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Monday, August 26, 2013

Syllabic Cycles (4)—Chinese History and Culture-a

Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Syllabic Cycles"
One year ago on Round and Square (26 August 2012)—The New Yorker and the World: Course Description (e)
Two years ago on Round and Square (26 August 2011)—Annals of Ostracism: Alone in the Arctic

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HIST 210/ANTH 275: Weeks 1-8 HIST 210/ANTH 275: Weeks 9-16

Chinese History and Culture
History 210/Anthropology 275
Autumn 2013
TTh 10:00-11:50 a.m.

Robert André LaFleur Office Hours:

Morse Ingersoll 111 Tuesday 2:30-4:00*

363-2005 Thursday 12:00-1:30

lafleur@beloit.edu …or by appointment

*Office hours will revert to the regular 12:00-1:30 time after autumn break.

Required Books

Brook, Timothy. The Confusions of Pleasure

Chan, Anita, et al. Chen Village: Revolution to Globalization

Cohen, Paul. History in Three Keys

Ebrey, Patricia. Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook

Kipnis, Andrew. Producing Guanxi

Kuhn, Philip. Soulstealers: The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768

Lindqvist. Cecilia. China: Empire of Living Symbols

Liu Xin. In One’s Own Shadow

Mair, Victor. The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature

Mann, Susan. The Talented Women of the Zhang Family

Spence, Jonathan. The Gate of Heavenly Peace

Hacker, Diana. A Pocket Style Manual (required in all history classes
Character notebook (for practicing Chinese characters)

Round and Square (www.robert-lafleur.blogsot.com)

The New York Review of Books (NYRB)

Reserve Books (available for purchase, but multiple copies are on reserve)
McNaughton, William. Reading and Writing Chinese

Wieger, James, Chinese Characters

Course Description

This course will examine Chinese history and culture in the context of the wider East Asian world. We will begin with early Chinese history and the influence of the Yellow River valley on the development of Chinese institutions. We will then examine the development of Chinese philosophical, literary, political, and economic traditions during the imperial era. The second half of the course deals with modern Chinese history and culture, paying equal attention to historical and ethnographic materials, and taking a careful look at the development of a strong Chinese state from the challenges of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Throughout the course we will use examples from the Chinese language—Chinese characters and their etymologies, idiomatic phrases, and classical allusions—to analyze Chinese history and culture in linguistic context.

Evaluation

Quizzes 10%

Source Letter 15%

Midterm analysis 20%

Source Paper 25%

Ethnography Paper 20%

Final exam 10%

Daily attendance and class participation are expected; more than two absences during the semester will affect your grade. Late assignments will be penalized—see my late assignment policy.

Chinese History and Culture

HIST 210/ANTH 275

Week I

Chinese Ethnography I

Tuesday, August 27

Raise the Red Lantern (in-class viewing of Zhang Yimou's film)
Kipnis, Producing Guanxi

Part I Practices of Guanxi Production

Everyday Guanxi Production

Guest/Host Etiquette and Banquets

Gift giving

“Kowtowing”

Weddings, Funerals, and Gender

Feeling, Speech, and Nonrepresentational Ethics

Thursday, August 29

Round and Square
Syllabic Cycles:Introduction (a-d)
Read all four posts, not just “a.”
Kipnis, Producing Guanxi
Part II Guanxi Versions

Guanxi in Fengjia, 1948-90

Guanxi Versions throughout China

Guanxi and Peasant Subculture

Epilogue

Lindqvist, China: Empire of Living Symbols, 15-22; 331-360; 395-398

Oracle Bones and Bronzes

Character Stroke Order

McNaughton: 9-30 or Wieger: 5-22

Preface Introductory

Week II

Chinese Ethnography II and
Early China (to c. 500 BCE)

Tuesday, September 3

Round and Square Quotidian Quizzes:Introduction (a-h)
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus
Ebrey, Chinese Civilization, 3-16
            Late Shang Divination Records
            The Metal Bound Box
            Hexagrams in the I-Ching
            Songs and Poems
            The Battle Between Jin and Chu
Mair, The Columbia Anthology, 27-31; 149-169
            Guanzi: Duties of the Student
            The Book of Odes

