Division of Humanities
Tentative Course Syllabus
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Course Instructor:
HUMA2420
Late Imperial China
Summer 2016
Chunyuan LI ([email protected])
Course Description:
This course surveys Chinese history from the disintegration of the Tang empire at
the turn of the tenth century to the eve of the Opium War. It will introduce students to
significant political, economic, social and cultural development in China, and the
changing patterns of contact between China and the outside world during that period.
Course Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs):
Course ILOs
1
Students who complete this course will obtain a basic understanding of the
whole arc of Chinese history from the collapse of the Tang to the 1840s.
2
Students will develop a sense of the continuities and discontinuities of the
history of late imperial China.
3
Students will obtain some insights on some important events and persons in
Chinese history through selected readings and group discussions.
4
Students will develop skills of writing and oral communication through group
discussions and presentations.
Course Outline:
Week
04/07: (Lecture) Introduction: China fallen into pieces
06/07: (Lecture) Northern Song and Khitan Liao
1
(Tutorial) Documentary: 開封府
08/07: (Lecture) Southern Song and Jurchen Jin
(Tutorial) Documentary: 南宋
2
11/07: (Lecture) Economy, Society and Culture in Song China
(Tutorial) Needham Question
13/07: (Lecture) Inner Eurasian Regimes: Tangut Xia, Tibet, and others
(Tutorial) Documentary: Mysterious Xi Xia
15/07: (Lecture) From the Mongol Empire to the Yuan Dynasty
(Tutorial) Documentary: Conquering the World
Division of Humanities
Tentative Course Syllabus
18/07: (Lecture) China under the Mongols
3
4
(Tutorial) Documentary: Yuan Da-du 元大都
20/07: (Lecture) New-Confucianism: 從講堂到廟堂
(Tutorial) Civil Service Examination 科舉
22/07: (Lecture) Zhu Yuan-zhang 朱元璋 and Early-Ming
(Tutorial) Documentary: Zheng He 鄭和
25/07: (Lecture) Prosperity with Crisis: Late Ming
(Tutorial) Documentary: Matteo Ricci in China
27/07: (Lecture) Qing Empire: Another Type of State Construction
(Tutorial) China Marches West
29/07: (Lecture) Flourishing Age 盛世
(Tutorial) People in a Flourishing Age
03/08: (Examination)
5
Planned Assessment Tasks:
Final exam:
Participation in class and worksheets:
40 %
60 %
Readings:
1. 樊樹志《國史精講》，復旦大學出版社 2007 版.
2. F.W. Mote. Imperial China, 900-1800. Harvard University Press 1999.
* additional readings will be announced on the first lecture.