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    Chinese Civilization

    Lecturer: MA Xuefei
    E-mail:[email protected]

    Do You Know China?

    Business Centers of the world

    Great Progress in Aeronautics and


    Astronautics

    A developing country

    Children without
    education opportunity

    Confucianism
    Five
    Relationships
    Theory

    Sovereign to subject
    Parent to child
    Elder to younger brother
    Husband to wife
    Friend to friend

    Ruler guides subject;


    Father guides son;
    Husband guides wife.

    Benevolence
    Righteousness
    Rituals
    Wisdom
    Faithfulness

    Confucianism
    Three Obedience
    and Four Virtues
    for Women

    Obedience to her father before marriage


    To her husband after marriage
    To her son after husbands death

    Morality
    Proper speech
    Modest manner
    Diligent work

    Taoism
    Jing, Qi and Shen
    Yin and Yang
    Self-cultivation
    Nei Dan and Wai Dan

    Lao Zis Opinion


    The core: be natural and Wuwei
    Dao Fa Zi Ran
    Zi Ran is not the nature without the
    interference of human beings.
    An attitude to follow and observe the rules
    of nature.
    The way to practice Tao is to observe the
    rules of Nature.

    vs.

    nature, the attitude to follow the rules of
    nature.

    false
    No human deeds that will break the
    balance of nature.
    Nature vs. human deeds

    Creation
    Therefore, the creation or human deeds
    promoted by Lao Zi is the creation or
    human deeds that agrees with the spirit of
    nature.

    About Wars
    So, people should let go the desire of
    ruling the world, follow the way of nature
    as it is, and this is the most basic solution
    to all the conflicts and warfares in human
    society.


    Wuwei and so there is nothing that you
    cannot do.

    De
    Things turn to their opposite when they
    reach the extreme.

    The most delicate art looks like
    clumsiness.
    Zhuang Zi story of incompact wood

    The philosophy of No Aggression



    The weak conquering the strong
    Aggression is the root of comedown, while
    Wuwei corresponds to the way of nature.


    The supreme goodness is like water.
    The water benefits everything without
    aggression of any form.
    The weakest thing in the world is water,
    but it could conquer every other thing.

    E.g.
    Humans are weak when they are alive,
    and hard-shelled after their death.

    Back to the stage of Infants


    Saints are, in some ways, all infants,
    innocent, desire-free, pure, and sincere.
    It is a blessing to have a childs, or
    childlike innocence.

    On Civilization
    Civilization, to some extent, is a deviation
    from inherent qualities.
    The entire development of human
    civilization is a process of decoration.
    Language for communication
    Clothes for body
    House for living
    National politics for human organization

    Zen Buddhism
    Every single creature owns the whole
    world.

    Chinese Paintings

    Calligraphy

    Traditional Chinese Medicine

    The Great Wall

    The Forbidden City

    The Dunhuang Fresco

    Cavehouse

    Terra-cotta Warriors

    COURSE PLAN
    W4: CLASS ORIENTATION
    W7: CHINA: CHINESE GEOGRAPHY AND
    CHINESE PEOPLE
    W8: DYNASTIES
    W9-10: EARLY HISTORY
    W11: CALLIGRAPHY AND WINE CULTURE
    W12: SEMINAR: MYTHS AND LEGENDS
    W5-6: TRADITIONAL FESTIVALS

    W13: THE ZHOU DYNASTY


    W14: CHINESE MUSIC AND
    TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
    W15: RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
    W16: SEMINAR: PHYLOSOPHY
    W17: THE QIN DYNASTY
    W18-19: THE HAN DYNASTY

    Grades on
    Attendance 20%
    Classroom Contribution 40%
    Classroom Qs & As 20%
    Participation in seminars 20%

    Final Test 40%

    Its your turn to introduce your


    culture
    Go to groups of 3 or 4, and work on a
    culture report with your group mates.
    After the group discussion, do the report to
    the class.

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