Thursday, September 5

Grammar Is Culture—Handouts
          LaFleur, Kanji Mastery (Introduction)
          LaFleur, Styling Culture (Introduction)
LaFleur, Chicago Style Footnotes and Endnotes
          Wallace, Tense Present: Democracy, English, and the War over Usage, 39-58
          Pinker, The Language Instinct (skim selections)
          Cavell, Must We Mean What We Say? (skim selections)
Lindqvist, China: Empire of Living Symbols, 23-48
            Man, Mankind
                                    McNaughton: 31-50               or         Wieger: 26-49
                                    Characters 1-99                                  Lessons 1-14

Week III

Eastern Zhou, Qin, and

Former Han (c. 500 BCE-CE 9)

Tuesday, September 10
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus
Ebrey, Chinese Civilization, 17-45
            Confucians
          Daoists
          Legalists
            Two Avengers
            Social Rituals
Mair, The Columbia Anthology, 40-70
            Confucius: Analects
            Mencius: Bull Mountain
            Mencius: Fish and Bear’s Paws
            Zhuangzi: Autumn Floods
            Laozi: Dao De Jing
            Wang Chong: Daoist Untruths

Thursday, September 12
Ebrey, Chinese Civilization, 47-76
            Penal Servitude in Qin Law
            The World Beyond China
            Heaven, Earth, and Man
            The Debate on Salt and Iron
            The Classic of Filial Piety
            Wang Fu on Friendship...
            Women’s Virtues and Vices
Mair, The Columbia Anthology, 443-455
            Liu Bang: Song of the Great Wind
            Sima Xiangru: Cock-Phoenix...
            Anon: Ground-Thumping Song
            Li Yannian: A Song
            Anon: We Have Chosen a Timely Day
            Xijun: Lost Horizon
            Anon: Song of the Viet Boatman
            Anon: Mulberry Up the Lane
            Anon: Green, Green Riverside Grass
            Anon: Frail, Frail Lone-Growing Bamboo
            Anon: They Fought South of the Wall
            Crows on City Walls
            Cai Yong: Watering Horses at a Long Wall…
Lindqvist, China: Empire of Living Symbols, 49-68
            Water and Mountains
                                    McNaughton: 51-70               or         Wieger: 50-74
                                    Characters 100-199                           Lessons 15-25

Review the "Source Letter" assignment (due 9/29)

Click here to see the Late Assignment Policy for this course

Week IV

Later Han and the Period of Division

Through Mid-Tang (CE 9-755)

Tuesday, September 17
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus
Ebrey, Chinese Civilization, 87-111
            Ge Hong’s Autobiography
            Buddhist Doctrine and Practices
            Tales of Ghosts and Demons
            Cultural Differences...North and South
Mair, The Columbia Anthology, 170-189
            Ban Zhao: Needle and Thread
            Wang Can: Seven Sorrows
            Liu Zhen: Poem Without a Category
            Liu Zhen: Cockfight
            Cao Zhi: Ballad of the Orioles in the Fields
            Ruan Ji: Songs of My Soul
            Guo Pu: Poem on the Wandering Immortal
            Tao Qian: Substance, Shadow, and Spirit
            Tao Qian: Poems Aftger Drinking Wine
            Tao Qian: In Praise of Jing Ke
            Tao Qian: On Reading the Shanhai jing
            Tao Qian: Blaming Sons
            Xie Lingyun: On My Way from South Mtn...
            Xie Lingyun: On Climbing the Highest Peak
            Shen Yueh: Harmonizing with a Poem
            Shen Yueh: Seeing the Beloved in a Dream
            Shen Yueh: Returning to my Garden Home
            Shen Yueh: Listening to Gibbons...
            Tao Hongjing: Poem Written in Answer...
            Wang Sengru: Describing a Dream...
            Yu Jianwu: Spring Day
            Xiao Gang: A Pheasant on..Morning Flight
Mair, The Columbia Anthology, 455-458; 472-485
            Chen Lin: Song—I Watered My Horse…
            Cao Cao: Song on the Enduring Cold
            Fu Xuan: Pity Me!
            Bao Zhao: Magic Cinnabar
            Bao Zhao: Going Out...the North Gate..
            Bao Linghui: Added to a Letter...
            Anon: The Ballad of Mulan
            Hulü Jin: Song of the Tölös
            Anon: Song of the Breaking...Willow
            Wang Wei: Army Ballad
            Bo Juyi: The Song of Lasting Regret
Mair, The Columbia Anthology, 534-541; 573-580
            Ban Zhao: Lessons for Women
            Xi Kang: Discourse on Nourishing Life
            Tao Qian: The Peach Blossom Sprin

