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The Art of Warning
HIST 150
Spring 2025
MWF 10:15-12:05
Robert André LaFleur Office Hours:
Morse Ingersoll 206 Monday 12:00-13:30
363-2005 Wednesday 12:00-13:30 lafleur@beloit.edu ...or by appointment
363-2005 Wednesday 12:00-13:30 lafleur@beloit.edu ...or by appointment
Required Books
Sunzi. The Art of War
Luo Guanzhong. Three Kingdoms
Collins, Jim. From Good to Great
Senge, Peter. The Fifth Discipline
Greene, Robert. Mastery
Stephen Covey. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Musashi, Miyamoto. The Book of Five Rings
All books are on library reserve
On Library Reserve—Required Reading/Watching
LaFleur, Robert. The Art of Warning (.pdf file)
On Library Reserve—Required Reading/Watching
LaFleur, Robert. The Art of Warning (.pdf file)
LaFleur, Robert. Confucius and the World (Great Courses Lectures)
Sima Guang. The Comprehensive Mirror (Three Kingdoms)
Course Description
Evaluation
Quizzes 10% Every Class Session
First Essay. 5% Week One
First Essay. 5% Week One
Source Letter 15% Week Five
Exam I 10% Week Seven
Art of Warning Essay. 20% Week Ten
Art of Warning Essay. 20% Week Ten
Management Paper 30% Week Fifteen
Exam II 10% Week Sixteen
Class attendance and participation is expected.
If you have a disability and need accommodations, contact Learning Enrichment and Disability Services (LEADS) located on 2nd floor Pearsons (north side), 608-363-2572, learning@beloit.edu or make an appointment through joydeleon.youcanbook.me. For accommodations in my class, you are to bring me an Access Letter from the Director of LEADS and then we will discuss how to implement the accommodations. Contact that office promptly; accommodations are not retroactive.
Free peer tutoring is available for most classes. For a tutor, apply by going to your Portal, to the Student Life tab, and then apply using the Tutoring Forms (on left) and Request a Tutor. If you have any questions, contact LEADS.
Free peer tutoring is available for most classes. For a tutor, apply by going to your Portal, to the Student Life tab, and then apply using the Tutoring Forms (on left) and Request a Tutor. If you have any questions, contact LEADS.
History 150
The Art of Warning
Spring 2025
Week I
(January 20-24)
(January 20-24)
Monday, January 20
No Class Today (our first class will be on Wednesday)
Sunzi, The Art of War (read entire book before class on Wednesday, and think about what it tells us about "strategy," "life," and "management").
Wednesday, January 22
Sunzi, The Art of War
Class discussion
Friday, January 24
Clan Meetings (I'll explain "clans" on the first day of class)
Sunzi, The Art of War
Go to the Second Floor of the Library at 9:00 (check your email for a message with details about your "clan group").
[1] Address the following matters:
(a) Discuss how you will approach your 1,000-word (three page) "miniature" review essay, answering the question "My Thoughts about Managing my Life" in any way that you want, so long as you discuss some aspect(s) of Sunzi's Art of War.
(b) Discuss how you approach writing and revision.
[2] Write a short version of your answers to the above prompts (a few sentences per item), and send it to me by noon on Friday, January 25 as an email message.
Discuss how you will approach your 1,000-word (three page) "miniature" review essay, and your thoughts about writing in college.
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1,000-word "miniature" review essay examining one question:
"My Thoughts About Managing my Life
"My Thoughts About Managing my Life
(with some thoughts about Sunzi's Art of War)
This should be written as a brief, but well-structured
academic essay, and not an informal work.
Due by 5:00 p.m. in Sunday, January 26
academic essay, and not an informal work.
Due by 5:00 p.m. in Sunday, January 26
Since buildings will be closed, please send it to me (lafleur@beloit.edu)
as a .pdf file on Sunday, and then bring a paper copy
to either Godfrey 106 or MI 206 on Monday
Week II
(27-31 January)
Monday, January 27
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The following links, .pdf files, and instructions were sent on Sunday 1/26
Nagel, What is it like to be a bat?
LaFleur, "Historiography, Temporality, and Decision-Making Across Global Pasts"
Collingwood, Autobiography
History as the Self-Knowledge of the Mind
Cohen, History in Three Keys
History as the Self-Knowledge of the Mind
Cohen, History in Three Keys
Preface
Prologue
Wednesday, January 29 (Happy Lunar New Year!)
LaFleur, "Calendars and Almanacs"
Review the Historical Thinking Readings from Monday (we'll discuss them today)
Friday, January 31
Clan Meetings
11:00 AM (note the time) in Library 220 and 221.
[1] Address the following matters:
(a) Now that you are two weeks into the course, discuss how the reading process has gone thus far. How have you handled the readings? Do you "preview" a reading before starting (this is a good idea)? Do you read at varying speeds? Discuss this for a few minutes today, and we'll talk about it more in class in the coming weeks.
