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Saturday, November 10, 2018

HIST 150: Confucius and the World, Spring 2019 (a)

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 2019
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:00-12:00
Robert André LaFleur                                                             Office Hours:
Morse Ingersoll 206                                                                 Tuesday           2:00-3:30
363-2005                                                                                   Thursday         4:00-5:30
                                             
lafleur@beloit.edu
Required Books           
Ames, Roger and Harry Rosemont. The Analects of Confucius.
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.
LaFleur, Robert. Books That Matter: The Analects of Confucius (foreword and afterword).
LaFleur, Robert. Confucius's Analects—A Social Translation.
Makeham, John. Transmitters and Creators. 
 ***  ***
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% (Every class session)
Confucius Letter................................15% (Week 5)
Exam I...............................................15% (Week 7)
Midterm analysis...............................15% (Week 10)
Final Paper........................................20% (Week 13)
Presentations......................................5% (Week 14)
Exam II..............................................15% (Week 15)
Class attendance and participation is expected.  
See my class attendance and participation policy.
Late assignments will be penalized—see my late assignment policy.

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HIST 150: Weeks 1-8                  HIST 150: Weeks 9-16

HIST 150—Introduction to Historical Thinking
Confucius and the World
Week I 
(January 22, 24)
Tuesday, January 22
Round and Square 
          Syllabic Cycles: Introduction (a-d)  Read all four posts, not just “a.” 
Collingwood, An Autobiography
          History as the Self-Knowledge of the Mind
Mills, The Sociological Imagination
          Appendix
Cohen, History in Three Keys
          Preface
          Prologue
Nagel, What is it like to be a bat?
***  ***
Read the ATTENDANCE POLICY for this course (it will be enforced).
Read the LATE ASSIGNMENT POLICY for this course (it will be enforced). 

Week II
(January 29, 31)
Tuesday, January 29
LaFleur, Books That Matter: Confucius and the Analects, Lectures 1-3
(This material will be on the quiz, and eventually on the exams).
Round and Square 
Quotidian Quizzes: Introduction (a-h) 
     Read all eight posts, not just “a." You may skim a-d, but read e, f, g, h carefully.
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus
LaFleur, Confucius/Analects (Foreword and Afterword)—.pdf
Lau, Confucius—The Analects: 59-105
     Books 1-10
Major and Cook, Ancient China, 1-58
          Introduction to Ancient China  
          Geography, climate, and the physical setting of Chinese history
          The Neolithic Era and the Jade Age
Gardner, Confucianism: A Very Short Introduction 
          Chronology
          Confucius (551-479 BCE) and His Legacy
          The Individual and Self-Cultivation
          Government in Confucian Teachings 
          Variety Within Early Confucianism
          The Reorientation of the Confucian Tradition After 1000 CE
          Confucianism in Practice
          Epilogue: Confucianism in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
***  ***
Notebooks due by .pdf file by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 2

Week III
(February 5, 7)
Tuesday, February 5
LaFleur, Books That Matter: Confucius and the Analects, Lectures 4-6
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus
Major and Cook, Ancient China, Ancient China, 59-98
          The Early Bronze Age
          The Shang Dynasty 
Gardner, The Four Books
     Introduction: The Four Books in Chinese Society
     The Great Learning
     The Analects 
     The Mencius 
     Maintaining Perfect Balance
     Conclusion: Interpreting the Four Books
Lau, Confucius—The Analects: 106-160
     Books 11-20 
***  ***
Send as a .pdf file to lafleur@beloit.edu  
Notebooks due by .pdf file by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 9

Week IV
(February 12, 14)
Tuesday, February 12
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus
LaFleur, Books That Matter: Confucius and the Analects, Lectures 7-9
Major and Cook, Ancient China, Ancient China, 99-124
          The Western Zhou Period
Annping Chin, The Authentic Confucius, 1-222
     Prologue
     Introduction
     Leaving Home
     Families and Politics
     Companions
     Wanderings
     Return
     Teaching
     The Rites of Life and Death
     Defenders
     Epilogue
***  ***
Notebooks due by .pdf file by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 16
 Week V
(February 19, 21)
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus
LaFleur, Books That Matter: Confucius and the Analects, Lectures 10-12
Major and Cook, Ancient China, 125-145
          The Spring and Autumn Period
Fingarette, Confucius: The Secular as Sacred (.pdf)
     Human Community as Holy Rite
Ames and Rosemont, The Analects of Confucius, 1-65
     Introduction
Chin, Confucius: The Analects, xv-xxvi
     Introduction
Slingerland, Confucius: Analects, vii-xxv
     Preface
     Introduction
Nylan, The Analects, ix-lxiii
     Translator's Introduction
     Editor's Introduction
***  ***
Confucius Letter Due by
5:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 24
Bring by as hard copies to MI 206 (Rob's office)

(No notebooks due this week) 

Week VI
 (February 26, 28)
Tuesday, February 21
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus
LaFleur, Books That Matter: Confucius and the Analects, Lectures 13-15
Major and Cook, Ancient China, 146-178
          The Warring States Period
Ames and Rosemont, The Analects of Confucius, 71-229
            Books 1-20
***  ***
Notebooks due by .pdf file by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 3

Midterm Analysis Due by
5:00 p.m. on Sunday, xxx
Bring by as hard copies to MI 206 (Rob's office)

Week VII
 (February March 5, 7)
Tuesday, February 28
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus
LaFleur, Books That Matter: Confucius and the Analects, Lectures 16-18
Major and Cook, Ancient China, 179-196
          The Rise and Fall of the Qin Dynasty
Chin, Confucius: The Analects, 1-327
            Books 1-20
***  ***
Midterm Analysis Due by
5:00 p.m. on Sunday, xxx
Bring by as hard copies to MI 206 (Rob's office)

(No notebooks due this week) 
Week VIII
Midterm Break

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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