Thursday, September 19
Ebrey, Chinese Civilization, 112-136
            Emperor Taizong of Effective Government
            The Tang Legal Code
            The Errors of Geomancy
            The Dancing Horses of Xuanzong’s Court
            Family Business
            The Examination System
            A Pilgrim’s Visit to Five Terraces Mountain
Mair, The Columbia Anthology, 190-235
            Luo Binwang: On the Cicada—In Prison
            He Zhichang: Written Impromptu...
            Chen Zi’ang: Poems of Reflection...
            Zhang Qiuling: Poems of Reflection...
            Wang Zhihuan: Climbing the...Pavilion
            Meng Haoran: Seeking Out Master Chan
            Meng Haoran: Spring Dawn
            Meng Haoran: Passing Seven-League Rapids
            Wang Changling: Silent at Her Window
            Wang Wei: Climbing Bianjue Temple
            Wang Wei: “Bidding the Goddess Farewell”
            Wang Wei: Deer Enclosure
            Li Bo: To Meng Haoran
            Li Bo: Up into the Clouds Music
            Li Bo: Late Bloomer...
            Li Bo: To Send to Du Fu as a Joke
            Li Bo: Drinking Alone in the Moonlight
            Li Bo: Autumn Cove
            Li Bo: Viewing the Waterfall at Mt. Lu
            Li Bo: Still Night Thoughts
            Li Bo: Poems in an Old Style
            Chu Guangxi: The Streets of Chang’an
            Liu Zhangqing: Rejoicing...Zen Master Bao
            Liu Zhangqing: Sent to the Daoist..
            Du Fu: Spring View
            Du Fu: A Guest Arrives
            Du Fu: Journey North
            Du Fu: Recruiting Officer of Shihao
            Du Fu: Seven Songs...
            Du Fu: Thinking of My Little Boy
            Du Fu: Jade Flower Palace
            Du Fu: At the Sky’s End, Thinking of Li Bo
            Zhang Ji: Maple Bridge Night Mooring
            Cen Shen: A Song of the...River
            Sikong Shu: In Illness, Missing My...Girl
            Meng Jiao: On Failing the Examination
            Han Yu: The Girl of Mount Hua
            Xue Tao: Three Poems
            Liu Zongyuan: River Snow
            Zheng Huan: Present to the Daoist Paragon
            Wu Yun: Apotheosis
            Cold Mountain: Untitled Poems
            Jia Dao: Looking For A Recluse
            Li Shen: Pitying the Farmer
            Li Deyu: To Patriarch Sun at Huayang...
            Li He: At Chang’gu, Reading...
            Li He: My Man Replies
            Li He: Ravine on a Cold Evening
Lindqvist, China: Empire of Living Symbols, 69-117
            Wild Animals
                                    McNaughton: 71-90               or         Wieger: 74-103
                                    Characters 200-299                            Lessons 26-36

Review the "Source Letter" assignment (due 9/29)

Click here to see the Late Assignment Policy for this course

Week V

Late-Tang, Song, and Yuan China (c. 900-1368)