(b) Go through the syllabus with your TA, and make sure that you are "navigating" it correctly. Take a look at the handout from Wednesday, and think about how you will handle the readings for next week.
(c) Discuss "historical thinking" in relation to management, especially Paul Cohen's concepts of historical experience and "mythologization." How do people "mythologize" when talking about managing ourselves, our families, and "all under heaven?"
[2] Write a short version of your answers to the above prompts (a few sentences per item), and send it to me by noon on Friday 1/31 as an email attachment.
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Week III
(February 3-7)
Monday, February 3
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square syllabus
Wednesday, February 5
(Click on the link above, and follow the numbered links at the beginning and end of each post, twelve in all; this is your main reading—the equivalent of a book chapter).
1 China's Lesson Book
2 Through the Mirror Glass
3 Reading Like a Ruler
4 Breaking the Vessel
5 Up the Downstair Case
6 Outside Looking In (the link is now working)
7 Exile and Response
8 Luoyang Longing
9 Crafting a History
10 Reviewing Plans
11 Bustin' Stuff
12 Managing History
Stephen Covey, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, 16-45.
Inside-Out
Inside-Out
Wednesday, February 5
Confucius and the World
(Take notes as you watch the following three lectures; check your email for instructions).
01: The Hidden Teaching Dynamic of the Analects
02: The Analects: A Bird's Eye View
03 The Man We Call Confucius
Friday, February 7
Clan Meetings
Luo Guanzhong, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms Introduction, xxi-xxxvii
11:00 AM (note the time) in Library 220 and 221
[1] Address the following matters:
(a) Discuss the introduction to the classic Chinese novel, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Even from the introduction, what can you see about issues of "management" of ourselves, our families (groups), and "all under heaven," especially in times of crisis.
(b) Compare what you learned in the introduction to what you know about Sunzi (Sun-tzu), Confucius, and Sima Guang.
(c) Finally, your letter will be due in a little more than two weeks. Write a very brief outline of how you will structure it.
(d) Please make sure you send the email (explained below) to me. Half of you are not doing it, and this goes into your grade. It only needs to be done, and it only needs to be a few sentences. Please do it.
[2] Write a short version of your answers to the above prompts (a few sentences per item), and send it to me by 5:00 p.m. on Friday 2/7 as an email attachment.
Week IV
(February 10-14)
Monday, February 10
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square syllabus
LaFleur, "Living and Learning" (Chapter Two, blog style, of "the book."
1 Lessons for the Ages
1 Lessons for the Ages
2 Warring States and Divided Messages
3 Rules and Regulations
4 Mockery by Mencius
5 Stumps
6 Finding the Way
7 Nothing Doing
8 Losing the Way
9 Like Water
10 Patching the Vessel
11 Polishing the Mirror
12 Teaching the Emperor
Luo, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms: 1-32 (Chapters 1-5))
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Wednesday, February 12
Confucius and the World
04: How the Analects is Organized
05: The Provenance of the Analects
06: The Analects in Miniature
Luo, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms: 33-52 (Chapters 6-8)
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Friday, February 14
Read pages 156-159 of the grammar and style guide that Rob sent you on Thursday morning. Think about a "grammar" guide that states that "grammar is culture." Now, page through the rest of the .pdf, looking at the numbered headings. What kinds of things are covered there?
Spend thirty minutes total preparing for your clan meeting (ten-to-fifteen for the four-page essay, and fifteen-to-twenty to go through the items in the style and grammar guide. You don't need to read it, but you should read each of the numbered titles.
11:00 AM (Library 220 and 221)
Clan Meetings
Note: Attendance is NOT optional. Please be there on time.
[1] Address the following matters:
(a) Now that you have gone, albeit quickly, through the grammar and style guide, discuss with your fellow clan members some of your strengths and weaknesses with writing.
(b) Discuss your letter recipient, and some of the challenges you will have in "teaching" the material to that particular reader. Remember that the "challenges" can work in many different ways; your job is to "make it make sense" to your specific reader.
(c) Jot down a few ideas about how you might write your "chatty" first paragraph as you get things started ("I am fine...I'll bet you never expected a letter from me..."). Then, write your transition sentence or sentences, which will move the letter to the subject matter of our course. Write out a draft of those sentences.
[2] Write a short version of your answers to the above prompts (a few sentences per item), and send it to me by 5:00 p.m. on Friday 2/14 as an email attachment.
Week V
(February 17-21)
Monday, February 17
Luo, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms: 53-133 (Chapters 7-25)
Wednesday, February 19
Confucius and the World
07 Learning to Read the Analects
08 Confucius's Students: Zai Wo and Yan Hui
09 Confucius's Students: Zilu and Zigong
Luo, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms: 134-160 (Chapters 26-30)
Friday, February 21
No required Friday meeting this week. TAs will be at the library at 11:00 a.m. to discuss paper issues with you if you wish. I encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to get advice without my being there.
