Outline of the course Chinese culture and tradition

Edited by Xibo Wang, and will be changed according to the new advanced Chinese study every term

1^st week: General description on Chinese tradition and culture

2^nd week: Confucius A (The man, the time, the rival, and the myth)

3^rd week: Confucius B (Analects 1)

4^th week: Confucius C (Analects 2)

5^th week: Confucius D (Analects 3)

6^th week: Mencius, the great fighter

7^th week: Mencius, a perusing chapter

8^th week: Laozi, who was said as a teacher of Confucius

9^th week: Zhuangzi, who was laughing at Confucius

10^th week: Hanzi, his teacher, his theory, and intellectual suicide afterward

1th week: Li Si, a Chinese statesman destroyed

12^th week: Nie Zheng, the killer and Chinese civil societies

13^th week: Taoism, Buddhism, and literati tradition

14^th week: Several cultural heroes

15^th week: Chinese poet and poetry

16^th week: Neo-Confucianism and Chinese turning inward

17^th week: The classic of filial piety: family reverence and Chinese spirit

18^th week: Report meeting (Speech and discussion)

 Your course paper should be handed in before 5:00 pm on Friday of the 19^th week.