Song: 960-1126)
BHC: 154-165 • MOF: 149-167 (Su Dongpo) |
| 2/14 | Life Under the Southern Song (Southern Song: 1126-1279)
BHC: 165-168 • MOF: 168-180 (Yue Fei) |
| 2/16 |
Mongol Conquest: Genghis Khan, Khubilai Khan and Marco Polo (Song/Yuan: c. 1180-1368)
BHC: 168-183 • MOF: 181-200 (Qiu Chuji, the Daoist) |
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2/18
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The Ming Restoration: Globalism and Isolationism (Ming: 1368-1644)
BHC: 184-211
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| 2/21 | The Manchu Conquest and Kangxi’s Consolidation (Ming/Qing: 1600-1722)
SMC: 48-71 • MOF: 216-230 (Zheng Chenggong [Coxinga]) |
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2/23
| Yongzheng’s Authority (Qing: 1723-1735)
SMC: 72-93 • A Daughter of Han |
2/25
| Chinese Society in
the Reign of Qianlong (Qing: 1736-1795)
SMC: 94-114 • A Daughter of Han
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2/28
| China and
the Eighteenth-Century World (Qing: 1700-1799)
SMC: 115-135 • A Daughter of Han |
| 3/2 | The Opium War: A Clash of Civilizations ... or Just a Clash for Cash? (Qing: 1800-1850)
SMC: 139-163 • A Daughter of Han |
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3/4
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The Taiping Rebellion: A Crisis Within (Qing: 1850-1875)
SMC: 164-185 • MOF: 114-126 (Hong Xiuquan)
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| 3/7 | Restoration Through
Reform (Qing: 1861-1875)
SMC: 186-207 • A Daughter of Han |
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3/9
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New Tensions in the
Late Qing (Qing: 1875-1905)
SMC: 208-233 • BEGIN QUEST 2
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| 3/11 | The End of the Dynasty (Qing: 1905-1911)
SMC: 234-254 • QUEST 2 ENDS
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| 3/14-18 |
SPRING BREAK
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| 3/21 | The New Republic (ROC: 1912-1919)
SMC: 257-278 • A Daughter of Han |
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3/23
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“A Road Is Made” (ROC: 1919-1922)
SMC: 279-300 • A Daughter of Han |
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3/25
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The Fractured Alliance (ROC: 1922-1927)
SMC: 301-326 • ESSAY 2: A Daughter of Han |
| 3/28 |
The Guomindang in
Power (ROC: 1927-1933) • Reflections on A Daughter of Han
SMC: 327-355 • Recommended ~ MOF: 321-330 (Chiang Kai-shek)
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| 3/30 |
Communist Survival (ROC: 1927-1937)
SMC: 356-387 • Recommended ~ MOF: 345-350 (Mao Zedong) |
| 4/1 |
World War II (ROC: 1937-1945)
SMC: 391-432 • Recommended ~ MOF: 345-350 (Mao Zedong, continued) |
| 4/4 |
The Fall of the Guomindang
State (ROC: 1945-1949)
SMC: 433-459 • Recommended ~ MOF: 350-359 (Mao Zedong, continued)
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| 4/6 |
The Birth of the
People’s Republic (PRC: 1949-1952)
SMC: 460-483 • Son of the Revolution |
| 4/8 |
Planning the New
Society (PRC: 1953-1957)
SMC: 484-513 • Son of the Revolution |
| 4/11 |
Deepening the Revolution (PRC: 1957-1965)
SMC: 514-534 • Son of the Revolution |
| 4/13 |
Cultural Revolution (PRC: 1966-1972)
SMC: 535-555 • Son of the Revolution |
| 4/15 |
GOOD FRIDAY
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| 4/18 |
Reopening the Doors (PRC: 1972-1976)
SMC: 559-586 • Son of the Revolution
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| 4/20 |
Redefining
Revolution (PRC: 1977-1980)
SMC: 587-614 • Son of the Revolution
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| 4/22 |
Levels of Power (PRC: 1981-1984)
SMC: 615-638 • ESSAY 3: Son of the Revolution
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| 4/25 |
Testing the
Limits (PRC: 1985-1989)
SMC: 639-665
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| 4/27 |
Century’s
End (PRC: 1990-1997)
SMC: 666-689
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| 4/29 |
Breakthrough? (PRC: 1997-2012)
SMC: 690-707 • BEGIN QUEST 3
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| 5/2 |
QUEST 3 ENDS
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