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Make sure you read the "Management Letter" Assignment
(hard copy in MI 206 or Godfrey 106; "time-stamps" will be accepted as .pdf files
with hard copies to follow by class time on Monday
Week VI
(February 24-28)
Monday, February 24
LaFleur, Writing, History, and Culture
Part One: Writing and Time
Part One: Writing and Time
Part Two: The Writing Process
Adler, How to Read a Book, 3-95
Part One: The Dimensions of Reading
The Activity and Art of Reading
The Levels of Reading
The First Level of Reading: Elementary Reading
The Second Level of Reading: Inspectional Reading
Part Two: The Third Level of Reading: Analytical Reading
How to Be a Demanding Reader
Pigeonholing a Book
X-Raying a Book
Friday, February 28
Richards, How to Read a Page
Use the skills you gained from the Adler reading on Wednesday to "get to know"
this book in twenty to thirty minutes)
Introduction
How a Reader Might Improve
An Obvious Characteristic of All Animals
To Learn, Compare
Random Scratching and Clawing
To Unite, Abstract
The Warfare of Heart and Head
The Choice of the Key Words
Part-Whole Shifts and Content Changes
Make, Get, Give, Love, Have
Seem, Be, Do, See
Mind, Thought, Idea, Knowledge
Reasons, Purpose, Work, Retrospect
Clan Meetings
11:00 AM (note the time) in Library 220 and 221
[1] Address the following matters:
(a) Now that you have spent this week reading Rob's writing guide and a bit about how to "process" a book (Adler), as well as how to read closely (Richards, for today), describe how reading and writing "fit" together in your own college work. Especially when it comes to reading, what are you good at, and what needs work?
(b) With your exam coming up next Wednesday, think about what you feel that you have studied thoroughly (go back and look through the syllabus), and what you may not have spent as much time on. Now, make a plan (just outline it with bullet points or a brief paragraph) for your exam preparation. Remember that you will have an 8.5x11 sheet of paper to take down notes to be used in the exam, but it will be "closed book" except for that. In short, what are you "good at," and what parts of our course need more work from you?
[2] Write a short version of your answers to the above prompts (a few sentences per item), and send it to me by 5:00 p.m. on Friday 2/28 as an email attachment.
Week VII
(March 3-7)
Monday, March 3
No Class Today!
No Round and Square or New York Review Reading this week.
Luo, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms: 161-201 (Chapters 31-40)
Sunzi (Sun Tzu), The Art of War, 41-180 (much less than it seems; see below)
(Make sure that you have the .pdf of the Thomas Cleary translation)
[1] Look through only Sunzi's items (Master Sun), and then, right below most of them, you will find the commentary on that particular passage by Cao Cao, the general about whom you are reading in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
[2] Choose five passages (Sunzi and Cao Cao) that you find particularly useful for thinking about management and read them closely (three times).
As we discussed in class last Wednesday, you will use this close reading skill on the exam.
Wednesday, March 5
Review your readings from the first half of the course. Read through your quizzes, as well (they are a good way to prepare for the exam). You will have one 8.5"x11" page to prepare and bring to the exam (handed out during Week VI).
If you were not in class, you may use one side of a blank sheet of paper to write anything you wish in preparation. On the other side, you may put an example of proper Chicago-style citation.
Exam I (in-class)
Week VIII
Spring Break
Week IX
(March 17-21)
Monday, March 17
NOTE LOCATION: MI 113 (RIchardson Hall)
The Samurai Trilogy (film in class)
Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings, xiii-xxiv; 1-47
Translator's Preface
Translators Introduction
Preface
The Earth Scroll
The Water Scroll
Wednesday, March 19
NOTE LOCATION: MI 113 (RIchardson Hall)
The Samurai Trilogy (film in class)
Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings, 48-92
The Fire Scroll
The Wind Scroll
The Scroll of Emptiness
Friday, March 21
Greene, Mastery, 1-17
Introduction
Think about Musashi and mastery as you work on your notes from the book and film.
11:00 AM (Library 220 and 221)
Clan Meetings
[1] Address the following matters:
(a) Think about "mastery" in relation to Miyamoto Musashi (both the book and the film). Discuss this theme with your clan (think of it in terms of a brief description for others).
(b) Choose your favorite passage from The Book of Five Rings. Discuss with your clan.
(c) Choose your favorite scene from the film. Discuss with your clan.
(d) Are you getting better at reading efficiently. Discuss.
[2] Write a short version of your answers to the above prompts, and send it to me by 5:00 p.m. on Friday 3/21 as an email attachment.
