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History 150
Spring 2015
MWF 10:00-11:05 AM (150.03)
MWF 11:15-12:20 (150.04)
Robert André LaFleur Office
Hours:
Morse Ingersoll 111 Monday
2:30-4:00
363-2005 Friday 12:30-2:00
lafleur@beloit.edu …or by
appointment
Required Books
Ames, Roger and Harry Rosemont. The Analects of Confucius.
Chin, Annping. Confucius: The Analects.
Chin, Annping. The Authentic Confucius.
Gardner, Daniel. Confucianism: A Very Short Introduction.
Gardner, Daniel. The Four Books.
Gardner, Daniel. Zhu Xi's Reading of the Analects.
Hall, David and Roger Ames. Thinking Through Confucius.
Lau, D.C. Confucius: The Analects.
Nylan, Michael. The Analects.
Slingerland, Edward. The Analects (with selections from traditional commentaries).
Reserve Books or Handouts
Fingarette, Herbert. Confucius: The Secular as Sacred
Lu Ji, The Art of Writing
Richards, I.A., How to Read a Page
Chin, Annping. Confucius: The Analects.
Chin, Annping. The Authentic Confucius.
Gardner, Daniel. Confucianism: A Very Short Introduction.
Gardner, Daniel. The Four Books.
Gardner, Daniel. Zhu Xi's Reading of the Analects.
Hall, David and Roger Ames. Thinking Through Confucius.
Lau, D.C. Confucius: The Analects.
Nylan, Michael. The Analects.
Slingerland, Edward. The Analects (with selections from traditional commentaries).
Reserve Books or Handouts
Fingarette, Herbert. Confucius: The Secular as Sacred
Lu Ji, The Art of Writing
Richards, I.A., How to Read a Page
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| [b] 論語 RF |
Course Description
Confucius
(551-479 BCE) taught a wide range of disciples during a time we have
come to know as the "Spring and Autumn" period of China's Zhou dynasty.
His teaching was interspersed with travel and concerted attempts to find
employment in the serive of one of the budding and ambitious states of a
changing society. After his death, his students compiled his teachings
into a series of "analects"—brief observations about human behavior,
social structure, and ritual conduct that would carry enormous power
throughout the course of Chinese history.
Confucius
could never have known that his teachings would be studied and adapted
for twenty-five centuries. He also could not have anticipated the ways
that those teachings would be transformed into something that has
carried his name during that time (Western renderings often put it into
the form called "Confucianism"). This course will introduce Confucius's Analects and
trace their journey through the widely disparate period that make up
Chinese history to the present day. Through it all, we will consider a
"living" Confucius and a "living" text that continues to exert a
profound influence on the world both within and well beyond China.
Evaluation
Quizzes...................................15%
Late-Term Exam......................15%
Final Paper...............................25%—Class attendance and participation is expected.
—More than two missed classes will result in the loss of a letter grade for the course.
—Five or more missed classes will result in an F grade for the course.
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Confucius and the World
HIST 150
Week IX
(March 16-20)
Monday 3/16Work on Your Midterm Assignment!
Wednesday 3/18
Class Discussion About Midterm Assignment (be there!)
Friday 3/20
Work on Your Midterm Assignment!
Midterm assignment due by 10:00 p.m. on Friday, March 20 (hard copy in my office).
See my late assignment policy.
Week X
(March 23-27)
Monday 3/23Round and Square—See Separate RSQ Syllabus
New York Review of Books See separate NYRB syllabus
Nylan, The Analects, 1-61
Books 1-20
Wednesday 3/25
Nylan, The Analects, 127-152
129 Nicolas Zuffrey, "On the Ru and Confucius"
140 Robert Eno, "In Search of the Origins of Confucian Traditions in Lu"
Friday 3/27
Nylan, The Analects, 152-192
152 Mark Csikszentmihalyi and Tae Hyun Kim, "The Formation of the Analects"
166 Eric Hutton, "Mencius, Xunzi, and the Legacy of Confucius"
178 Luke Habberstad, "The Sage and His Associates"
Week XI
(March 30-April 3)
Monday 3/30Round and Square—See Separate RSQ Syllabus
New York Review of Books See separate NYRB syllabus
Nylan, The Analects, 192-230
192 Julia K. Murray, "Visualizing Confucius and His Disciples..."
216 Thomas Wilson, "Reading the Analects in the Sage's Courtyard..."
Wednesday 4/1
Nylan, The Analects, 230-258
230 Sébastien Billioud and Vincent Goossaert, "Confucius and His Texts..."
243 Yuming He, "Talking Back to the Master: Play and Subversion..."
Friday 4/3
Nylan, The Analects, 258-291
258 Henry Rosemont, "On 'New Confucianism'"
271 Sam Ho, "Confucius on Film: Toward a Confucian Aesthetics"
Week XII
(April 6-10)
Monday 4/6Round and Square—See Separate RSQ Syllabus
New York Review of Books See separate NYRB syllabus
Gardner, Zhu Xi's Reading of the Analects, 1-76
Introduction
Learning
True Goodness
Wednesday 4/8
Gardner, Zhu Xi's Reading of the Analects, 77-126
Ritual
Ruling
Friday 4/10
Gardner, Zhu Xi's Reading of the Analects, 127-181
The Superior Man and the Way
Conclusion
Week XIII
(April 13-17)
Monday 4/13Round and Square—See Separate RSQ Syllabus
New York Review of Books See separate NYRB syllabus
Hall and Ames, Thinking Through Confucius,1-68
Apologia
Some Uncommon Asumptions
"At Fifteen My Heart-and-Mind Were Set Upon Learning..."
Wednesday 4/15
Hall and Ames, Thinking Through Confucius, 69-127
"...At Thirty I Took My Stance..."
Friday 4/17
Hall and Ames, Thinking Through Confucius,129-192
"...At Forty I Was No Longer of Two Minds..."
Week XIV
(April 20-24)
Monday 4/20Round and Square—See Separate RSQ Syllabus
Hall and Ames, Thinking Through Confucius, 193-249
"...At Fifty I Realized the Ming of T'ien..."
Wednesday 4/22
Hall and Ames, Thinking Through Confucius, 250-304
"...At Sixty My Ear Was Attuned..."
Friday 4/24
Hall and Ames, Thinking Through Confucius, 305-336
"...At Seventy I Could Give My Heart-and-Mind Free Rein..."
Week XV
(April 27-May 1)
Monday 4/27Ames and Rosemont, The Analects of Confucius, 71-160
Books 1-12
Wednesday 4/29
Ames and Rosemont, The Analects of Confucius,161-229
Books 13-20
Friday 5/1
In-Class Exam
Week XVI
Final Papers Due by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 12 (last minute of finals)!
An electronic copy should be sent to lafleur@beloit.edu.
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| [c] Reverential RF |
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