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Schedule of
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● Link to
Assigned Readings ●
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UNIT ONE: CLASSICAL CHINA, 771-221 B.C. |
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Jan 12 / 14 |
Introduction to Classical
China |
Analyzing a Classical
Narrative: 'Han Qi Visits Zheng' (homework 1) |
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Jan 19 / 21 |
Legends
and Poems of the Past
(homework 2) |
The Master
Narrative of the Rise of the Zhou |
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Jan 26 / 28 |
The
Master Narrative of Classical China, 771-453 |
Ritual and the Origins of
Confucianism (homework 3) |
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Feb 2 / 4 |
The
Confucian Analects |
The
Master Narrative of Classical China, 453-221 |
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Feb 9 / 11 |
Economy and Technology in the
Classical Era (quiz 1) |
Intellectual Trends: Mohism
and the Confucian Response
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Feb 16 / 18 |
Intellectual
Trends: Daoism: the Dao de jing
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Intellectual Trends: Daoism:
the Zhuangzi
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Feb 23 / 25 |
Intellectual Trends:
Naturalism, Xunzi, and Legalism |
Intellectual Trends:
Religious Thought |
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Take Home Midterm Available through site home page on
Thursday, February 25. Turn in by Noon, Monday, March 1, via Oncourse |
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UNIT TWO: REMOTE ANTIQUITY (c. 1600
- 771 B.C.) AND PREHISTORY |
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March 2 / 4 |
Introduction to Shang China
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Oracle Bones |
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March 9 / 11 |
Ritual Bronzes (homework
4) |
Before Shang: Neolithic
China
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March 23 / 25 |
Shang Society
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Western Zhou History
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Mar 30 / Apr 1 |
Group Projects:
Western Zhou History Through Inscribed Bronzes, I |
Group Projects:
Western Zhou History Through Inscribed Bronzes, II |
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UNIT THREE: THE FUTURE - EARLY
IMPERIAL CHINA, 221 - 87 B.C. |
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Apr 6 / 8 |
The Qin Revolution
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Creation of the Han Imperium
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Apr 13 / 15 |
The Early Han Emperors |
Early Han Ideology (quiz 2) |
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Apr 20 / 22 |
Confucianism in the Early Han |
The Yi jing (quiz 3) |
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Apr 27 / 29 |
The Spring and Autumn
Annals
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The Historian's Eye as Our
Window on Early China
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Final Paper due by Saturday, May 1,
Noon, via Oncourse
Final Exam, Thursday, May 6, 5:00-7:00 pm (BH 015)
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Due dates for completed
Journal assignments
(via Oncourse):
#1 Friday,
January 29
#2 & #3 Friday, February 12
#4 Friday, February 19
#5 Friday, March 12
#6 Tuesday, March 23
#7 Friday, April 9
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