Week X
(March 24-28)
Monday, March 24
NOTE LOCATION: MI 113 (RIchardson Hall)
The Samurai Trilogy (film in class)
Yagu Munenori, The Book of Family Traditions on the Art of War, 93-160
(This is the book you know as The Book of Five Rings; it is the second half of that volume)
The Killing Sword
The Life-Giving Sword
No Sword
Class will be in Godfrey 103 on Wednesday. Come with your notes.
Wednesday, March 26
Class will be back in Godfrey 103.
Luo, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms: 202-258 (Chapters 41-50)
Friday, March 28
Greene, Mastery, 19-46
Discover Your Calling: The Life's Task
Clan Meetings
[1] Address the following matters:
(a) xxx
(b) xxx
(c) xxx
(d) Are you 100% correct with your Chicago-style citations (including journal citations)? Work with your clan group to make sure.
[2] Write a short version of your answers to the above prompts, and send it to me by 5:00 p.m. on Friday 3/28 as an email attachment.
Week XI
(March 31-April 4)
Monday, March 31
Senge, The Fifth Discipline, 3-54
Part One: How Our Actions Create Our Reality...And How We Can Change It
Part One: How Our Actions Create Our Reality...And How We Can Change It
Give Me a Lever Long Enough...And Single-Handded I Can Move the World
Does Your Organization Have a Learning Disability?
Prisoners of the System, or Prisoners of Our Own Thinking
Collins, Good to Great: 1-40
Good is the Enemy of Great
Good is the Enemy of Great
Level 5 Leadership
Luo, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms: 259-323 (Chapters 51-60)
Wednesday, April 2
Confucius and the World
10 Confucius on the Purpose of Learning
11 Filial Devotion in the Analects
12 Confucius on the Value of Remonstrance
Friday, April 4
Clan Meetings
Greene, Mastery, 47-91
Submit to Reality: Te Ideal Apprenticeship
Clan Meetings
[1] Address the following matters:
(a) xxx
(b) xxx
(c) xxx
(d) xxx
[2] Write a short version of your answers to the above prompts (a few sentences per item), and send it to me by 5:00 p.m on Friday 4/4 as an email attachment.
Week XII
(April 7-11)
Senge, The Fifth Discipline, 55-135
Part Two: The Fifth Discipline: The Cornerstone of Learning
Part Two: The Fifth Discipline: The Cornerstone of Learning
The Laws of the Fifth Discipline
A Shift of Mind
Nature's Templates: Identifying the Patterns THat Control Events
The Principles. ofLeverage
The Art. ofSeeing the Forest and the Trees
Collins, Good to Great: 41-64
First Who...Then What
First Who...Then What
Luo, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms: 324-382 (Chapters 61-70)
Wednesday, April 9
Confucius and the World
13 The Exemplary Person in the Analects
14 Confucius's Ideal: Consummate Conduct
15 Confucius on Cultivating the Social Self
Friday, April 11
Greene, Mastery, 93-123
Absorb the Master's Power: The Mentor Dynamic
Clan Meetings
[1] Address the following matters:
(a) xxx
(b) xxx
(c) xxx
(d) xxx
[2] Write a short version of your answers to the above prompts (a few sentences per item), and send it to me by 5:00 p.m. on Friday 4/11 as an email attachment.
Read the ATTENDANCE POLICY for this course (it will be enforced).
Read the LATE ASSIGNMENT POLICY for this course (it will be enforced).
Read the LATE ASSIGNMENT POLICY for this course (it will be enforced).
Week XIII
(April 14-18)
Senge, The Fifth Discipline, 136-173
Part Three: The Fifth Discipline: The Cornerstone of Learning
Part Three: The Fifth Discipline: The Cornerstone of Learning
Personal Mastery
Collins, Good to Great: 65-119
Confront the Brutal Facts
Confront the Brutal Facts
The Hedgehog Concept
Luo, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms: 383-433 (Chapters 71-80)
Wednesday, April 16
Confucius and the World
16 Ritual Conduct in Confucius
17 Confucius on Embodied Ritual and Music
18 The Analects on Effective Rule
Week XIV
(April 21-25)
Senge, The Fifth Discipline, 136-173; 302-305
Part Three: The Fifth Discipline: The Cornerstone of Learning
Part Three: The Fifth Discipline: The Cornerstone of Learning
Personal Mastery
A Manager's Time
Collins, Good to Great: 120-143
A Culture of Discipline
A Culture of Discipline
Greene, Mastery, 125-165
See People as They Are: Social Intelligence
Luo, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms: 383-440 (Chapters 71-80)
Wednesday, April 23
Spring Day—No Classes
Friday, April 25
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Week XV
(April 28-30)
Greene, Mastery, 167-246
Awaken the Dimensional Mind: The Creative Active
Wednesday, April 30
Exam II
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