Course Code: CHS302
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Synopsis

CHS302 examines Chinese intellectual thought strongly influencing each period of Chinese history. Students will study the mainstream ideas, origins and influences of the Han to Wei Jin, Sui and Tang, and Song and Ming Dynasties through selected texts, thus attaining a general survey of the development of Chinese thought. By analyzing the basic structure of Chinese philosophers’ ideological discourses of each period, students examine relevant ideas and connotations, and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the ideologies, improving the ability to think independently and critically, thus developing awareness and interest in Chinese thought.
Level: 3
Credit Units: 5
Presentation Pattern: EVERY JULY

Topics

  • Dong Zhongshu and Confucianism 董仲舒与儒术
  • Yang Xiong and Wang Chong 杨雄与王充
  • Metaphysics: He Yan and Wang Bi 正始玄学：何晏与王弼
  • Ji Kang and Guo Xiang 从嵇康的自然到郭象的独化
  • Metaphysics and Anti-Mysticism 玄学与反玄
  • Introduction to Indian Buddhism 印度佛学概说
  • Philosophy of the Tiantai School and Huayan School 天台宗与华严宗哲学
  • Zen 禅宗
  • Chinese Buddhism 中国佛教的传播与发展
  • General Introduction to Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasties 宋明儒学总论
  • Five Scholars of the Northern Song Dynasty and Their Thoughts 北宋五子及其思想
  • Zhu Xi and Wang Yangming 朱熹与王阳明

Learning Outcome

  • 检视中国思想体系的命题与特征
  • 辨析中国思想家的学术内涵与成就
  • 评价中国思想发展的脉络与演变
  • 阐明中国思想发展的轨迹及其实质性影响
  • 分析中国各思想流派与其时代背景的互动关系，以及这些思想核心概念的演变与影响
  • 运用所学知识提升解读中国经典文本的能力
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