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Thursday, August 21, 2014

East Asian and Pacific History and Culture Syllabus (a)

On this date on Round and Square's History 
21 August 2013—China's Lunar Calendar 2013 08-21
21 August 2013—From the Geil Archive: How to Write the Book
21 August 2012—The New Yorker and the World: Syllabus
21 August 2011—Hurtin' Country: Whoever's In New England

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East Asian and Pacific History and Culture
History 210/Anthropology 275
Autumn 2014
TTh 10:00-11:50 a.m. 
Robert André LaFleur                                                             Office Hours:
Morse Ingersoll 111                                                                 Tuesday           12:00-1:30
363-2005                                                                                   Thursday         12:00-1:30
lafleur@beloit.edu                                                                    …or by appointment

Required Books           
 Holcombe, Charles. A History of East Asia
de Bary, William. Sources of East Asian Tradition, Volume I: Premodern East Asia
Richter, Antje. Letters and Epistolary Culture in Early Medieval China
Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko. Rice as Self: Japanese Identities Through Time

Choose One Set of the Following Books (China or Japan)*
China
Brook, Timothy. The Confusions of Pleasure 
Cohen, Paul. History in Three Keys 
Kipnis, Andrew. Producing Guanxi
Liu Xin. In One’s Own Shadow
Mann, Susan. The Talented Women of the Zhang Family
           —OR—
Japan
Berry, Mary Elizabeth. Japan in Print
Fukuzawa Yukichi, The Autobiography of Fukuzawa Yukichi
Dower, John. Embracing Defeat
Rupp, Kathleen. Gift-Giving in Japan
Bestor, Theodore. Tsukiji: Fish Market at the Center of the World 
                                        ***  ***
Character notebook (for practicing "East Asian" 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  
For anyone with fewer than three years of Chinese, Japanese, or Korean
               —OR—
Wieger, James, Chinese Characters
For anyone with more than three years of Chinese, Japanese, or Korean

Course Description  
This course will examine East Asian history in the context of the wider Asian and Pacific worlds. We will begin with the earliest evidence we have from archaeology, mythology, and historical accounts before moving on to discuss the origins of developed states in China, Japan, and Korea. The second half of the course deals with early-modern and modern East Asia, again in the context of Asian influences to the north and west, as well as Pacific traditions farther west and south. Throughout, the course will examine the persistent theme of "mythologization," which goes far beyond early tales and legends. We will also consider matters of language and culture in our studies, including the development of a pan-East Asian "Chinese" script.

Evaluation
Quizzes                    15% 
Midterm analysis      20% 
Source Paper           25%
Final exam                25%
Class attendance and participation is expected.  

East Asian and Pacific History and Culture
HIST 210/ANTH 275
Week I 
(August 26, 28)
Tuesday
Film: Geil of Doylestown (in-class Tuesday)
From the Geil Archive (read all nine posts)  
     Introduction 
     1-Southern Mountain Museum
     2-Sacred Mountain Map
     3-Hat and Cattle
     4-Seeking Anthropology
     5-Curly Fives
     6-How to Write the Book
     7-Mortarboard Man
     8-Orator
Round and Square 
     Syllabic Cycles:Introduction (a-d)  Read all four posts, not just “a.” 
New York Review of Books
    Read the cover, the "front matter," and the first essay

