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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Chinese

158-272/372 Chinese Thought

Credit Points:

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator:

Dr Barbara Hendrischke

Prerequisite/s:

Chinese 1B or equivalent and one 1st year subject in Chinese studies; or, one first-year single semester Philosophy subject.

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

Up to 3 hours a week

Subject Description:

A survey of Chinese thought from the earliest times to the later imperial period. Emphasis will be given to the classical schools of Chinese philosophy, including Confucianism, Taoism and Legalism, and the development of styles of argument and philosophical discourse. Attention will also be paid to the ideas of the cosmologists and numerologists, and later developments such as the emergence of neo-Confucianism under the Song. Students who complete this subject should gain an understanding of the development of major philosophical schools in China and their most important arguments; an understanding of the development of certain key terms in the philosophical and cosmological traditions; and an ability to discuss the ways in which philosophical discourse and correlative thinking relate to important and enduring patterns in Chinese language, politics and culture.

Assessment:

Written work not exceeding 3000 words; one 2 hour written examination.

Prescribed Texts:

  • A C Graham, Disputers of the Tao: Philosophical Argument in Ancient China, Open Court, LaSalle, 1989.
  • Ho Peng Yoke, Li, Qi and Shu: An Introduction to Science and Civilisation in China, Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong, 1985.
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