Tuesday, September 24
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus
Ebrey, Chinese Civilization, 137-168
            The Tanguts and Their Relations with the Han Chinese
            Book of Rewards and Punishments
            Precepts of the Perfect Truth Daoist Sect
            Wang Anshi, Sima Guang, and Emperor Shenzong
            Rules for the Fan Lineage’s Charitable Estate
            Ancestral Rites
           Women and the Problems They Create
Mair, The Columbia Anthology, 302-341
            Li Bo: A Suite in the Ch’ing-p’ing Mode
            Anon: Four Lyrics from Tun-huang
            Bo Juyi: Tune—“Memories of the South”
            Liu Yuxi: Tune—“Memories of the South” A Spring Lyric After Po Chü-yi
           Wen Tingyun: Tune—“Deva-Like Barbarian
           Wei Zhuang: Tune—“Thinking of the Imperial Capital”
           Wei Zhuang: Tune—“The Bodhisattva Foreigner”
           Mao Wenxi: Tune—“Drunk Among the Flowers”
          Ouyang Jiong: Tune—“Offering Congratulations to the Enlightened Reign”
          Li Yü: Tune—“The Crow’s Nocturnal Cry”
          Li Yü: Tune—“Beating Silk Floss” Autumn Boudoir
          Li Yü: Tune—“New Bounty of Royalty”
          Li Yü: Tune—“Joy of Encounter” Autumn Boudoir
          Li Yü: Tune—“Pure Serene Music”
          Li Yü: Tune—“Sand Washed by Waves”
          Li Yü: Tune—“Joy of Encounter”
          Li Yü: Tune—“Sand Washed by Waves”
          Li Yü: Tune—“The Beauty of Yü” A Reminiscence
          Li Yü: Tune—“Memories of the South” A Reminiscence
          Liu Yong: Tune—“Bells Ringing in the Rain” Sadness of Parting
          Liu Yong: Tune—“Eight Beats of a Ganzhou Song”
          Fan Chung-yen: Tune—“Sumuche Dancers”
          Fan Chung-yen: Tune—“Trimming the Silver Lamp”
          Yen Shu: Tune—“Spring in the Jade House”
          Yen Shu: Tune—“Treading on Fragrant Grass”
          Yen Shu: Tune—“Sand of the Silk-Washing Brook” A Reminiscence
          Ouyang Hsiu: Tune—“Gathering Mulberry Leaves”
          Ou-yang Hsiu : Mulberry Leaves
          Ou-yang Hsiu : Magnolia Flowers
          Ou-yang Hsiu : “Drunk in Fairyland”
          Su Shih : “Calming the Windswept Waves”
          Su Shih : Hunting at Mi-chou
          Su Shih : “Partridge Sky”
          Su Shih : Butterflies
          Su Shih : “Water Mode Song”
          Su Shih : “River Town”
          Su Shih : “Fragrance Fills the Courtyard”
          Su Shih : “Immortal by the River”
          Su Shih : “Always Having Fun”
          Huang T’ing-chien : Tea
          Huang T’ing-chien : Returning to the Fields
          Huang T’ing-chien : Returning to the Fields
          Huang T’ing-chien : Thousand Autumns
          Ch’in Kuan : A Spring Morning
          Ch’in Kuan : Bidding Adieu
          Ch’in Kuan : “Happiness Approaches”
          Ch’in Kuan : Peach Blossom Sprimgs
          Ch’in Kuan : Painted Hall
          Li Chih-yi : “The Diviner”
          Chu Tun-ju : “Nien-nu is Charming”
          Li Ch’ing-chao : Naivete
          Li Ch’ing-chao : “Magnolia Flowers”
          Li Ch’ing-chao : A Dream
          Li Ch’ig-chao : “Airing Inmost Feelings”
          Li Ch’ing-chao : Spring Thoughts
          Li Ch’ing-chao : To the Cassia Flower
          Li Ch’ing-chao : Sweet Innocence
          Li Ch’ing-chao : Lantern Festival
          Li Ch’ing-chao: A Long Melancholy Tune…
          Li Ch’ing-chao : Spring at Wu Ling
Mair, The Columbia Anthology, 747-756; 765-767
           Han Yu: The Biography of Fur Point
           Lu Guimeng: Biography of the Vagrant of Rivers and Lakes
           Shao Yung : Gentleman with No Name
           Liu Yuxi: Discourse on a Thoroughbred
           Liu Zongyuan: The Donkey of Qian

