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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Confucius and the World, 2022b (AMP)-b

 On this date on Round and Square's History 

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                                                         
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

Tuesday October 25
No Class Today (Read the email message sent on 10/24).
Yasushi, Inoue, Confucius (get started)

Thursday October 27
Yasushi, Inoue, Confucius (finish the novel for class on Thursday).
McNaughton, Reading and Writing Chinese
                                McNaughton: 61-66        or         Wieger: xxx
                                Characters 150-179                      Lessons xxx

Tuesday, November 1
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
Bring Notebooks to Class
McNaughton, Reading and Writing Chinese
                                McNaughton: 67-72        or         Wieger: xxx
                                Characters 180-209                      Lessons xxx
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Thursday, November 3
No Class; work on your "Fifty Analects" assignment.
Paramore, Kiri. Japanese Confucianism, 1-140*
            Confucianism as Cultural Capital (to late-sixteenth century CE)
            Confucianism as Religion (1580s-1720s)
            Confucianism as Public Sphere (1720s-1868)
            Confucianism as Knowledge (1400s-1800s)
            Confucianism as Liberalism (1850s-1890s)
        *As with the last two weeks, just get started, and we'll discuss it on Thursday.
NO CLASS SESSION TODAY
BELOIT AND BEYOND CONFERENCE: PLEASE ATTEND THE SESSIONS!

Thursday, November 10
Paramore, Kiri. Japanese Confucianism, 141-191
            Confucianism as Fascism (1868-1945)
            Confucianism as Taboo (1945-2015)            
            Epilogue: China and Japan—East Asian Modernities and Confucian Revivals
Bring Notebooks to Class
McNaughton, Reading and Writing Chinese
                                McNaughton: 73-78        or         Wieger: xxx
                                Characters 210-239                     Lessons xxx
From here on, if you haven't been doing so already, I will be collecting characters a few times before the end of the semester. Write them in your notebook, or at least save them. As a review, you should write each character three times (one-to-three will do). Then move to the next one. 
Tuesday, November 15
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, Lecture 11-12
Chin, Confucius: The Analects (get started)
            Books 1-10
Bring Notebooks to Class

Thursday, November 17
LaFleur, Books That Matter: Confucius and the Analects, Lecture 13-14
Chin, Confucius: The Analects (get started)
            Books 11-20
Bring Notebooks to Class
McNaughton, Reading and Writing Chinese
                                McNaughton: 79-84        or         Wieger: xxx
                                Characters 240-269                     Lessons xxx
Tuesday, November 22
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
New York Review of Books Click for separate New York Review of Books Syllabus 
Instead of class, do the rewriting exercise (follow all of the directions)!
Have a great Thanksgiving holiday.
Tuesday, November 29
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
LaFleur, Books That Matter: Confucius and the Analects, Lecture 15-16
Slingerland, The Analects
            Books 1-10
Bring Notebooks to Class

Thursday, December 1           
LaFleur, Books That Matter: Confucius and the Analects, Lecture 17-18
Slingerland, The Analects
            Books 11-20
Bring Notebooks to Class
McNaughton, Reading and Writing Chinese
                                McNaughton: 85-90        or         Wieger: xxx
                                Characters 270-299                     Lessons xxx
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Tuesday, December 6
Here are two brief readings to tie together themes about what Confucian life and thought was like 1,500 years later, in the Song dynasty (c. 1000 CE). Use these essays to think about how the Confucian message changed and was adapted over time.
LaFleur, Literary Borrowing
LaFleur, Exilic Response
(Both were sent to you Saturday night; check your email).

BRING YOUR NOTEBOOKS TO CLASS!!!! Don't forget!

Thursday, December 8
Exam II     

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

Recommended!
Gardner, Zhu Xi's Reading of the Analects, 1-181
     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
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