Thursday
LaFleur, Introduction (Ethnic Groups of North, East, and Central Asia)*
Anderson, Imagined Communities*
          Introduction
          Cultural Roots
          The Origins of National Consciousness
*Copies handed out in class on Tuesday
                          ***  ***
McNaughton. Reading and Writing Chinese  
          Preface
Wieger, Chinese Characters
          Introductory 
Week II  
(September 2, 4)
Tuesday
Round and Square 
Quotidian Quizzes:Introduction (a-h) 
     Read all eight posts, not just “a.” 
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus 
Holcombe, A History of East Asia, 1-57
     Introduction: What is East Asia?
     1. The Origins of Civilization in East Asia
               "Out of Africa": The First East Asians
               East Asian Languages and Writing...
               Bronze Age China
     2.The Formative Era
          The Age of the Classics
          First Empire
deBary, Sources of East Asian Tradition Volume 1: Premodern Asia, 13-130 
1. The Oracle-Bone Inscriptions of the Late Shang Dynasty
     The Shang Dynasty
     The Oracle-Bone Inscriptions
            —The High God (Di) and Other Powers
            —Divination and Legitimation
     The Legacy of Shang
2. Classical Sources of Chinese Tradition
     The Classic of Documents
             —The "Canon of Yao" and the "Canon of Shun"
             —Shao Announcement
     The Classic of Odes
             —From the Greater Odes 
3. Confucius and the Analects
           —Selections from the Analects
4. Mozi: Utility, Uniformity, and Universal Love
     Selections from the Mozi
            —Section 9: Honoring the Worthy
            —Section 11: Identifying with the Superior (Part 1)
            —Section 16: Universal Love (Part 3)
            —Section 26: The Will of Heaven (Part 1)
            —Section 26: The Will of Heaven (Part 2) 
            —Section 26: The Will of Heaven (Part 3)  
            —Section 39: Against Confucians (Part 2) 
5. The Way of Laozi and Zhuangzi
      Metaphysics and Government in the Laozi 
             —From the Daodejing
      Transformation and Transcendence in the Zhuangzi
             —Free and Easy Wandering
             —The Sorting Which Evens Things Out
             —The Secret of Caring for Life
             —In the World of Men
             —The Great and Venerable Teacher
             —Fit for Emperors and Kings
6. The Evolution of the Confucian Tradition in Antiquity
      Mencius
             —Selections from the Mencius
             —The Duty of Ministers to Reprove a Ruler
             —The Well-Field System and Landholding
             —Mencius' Arguments with Yang Zhu and Mozi
       Xunzi
             —Encouraging Learning
             —Cultivating Oneself
             —The Regulations of the King
             —A Discussion of Heaven
             —A Discussion of Rites
             —Human Nature as Evil
      The Zuozhuan
             —Selections from the Zuozhuan
7. Legalists and Militarists
             —The Guanzi 
             —The Book of Lord Shang
             —The Han Feizi
     Li Si: Legalist Theories in Practice
             —Memorial on the Abolition of the Enfeoffment System
             —Memorial on the Burning of the Books
             —Memorial on Exercising Heavy Censure
    The Military Texts: The Sunzi 
             —Selections from the Sunzi
8. The Han Reaction to Qin Absolutism
             —The Faults of Qin
             —The Rebellion of Chen She and Wu Guang
             —The Rise of Liu Bang, Founder of the Han
***  ***                                                 
McNaughton. Reading and Writing Chinese  
          Characters 1-99
Wieger, Chinese Characters
          Lessons 1-14
 Character notebooks due in class on Thursday every week!

