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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Confucius and the World Syllabus 2017 (b)

On this date on Round and Square's History 
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Click here for the other half of this two-part syllabus post:
HIST 150: Weeks 1-8                  HIST 150: Weeks 9-16
[a] 孔子 RF
Confucius and the World
History 150
Spring 2017
T 7:10-11:00 p.m.
Robert André LaFleur                                                             Office Hours:
Morse Ingersoll 111                                                                 Monday         12:05-12:30
363-2005                                                                                                             1:30-2:00
lafleur@beloit.edu                                                                   Wednesday    12:05-1:35

Required Books           
Ames, Roger and Harry Rosemont. The Analects of Confucius.
Ames, Roger. Confucian Role Ethics.
Chin, Annping. Confucius: The Analects.
Chin, Annping. The Authentic Confucius.
Major, John and Constance Cook. Ancient China: A History 
Gardner, Daniel. Confucianism: A Very Short Introduction.
Gardner, Daniel. The Four Books.
Gardner, Daniel. Zhu Xi's Reading of the Analects.
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
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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)
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.
[b] Pattern RF



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% 
Historical Thought Essays (3)...........15%
Exam I...............................................15%
Midterm analysis...............................15% 
Exam II..............................................15%
Final Paper........................................25%
Class attendance and participation is expected.  

Click here for the other half of this two-part syllabus post:
HIST 150: Weeks 1-8                  HIST 150: Weeks 9-16

Confucius and the World
HIST 150
Week IX
 (March 14)
Tuesday, March 14
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus
LaFleur, Books That Matter: Confucius and the Analects, Lecture 19
Major and Cook, Ancient China, 197-231
          The Western Han Through the Reign of Emperor Wu
Nylan, The Analects, 1-61
     Books 1-20
 Nylan, The Analects, 127-292
     129 Nicolas Zuffrey, "On the Ru and Confucius"
     140 Robert Eno, "In Search of the Origins of Confucian Traditions in Lu"
     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"
     192 Julia K. Murray, "Visualizing Confucius and His Disciples..."
     216 Thomas Wilson, "Reading the Analects in the Sage's Courtyard..."
     230 Sébastien Billioud and Vincent Goossaert, "Confucius and His Texts..."
     243 Yuming He, "Talking Back to the Master: Play and Subversion..."
     258 Henry Rosemont, "On 'New Confucianism'"
     271 Sam Ho, "Confucius on Film: Toward a Confucian Aesthetics"
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Bring Notebooks to Class

Week X
 (March 21)
Midterm Week
Tuesday, March 21
LaFleur, Books That Matter: Confucius and the Analects, Lecture 20
Class Discussion About Midterm Assignment (7:10-7:30 optional)
Exam 1 (in-class, 7:30-9:30)

Week XI
 (March 28)
Tuesday, March 28
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus
LaFleur, Books That Matter: Confucius and the Analects, Lecture 21
Major and Cook, Ancient China, 232-248
          The Later Western Han and the Wang Mang Interregnum
Slingerland, Confucius: The Analects, 1-235
            Books 1-20
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Week XII
 (April 4)
Tuesday, April 4
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus
LaFleur, Books That Matter: Confucius and the Analects, Lecture 22
Major and Cook, Ancient China, 249-270
          The Han Restoration, the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the Three Kingdoms Period
***  ***
Bring Notebooks to Class

Week XIII
 (April 11)
Tuesday, April 11
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus
LaFleur, Books That Matter: Confucius and the Analects, Lecture 23
Gardner, Zhu Xi's Reading of the Analects, 1-181 (moved to this week)
     Introduction
     Learning 
     True Goodness
     Ritual
     Ruling
     The Superior Man and the Way
     Conclusion
Makeham, Transmitters and Creators (.pdf file—sent to your e-mail address).
            Introduction
            Epilogue
 Week XIV
 (April 18)
Tuesday, April 18
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus
LaFleur, Books That Matter: Confucius and the Analects, Lecture 24
Ames, Confucian Role Ethics
(This book is now out of print; I will do my best to have it available at the libarary, but think about ordering copies online if the price is reasonable).
          Introduction: "Appreciating" Confucianism
          Interpretive Context for Understanding Confucianism
          The Confucian Project: Attaining Relational Virtuosity
          Confucian Role Ethics
          Confucian Human-Centered Religiousness
          Epilogue: The Limits of Confucian Role Ethics
Bring Notebooks to Class
***  ***
Due by 10:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 3 (hard copy in my office) 

Week XV
 (April 25)
Tuesday, April 25
Exam 2 (in-class)
Bring Notebooks to Class for Final Evaluation
***  *** 
Due by 10:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 3 (hard copy in my office) 


Click here for the other half of this two-part syllabus post:
HIST 150: Weeks 1-8                  HIST 150: Weeks 9-16
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