Introduction to East Asian Civilizations: China

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Introduction to East Asian Civilizations: China is a lecture course which examines the evolution of Chinese civilization from ancient times to the 20th century, with emphasis on characteristic institutions and traditions.

Rough syllabus

  • Languages and geography of China
  • Shang Dynasty
Oracle Bones
  • Western Zhou
Spring and Autumn Period
Confucius and Mozi
  • Eastern Zhou
Warring States Period
Mencius and Xunzi
Laozi and Zhuangzi
  • Qin unification
  • Han Empire
Period of Disunion
  • Buddhism
  • Tang Empire
  • Tang-Song Transition
  • Song Dynasty
Educational reforms
Neo-Confucianism
  • China under Mongol rule
  • Ming Dynasty
Early encounters with the West
  • Qing Dynasty of the Manchus (1644-1911)
  • Republic
1911 Revolution
May Fourth Movement
The Sino-Japanese War
  • People's Republic of China
Maoism
Post-Mao China