Week III
(September 9, 11)
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus 
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus 
Holcombe, A History of East Asia, 58-90
The Age of Cosmopolitanism
       China in Division
       Buddhism Comes to East Asia
       The Emergence of Korean Kingdoms
       Yamato Japan
deBary, Sources of East Asian Tradition Volume 1: Premodern Asia, 131-210
9. Syncretic Visions of State, Society, and Cosmos 
      The Theoretical Basis of the Imperial Institution
             —The Springs and Autumns of Mr. Lü
             —The Huang-Lao Silk Manuscipts
       The Syncretist Chapters of the Zhuangzi
             —The World of Thought
       The Huainanzi on Rulership
             —The Techniques of Rulership
             —Inquiring Words
       The Medical Microcosm
             —The Divine Pivot
       A Syncretist Perspective on the Six Schools
10. The Imperial Order and Han Synthesis
       Guidelines for Han Rulers
             Lu Jia: The Natural Order and the Human Order
             Jia Yi: The Primacy of the People
       Dong Zhongshu
             Deriving Political Norms from Microcosmic and Macrocosmic Models
                    —The Conduct of Heaven and Earth
             The Responsibilities of Rulership
                    —Establishing the Primal Numen
                    —The Way of the King Penetrates Three
             Defining Human Nature
                    —An In-Depth Examination of Names and Designations
             Interpreting Omens
                     —Humaneness Must Precede Wisdom
             The Issue of Moral Autonomy
        The Codifying of the Confucian Canon
              State Orthodoxy
              State University
              Civil Service
       The Rivalry Between Legalism and Confucianism
              The Confucian Canon
       The Formation of the Classic of Changes
              The Commentary on the Appended Phrases (Part 1)
              The Commentary on the Appended Phrases (Part 2)
       Heaven, Earth, and the Human in the Classic of Filiality
               The Classic of Filiality
       The Record of Rites and the Ritual Tradition
               The Great Learning
               The Mean
               The Meaning of Sacrifices
               The Record of Music
               Ban Gu: Discourses in the White Tiger Hall
       Han Views of the Universal Order
               The Creation of the Universe
                      —From the Huainanzi
                      —The Five Phases
               The Reconstruction of Chinese History
               The Concept and Marking of Time
11. The Economic Order
                      —Chao Cuo: Memorial on the Encouragement of Agriculture
                      —Dong Zhongshu: Memorial on Land Reform
       State Control of Commerce and Industry
                      —The Debate of Salt and Iron
        The Reforms of Wang Mang
                      —Wang Mang: Edict on Land Reform
12. The Great Han Historians
       The Records of the Grand Historian
                      —Sima Qian: The Sacred Duty of the Historian
                      —The Writing of the First Dynastic History
***  ***                                                 
McNaughton. Reading and Writing Chinese  
          Characters 100-199
Wieger, Chinese Characters
          Lessons 15-25
 Character notebooks due in class on Thursday every week!

Read the Source Letter Assignment (due September 28)
See my Late Assignment Policy

Week IV
(September 16, 18)
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus 
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus 
deBary, Sources of East Asian Tradition Volume 1: Premodern Asia, 211-289
13. Learning of the Mysterious
       Wang Bi
               General Remarks on the Changes of the Zhou
                       —The Sage
               Guo Xiang: Commentary on the Zhuangzi
14. Daoist Religion
                      —The Commandments of Lord Lao
                      —The Divine Incantations Scripture
15. The Introduction of Buddhism
       Basic Teachings of Buddhism
       The Coming of Buddhism to China
                      —Monzi: Disposing of Error
                      —Huaiyuan: A Monk Does Not Bow Before a King
                      —Admonitions of the Fanwang Sutra
16. Schools of Buddhist Doctrine
       The General Character of Doctrinal Buddhism
       Schools of Chinese Buddhist Philosophy
                       —The Three-Treatise School
                       —Jizang: The Profound Meaning of teh Three Treatises
            The Lotus School: The Tiantai Synthesis
                       —Excerpts from the Lotus Sutra
                       —Huisi: The Method of Calming and Contemplation in the Mahayana
             The Flower Garland (Huayan) School
                       —The Flower Garden Sutra
       Buddhism's Assimilation to Tang Political Culture
                        —The Human King as Protector of Buddhism
17. Schools of Buddhist Practice
       The Pure Land School
                        —Daochuo: Compendium on the Happy Land
                        —Shandao: The Parable of the White Path
       The Meditation School
                         —The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
              The Legend of Baizhang, "Founder" of Chan Monastic Discipline
                         —Regulations of the Chan School
                         —The Chanyuan Monastic Code
       Buddhist Rituals and Devotional Practices 
deBary, Sources of East Asian Tradition Volume 1: Premodern Asia, 479-533
25. Origins of Korean Culture
      The Foundation Myth
             —Tangun
      Korea in the Dynastic Histories
             —Accounts of the Eastern Barbarians
26. The Rise of the Three Kingdoms
             —King Chinhung's Monument at Maun Pass
        Political Thought
             —Ch'ang Chori
        Social Structure
             —King Hungdok's Edict on Clothing, Carts, and Housing
             —Sol Kyedu
27. The Introduction of Buddhism
       Paekche Buddhism
             —Kyomik and the Disciplinary School
             —Huogwang and the Lotus Scripture
       Silla Buddhism
             —Popkong Declares Buddhism the National Faith
       Maitreya and Esoteric Buddhism
             —Maitreya's Incarnation as a Hwarang
       The Hwarang
             —Orgins of the Hwarang
28. Consolidation of the State
        Unification of the Three Kingdoms
              —Account of the Silla-Tang War
         Confucian Political Thought
              —King Sinmun's Proclamation of His Accession
         Confucian Learning
              —The Royal Confucian Academy
         Daoism
              —Inscription on an Image at Kamsan Monastery (Silla)
29. The Rise of Buddhism
       Wonhyo's Buddhist Philosophy
              —Introduction to Exposition of the "Adamantine Absorption Scripture"
              —Arouse Your Mind and Practice!
              —Commentary on Awakening the Faith
              —Diagram of the Dharmadhatu According to the One Vehicle
        Belief in the Pure Land
              —Ungmyon
30. Local Clans and the Rise of the Meditation School
       The Rise of the Local Chiefs
       Establishment of the Meditation School
               —The Life of Musang
               —Toui: Questions and Answers with Chief of Clerics Chiwon
***  ***                                                 
McNaughton. Reading and Writing Chinese  
          Characters 200-299
Wieger, Chinese Characters
          Lessons 26-36
 Character notebooks due in class on Thursday every week!

