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Listed in: Asian Languages and Civilizations, as ASLC-124 | History, as HIST-171
Formerly listed as: ASLC-24 | HIST-15
Jerry P. Dennerline (Section 01)
(Offered as HIST 171 [ASP] and ASLC 124 [C].) A survey of Chinese history from ancient times to the eighteenth century. We will focus on texts and artifacts to explore the classical roots and historical development of Chinese statecraft, philosophy, religion, art, and literature. Using these media for evidence, we will trace the histories of inter-state relations, imperial institutions, global commerce, and family-based society through the ancient Han empire, the great age of Buddhism, the medieval period of global trade, and the Confucian bureaucratic empires that followed the Mongol world conquest. We will also compare these histories to those of European and other civilizations, considering Chinese and non-Chinese views of the past. Readings include the Analects of Confucius and other Confucian and Daoist texts, Buddhist tales and early modern fiction, selections from the classic Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), and Jonathan Spence’s Emperor of China: Self-portrait of Kangxi. Two class meetings per week.
Fall semester. Professor Dennerline.
Section 01
Tu 02:30 PM - 03:50 PM CONV 302
Th 02:30 PM - 03:50 PM CONV 302
ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
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Analects | D.C. Lau, trans. | Amherst Books | TBD | |||
Open Empire: History of China to 1600 | Hansen, Valerie | Amherst Books | TBD | |||
Emperor of China: Self-Portrait of K'Ang-Hsi | Spence, Jonathan | Amherst Books | TBD | |||
Hsun Tzu: Basic Writings | Watson, Burton, trans. | Amherst Books | TBD | |||
Mencius | D.C. Lau, trans. | Amherst Books | TBD | |||
Stories from a Ming Collection | Birch, Cyril | Amherst Books | TBD | |||
Tale of Two Melons: Emperor and Subject in Ming China | Schneewind, Sarah | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.
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