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History 210
China, East Asia, and the Pacific World
Autumn 2021
China, East Asia, and the Pacific World
Autumn 2021
Tuesday and Thursday 10:00-11:45 a.m.
Robert André LaFleur Office Hours:
Morse Ingersoll 206 Tuesday 11:45-1:15
363-2005 Thursday 11:45-1:15
363-2005 Thursday 11:45-1:15
lafleur@beloit.edu ...or by appointment.
Required Books
Bregnbaek, Susanne. Fragile Elite
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
Kuhn, Philip. Soulstealers: The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768
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
Winchester, Simon. Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards
Winchester, Simon. Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards
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Chicago Manual of Style Guidelines (available at the bookstore)The New York Review of Books (NYRB)
Character notebook (for practicing Chinese characters)
Round and Square (www.robert-lafleur.blogsot.com)
Reserve Books (you may order your own copy if you wish, but 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 and Chinese Characters 15%
Pacific World Essay (Week One) 5%
Letter Assignment (Week Five) 10%
Exam I (Week Seven) 15%
Source Paper (Week Nine) 20%
Ethnography Paper (Week Fifteen) 20%
Exam II (Week Sixteen) 15%
*Yes, I know that the percentages add up to 105; I have my reasons, and will explain in class.
China, East Asia, and the Pacific World
HIST 210
Historical Thought and Imagination
China...Studying China...Studying...
China...Studying China...Studying...
(these will be on the quizzes this week)
Tuesday, August 24
Winchester, The Pacific, 1-266
Prologue: The Lonely Sea and the Sky
Author's Note: On Carbon
The Great Thermonuclear Sea
Mr. Ibuka's Radio Revolution
The Ecstasies of Wave Riding
A Dire and Dangerous Irritation
Farewell, All My Friends and Foes
Echoes of a Distant Thunder
Author's Note: On Carbon
The Great Thermonuclear Sea
Mr. Ibuka's Radio Revolution
The Ecstasies of Wave Riding
A Dire and Dangerous Irritation
Farewell, All My Friends and Foes
Echoes of a Distant Thunder
Thursday, August 26
(these will be on the quizzes this week)
Round and Square
Syllabic Cycles:Introduction (a-d) Read all four posts, not just “a.”
The Fires in the Deep
A Fragile and Uncertain Sea
Of Masters and Commanders
Epilogue: The Call of the Running Tide
Syllabic Cycles:Introduction (a-d) Read all four posts, not just “a.”
Winchester, The Pacific, 267-444
How Goes the Lucky Country?The Fires in the Deep
A Fragile and Uncertain Sea
Of Masters and Commanders
Epilogue: The Call of the Running Tide
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McNaughton: 9-30 or Wieger: 5-22
Preface Introductory
Pacific World Essay Assignment
(write a brief, 1,000-word or three-page, essay about the Pacific world)
Due Sunday, August 29 by 5:00
Hard Copy in my Office (MI 206)
Early China (to c. 500 BCE)
Tuesday, August 31
Round and Square Quotidian Quizzes:Introduction (a-h)
Cohen, History in Three Keys
Preface
Prologue
Mills, The Sociological Imagination
Appendix
Collingwood, An Autobiography, 52-76Appendix
The History of Philosophy (do your best; it's very important)
Nagel, What is it like to be a bat?
Thursday, September 2
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
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McNaughton: 31-40 or Wieger: 26-49
Characters 1-49 Lessons 1-14
(Hard copy in my office—MI 206)
Week III
Eastern Zhou, Qin, and
Former Han (c. 500 BCE-CE 9)
Tuesday, September 7
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 9
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus
Great Mythologies of the World (on library reserve): Lecture 37
37: Cultures and Cosmology in Chinese Mythology
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…
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McNaughton: 41-50 or Wieger: 50-74Characters 50-99 Lessons 15-25
(Hard copy in my office—MI 206)
Week IV
Later Han and the Period of Division
Through Mid-Tang (CE 9-755)
Tuesday, September 14
Great Mythologies of the World (on library reserve): Lecture 38
38: Chinese Heroes, Kings, and Destroyers
38: Chinese Heroes, Kings, and Destroyers
Ebrey, Chinese Civilization, 87-111
Ge Hong’s Autobiography
Buddhist Doctrine and Practices
Tales of Ghosts and Demons
Cultural Differences...North and South
LaFleur, China: Asia in Focus, 257-258 (Youd)
One Poet From the Period of Division: Tao Qian
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 Spring
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Recommended reading for enhanced context (all of the above is required)
In order to get a good sense of the historical background, I recommend that you read the history chapter in my book, and I will also add other sections that could be useful to you. Remember that I am not requiring these readings. They will always be listed underneath each day's assignment, and always with the name of the author of the section, e.g. (LaFleur) or (Youd).