Read the Source Letter Assignment (due September 28)
See my Late Assignment Policy


Week V
(September 23, 25)
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus 
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus 
Richter, Letters and Epistolary Culture in Early Medieval China
       Part One: Materials and Concepts of Letter Writing
             1. Materiality and Terminology
             2. Letters and Literary Thought
       Part Two: Epistolary Conventions and Literary Individuality
             3. Structures and Phrases
             4. Topoi
             5. Normativity and Authenticity
 ***  ***                                                  
McNaughton. Reading and Writing Chinese  
          Characters 300-399
Wieger, Chinese Characters
          Lessons 37-46


Week VI
(September 30, October 2)
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus 
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus 
Holcombe, A History of East Asia, 91-125
The Creation of a Community: China, Korea, and Japan
      Chinese Imperial Restoration 
       The Birth of Korea
       Imperial Japan 
deBary, Sources of East Asian Tradition Volume 1: Premodern Asia, 613-718 
41. The Earliest Records of Japan
       Japan in the Chinese Dynastic Histories
               —Accounts of the Eastern Barbarians
               —History of the Kingdom of Wei
               —History of the Sui Dynasty
       The Earliest Japanese Chronicles
               —Birth of the Land
42. Early Shinto
       Legends Concerning Shinto Deities
               —Birth of the Sun Goddess
               —Descent of the Divine Grandson with the Three Imperial Regalia
       Shinto Prayers
                —Norito for the Festival of the Sixth Month
                —The Great Exorcism of the Last Day of the Sixth Month
43. Prince Shotoku and His Constitution
       The Reign of Suiko and the Rule of Shotoku
                —The Empress Suiko
                —The Seventeen Article Constitution of Prince Shotoku
                —The Lotus Sutra
                —The Vimalakirti Sutra
44. Chinese Thought and Institutions in Early Japan
       Chinese-Style History and the Imperial Concept
                —From the Preface to Records of Ancient Matters
                —Emperor Jimmu
       The Reform Era
             Inauguration of the Great Reform Era
                 —Reform Edicts
             The Commentary on the Legal Code
                 —Regulations for Fitness Reports
             New Compliation of the Register of Families
                 —Preface in the Form of a Memorial to Emperor Saga
45. Nara Buddhism
                 —The Sutra of the Golden Light
        Buddhism and the State in Nara Japan
                 —Proclamation of the Emperor Shomu...
             The Bodhisattva Gyogi
             Regulation of the Buddhist Orders by the Court
             Edicts of the Empress Shotoku Concerning Dokyo
                 —Edict of October 19, 764
                 —Edict of November 26, 766
       The Merger of Buddhist and Shinto Deities
46. Saicho and Mount Hiei
       The Tendai Lotus Teaching
                  —Saicho: Vow of Uninterrupted Study of the Lotus Sutra
                  —Regulations for Students of the Mountain School in Six Articles I
                  —Regulations for Students of the Mountain School II
       Subsequent History of Tendai and Mount Hiei
47. Kukai and Esoteric Buddhism
       Kukai and His Master
                   —The Transformation of Esoteric Buddhism
       Enlightenment in This Bodily Existence
                   —The Ten Stages of Religious Consciousness
                   —Recapitulation of the Ten Stages of Religious Consciousness
                   —A School of Arts and Sciences
        The Spread of Esoteric Buddhism
               Sex and Buddhahood: A Shingon Heresy
                   —Selections from The Precious Mirror
                   —Annen: "Maxims for the Young"
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McNaughton. Reading and Writing Chinese  
          Characters 400-499
Wieger, Chinese Characters
          Lessons 47-59
 Character notebooks due in class on Thursday every week!