Thursday, September 26
Ebrey, Chinese Civilization, 169-201
            Longing to Recover the North
            Zhu Xi’s Conversations with His Disciples
            The Attractions of the Capital
            The Mutual Responsibility System
            On Farming
            A Mongol Governor
            A Schedule for Learning
            A Scholar Painter’s Diary
Mair, The Columbia Anthology, 259-269
           Wen Tianxiang: Jinling Post Station
           Liu Yin: Miscellaneous Poem on Rural Life
           Zhao Mengfu: To a Pyrotechnist
           Yuan Jue: Shipboard Song
           Yang Wei-chen : Mating
           Ni Tsan : Inscribed on a Painting by Myself
           Chang Yu : The Merchant’s Joy
           Hsü Pen : To a Hermit in the Mountains
           Hsü Pen : Saying Goodbye
           Kao Ch’i : Seeing the Flowers
           Kao Ch’i : Song of the Man of Green Hill
           Kao Ch’i : Silkworm Song
           Yang Shih-ch’i : Hall of Precious Virtue
           Yang Shih-ch’i : Night Rain
Mair, The Columbia Anthology, 521-529
           Cinggis Qahan Subdues the Naiman
Lindqvist, China: Empire of Living Symbols, 119-136
            Domestic Animals
                                    McNaughton: 91-110             or         Wieger: 104-129
                                    Characters 300-399                           Lessons 36-46

Source “Letter” Due in my office (MI 111)
on Sunday, September 29 at 10:00 p.m.
Click here to see the Late Assignment Policy for this course

Week VI

Ming Dynasty China (1368-1644)

Tuesday, October 1
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus
Brook, The Confusions of Pleasure
            Introduction: Seasons of the Ming (1609)
            Dramatis Personae
            Winter: The First Century (1368-1450)
            Spring: The Middle Century (1450-1550)
            Summer: The Last Century (1550-1644)
            Fall: The Lord of Silver (1642-1644)

Thursday, October 3
Ebrey, Chinese Civilization, 205-266
            Proclamations of the Hongwu Emperor
            The Dragon Boat Race
            Village Ordinances
            Commercial Activities
            What the Weaver said
            Tenants
            Shi Jin the Nine Dragoned
            Family Instructions
            Concubines
            Widows Loyal unto Death
            Two Philosophers
            A Censor Accuses a Eunuch
Lindqvist, China: Empire of Living Symbols, 137-160
            Carts, Roads, and Boats
                                    McNaughton: 111-130           or         Wieger: 130-155
                                    Characters 400-499                           Lessons 47-59

Week VII

Early Qing China (1644-1800)

Tuesday, October 8
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus
Kuhn, Soulstealers
            Tales of the China Clipper
            The Prosperous Age
            Threats Seen and Unseen
            The Crime Defined
            The Roots of the Sorcery Fear
            The Campaign in the Provinces
            On the Trail of the Master-Sorcerers
            The End of the Trail
            Political Crime and Bureaucratic Monarchy
            Theme and Variations

Thursday, October 10
Ebrey, Chinese Civilization, 271-300
            The Yangzhou Massacre
            Proverbs About Heaven
            Taxes and Labor Service
            Permanent Property
            Lan Dingyuan’s Casebook
            Exhortations on Ceremony and Deference
Lindqvist, China: Empire of Living Symbols, 161-194
            Farming
                                    McNaughton: 131-150           or         Wieger: 156-183
                                    Characters 500-599                           Lessons 60-71

Week VIII   Autumn Break

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