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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Confucius and the World, 2022b (AMP)-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
Autumn 2022
Tuesday and Thursday
10:00-11:45 a.m.
Robert André LaFleur                                                       Office Hours:
Morse Ingersoll 206                                                           Monday.   3:00-4:00 (Godfrey)
363-2005                                                                             Tuesday    1:00-2:00
 lafleur@beloit.edu                                                            Thursday 12:00-2:00                                                                                                                   ...or by appointment.     
                                                             
Required Books           
Ames, Roger and Harry Rosemont. The Analects of Confucius.
Chin, Annping. Confucius: The Analects.
Chin, Annping. The Authentic Confucius.
Fingarette, Herbert. Confucius: The Secular as Sacred.
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.
Major, John and Constance Cook. Ancient China: A History 
Nylan, Michael. The Analects.
Paramore, Kiri. Japanese Confucianism.
Slingerland, Edward. The Analects (with selections from traditional commentaries).

Reserve Books or Handouts
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.
McNaughton, Reading and Writing Chinese
Wieger, Chinese Characters

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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.blogspot.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 service 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% 
Brief Essay and Rewrite....................  5%
Letter Assignment.............................15%
Exam I...............................................15%
Midterm analysis...............................15% 
Exam II..............................................15%
Final Paper........................................20%
Class attendance and participation is expected.  
Late assignments will be penalized.

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

HIST 150—Introduction to Historical Thinking
Confucius and the World

Week I
(August 30, September 1)
Tuesday, August 30
Please read the Attendance Policy for this class
Please read the Late-Assignment Policy for this class
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
New York Review of Books Click for separate New York Review of Books Syllabus 
LaFleur, Books That Matter: Confucius and the Analects, Lectures 1-2
(this material will be on the quiz, and eventually on the exams).
Mills, The Sociological Imagination
          Appendix
Nagel, What is it like to be a bat?
                                               Bring Notebooks to Class 

Thursday, September 1
LaFleur, Books That Matter: Confucius and the Analects, Lecture 3
(this material will be on the quiz, and eventually on the exams). Pay particular attention to the idea of veridicality.
Collingwood, Autobiography
          History as the Self-Knowledge of the Mind
Cohen, History in Three Keys
          Preface
          Prologue
LaFleur, "Historiography, Temporality, and Decision-Making Across Global Pasts"
                                               Bring Notebooks to Class 

Clan Meetings (I'll explain "clans" on the first day of class)
[1] Address the following matters: 
(a) What is "historical thinking? 
(b) Give some example of how it "works" (and not the almost clownishly simplistic idea 
      that most disciplines have that history is "the backstory" for their content. 
(c) Finally, how are you going to write your paper (due Sunday), and what is going to be in it?
[2] Write a short version of your answers to the above prompts (a few sentences per item), and send it to me by 11:00 p.m. as an email attachment.

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                   Read the ATTENDANCE POLICY for this course (it will be enforced).
Read the LATE ASSIGNMENT POLICY for this course (it will be enforced).  
***  ***
1,000-word "miniature" review essay examining one question:
"What is 'Historical Thinking'?"
This should be written as a brief, but well-structured 
academic essay, and not an informal work.

Due by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 4
Hard Copy Due in my Office (MI 206)
Click Here to Review the Late Assignment Policy

Week II
(September 6, 8)  
Check the Chicago Citation Quick Guide
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
Lau, Confucius—The Analects: 59-105
     Books 1-10

Thursday, September 8
LaFleur, Books That Matter: Confucius and the Analects, Lectures 4-5
(this material will be on the quiz, and eventually on the exams).
LaFleur, Confucius/Analects (Foreword and Afterword)—.pdf
Lau, Confucius—The Analects: 106-160
     Books 11-20
Bring Notebooks to Class  
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Tuesday, September 13
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
New York Review of Books Click for separate New York Review of Books Syllabus 
LaFleur, Books That Matter: Confucius and the Analects, Lectures 6-7
(this material will be on the quiz, and eventually on the exams).
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
                                                   Bring Notebooks to Class
Thursday, September 15
LaFleur, "Calendars and Almanacs" (.pdf file)
Chinese copy of the almanac to glance at as you read the .pdf file
McNaughton, Reading and Writing Chinese
McNaughton: 9-30     or                    Wieger: 5-22 
Preface  (skim)                           Introductory (skim)
McNaughton: 31-36              or         Wieger: 26-33
                                  Characters 1-29                                  Lessons 1-7
Bring Notebooks to Class 


Tuesday, September 20
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
New York Review of Books Click for separate New York Review of Books Syllabus 
LaFleur, Books That Matter: Confucius and the Analects, Lectures 8-10
(this material will be on the quiz, and eventually on the exams).
Ames and Rosemont, The Analects of Confucius
            Books 1-20
                                                   Bring Notebooks to Class

Thursday, September 22
Ames and Rosemont, The Analects of Confucius
     Review before class (or finish, if you haven't)
McNaughton, Reading and Writing Chinese
                                McNaughton: 37-42        or         Wieger: 37-49
                                Characters 30-59                        Lessons 8-14
Bring Notebooks to Class 

Tuesday, September 27
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
New York Review of Books Click for separate New York Review of Books Syllabus 
Fingarette, Confucius: The Secular as Sacred
     Human Community as Holy Rite 
     A Way Without A Crosswords
     The Locus of the Personal
     Traditionalist or Visionary
     A Confucian Metaphor: The Holy Vessel
                                                   Bring Notebooks to Class

Thursday, September 29
LaFleur, Books That Matter: Confucius and the Analects, Lectures 19-20
(this material will be on the quiz, and eventually on the exams).
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
McNaughton, Reading and Writing Chinese
                                McNaughton: 43-48        or         Wieger: 50-65
                                Characters 60-89                        Lessons 15-21
Bring Notebooks to Class 

Tuesday, October 4
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
New York Review of Books Click for separate New York Review of Books Syllabus 
Leys (Nylan), The Analects
     Books 1-20 (just get started, and finish by Wednesday).
                                                   Bring Notebooks to Class

Thursday, October 6
LaFleur, Books That Matter: Confucius and the Analects, Lectures 21-22
(this material will be on the quiz, and eventually on the exams).
Leys (Nylan), The Analects
     Review before class (or finish, if you haven't)
McNaughton, Reading and Writing Chinese
                                McNaughton: 49-54        or         Wieger: 65-78
                                Characters 90-119                   Lessons 22-26
Bring Notebooks to Class 


Tuesday, October 11
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
New York Review of Books Click for separate New York Review of Books Syllabus 
LaFleur, Books That Matter: Confucius and the Analects, Lectures 23-24
(this material will be on the quiz, and eventually on the exams).
McNaughton, Reading and Writing Chinese
                                McNaughton: 55-60        or         Wieger: 79-91
                                Characters 120-149                   Lessons 27-31
Exam Preparation (in-class)

Thursday, October 13
Exam I (in-class)  

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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