Week VII
(October 7, 9)
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus 
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus 
Holcombe, A History of East Asia, 91-109 (review) and 126-135 (new)
The Creation of a Community: China, Korea, and Japan
      Chinese Imperial Restoration
      Late Imperial China: The Song
deBary, Sources of East Asian Tradition Volume 1: Premodern Asia, 290-386

18. Social Life and Political Culture in the Tang
      The Role of Confucianism
             —House Instructions of Mr. Yan
      The Great Tang Code
             —Zhangsun Wuji: The Tang Code
       Han Yu and the Confucian "Way"
             —Essentials of the Moral Way
             —Memorial on the Bone of the Buddha
             —Emperor Wuzong's Edict on the Suppression of Buddhism
19. The Confucian Revival in the Song
       The Confucian Program of Reform
             —The Way as a Basis for Government Policy
             —Cheng Yi: Memorial to the Emperor Renzong
             —The New Laws of Wang Anshi
             —Wang Anshi: In Defense of Five Major Policies
             —Opposition to the New Laws of Wang Anshi
             —Sima Guang: A Petition to Do Away with the Most Harmful of the New Laws
       The Learning of Emperors and the Classics Mat
              —Fan Zuyu: The Learning of the Emperors
              —Cheng Yi: Letter to the Empress Dowager Concerning the Classics Mat
       The Writing of History
               —Sima Guang: History as Mirror
               —Zhu Xi: History and Philosophy in Tandem
20. Neo-Confucianism: The Philosophy of Human Nature and the Way of the Sage
       Zhou Dunyi: The Metaphysics and Practice of Sagehood
               —Explanation of the Diagram of the Supreme Polarity
               —Penetrating the Classic of Changes
       Zhang Zai and the Unity of all Creation
               —The Western Inscription
               —Correcting Youthful Ignorance
        The Cheng Brothers: Principle, Human Nature, and the Learning of the Way
                —Principle and the Universe
                —Human Nature
                —Cheng Hao's Reply to Zhang Zai's Letter...
                —Reverent Seriousness and Humanity
                —On Understanding the Nature of Humanity
         The Synthesis of Song Neo-Confucianism in Zhu Xi
                 —Principle and Material Force
                 —The Supreme Ultimate
                 —Human Nature, the Nature of Things, and Their Destiny
                 —The Nature as Principle
                 —The Psycho-Physcial Nature
                 —The Mind-and-Heart
21. Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucian Program
                 — Preface to the Great Learning by Chapter and Phrase
                 —The Great Learning by Chapter and Phrase, Chapter 1
                 —Preface to the Mean by Chapter and Phrase
                 —The Mean by Chapter and Phrase, Chapter 1
                 —Personal Proposals for Schools and Official Recruitment
                 —Articles of the White Deer Grotto Academy
                 —Preface to the Family Rituals
                 —Proposal for Community Granaries
                 —Proclamations of Instructions
                 —The Lü Family Community Compact, Amended and Emended
***  ***                                                 
McNaughton. Reading and Writing Chinese  
          Characters 500-599
Wieger, Chinese Characters
          Lessons 60-71
 Character notebooks due in class on Thursday every week!

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