In order to "catch up" to where we are this week, I have listed both background reading that motivated students might find useful, as well as a separate section that has just the material for this week.
After this week, it will be only a few pages a week.
"Catchup" Material
LaFleur, China: Asia in Focus, 21-36 (LaFleur)
Archaeology
Foundation Myths and Early History (to c. 1100 BCE)
Charting the Rise and Fall of China's Dynastic Tradition
The Zhou Dynasty (c. 1100-221 BCE)
The Qin Centralization (221-206 BCE)
The Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE)
LaFleur, China: Asia in Focus, 163-172 (LaFleur)
The Hundred Schools of Thought
LaFleur, China: Asia in Focus, 250-257 (Youd)
Introduction: Continuity, Discontinuity, and Diversity
The Classic of Poetry
The Songs of Chu
Early Prose
Han Dynasty Poetry
Today's Background
LaFleur, China: Asia in Focus, 36-37 (LaFleur)
The Period of Division (220-589)
LaFleur, China: Asia in Focus, 257-258; 263-264 (Youd)
Two Poets From the Tang: Li Bo and Du Fu
Tang Classical Tales
Thursday, September 16
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
Recommended background (not required)
Today's Background
LaFleur, China: Asia in Focus, 37-41 (LaFleur)
The Sui Dynasty (581-617)
The Tang Dynasty (618-906)
LaFleur, China: Asia in Focus, 172-175 (LaFleur)
Buddhism and Religious Daoism During the Period of Division (c. 200-600)
LaFleur, China: Asia in Focus, 258-261; 263-264 (Youd)
Two Poets From the Tang: Li Bo and Du Fu
Tang Classical Tales
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McNaughton: 51-60 or Wieger: 74-103Characters 100-149 Lessons 26-36
(Hard copy in my office—MI 206)
Week V
Late-Tang, Song, and Yuan China (c. 900-1368)
Tuesday, September 21
Great Mythologies of the World: Lecture 39
39: Peasant Folktales and Chinese Scholarship
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 23
Great Mythologies of the World (on library reserve): Lecture 40
40: Spirits and Syncretism in Korean Myth
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
Recommended background (not required)
Today's Background
LaFleur, China: Asia in Focus, 41-47 (LaFleur)
The Five Dynasties (907-959) and... Liao, Xi Xia, and Jin (c. 900-1234)
The Northern and Southern Song (960-1279)
The Mongols and the Yuan (1234-1368)
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McNaughton: 61-70 or Wieger: 104-129Characters 150-199 Lessons 36-46
Week VI
Ming Dynasty China (1368-1644)
Tuesday, September 28
Great Mythologies of the World (on library reserve): Lecture 41
41: Korea's Warring Kingdoms and Flying Dragons
Brook, The Confusions of Pleasure
41: Korea's Warring Kingdoms and Flying Dragons
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, September 30
Continue discussion of Tuesday's assigned book
Read the following sources in Ebrey strategically ("fartlek" reading, as we discussed in class); this will help for your eventual source paper.
Ebrey, Chinese Civilization, 205-266
Read the following sources in Ebrey strategically ("fartlek" reading, as we discussed in class); this will help for your eventual source paper.
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
Today's Background
LaFleur, China: Asia in Focus, 47-49 (LaFleur)
The Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
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McNaughton: 71-80 or Wieger: 130-155Characters 200-249 Lessons 47-59
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Week VII
Early Qing China (1644-1800)
Tuesday, October 5
Great Mythologies of the World (on library reserve): Lecture 42
42: Japanese Tales of Purity and Defilement
Kuhn, Soulstealers
42: Japanese Tales of Purity and Defilement
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 7
Continue discussion of Tuesday's assigned book
Read the following sources in Ebrey strategically ("fartlek" reading, as we discussed in class); this will help for your eventual source paper.
Ebrey, Chinese Civilization, 271-300
Read the following sources in Ebrey strategically ("fartlek" reading, as we discussed in class); this will help for your eventual source paper.
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
LaFleur, China: Asia in Focus, 49-52 (LaFleur)
The Qing Dynasty to 1800 (1644-1911)
McNaughton: 81-90 or Wieger: 156-183
Characters 250-299 Lessons 60-71
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Autumn Break
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