Taoism and Confucianism
EALC 40 and Religion 33
Course Calendar
Spring 2000
| Date |
Discussion Topic |
Focus |
Reading |
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| 3/28 |
Orientation |
Complementary Opposites |
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| 3/30 |
Confucian Ethics |
Confucius |
Analects of Confucius |
| 4/04 |
The Way of Gentlemen |
Confucius |
Analects of Confucius |
| 4/06 |
Taoist Virtue |
Lao Tzu |
Lao Tzu. Tao Te Ching |
| 4/11 |
The Way of All Things |
Lao Tzu |
Lao Tzu. Tao Te Ching |
| 4/13 |
A Way Not Taken |
Mo Tzu |
Source Book 211-231 |
| 4/18 |
Confucian Patterning |
Mencius and Hsün Tzu |
Source Book 49-83, 115-135 |
| 4/20 |
Ethical Education |
Great Learning and Mean |
Source Book 84-114 |
| 4/25 |
Escaping All Bounds |
Chuang Tzu |
Source Book 177-210 |
| 4/27 |
Confucian Cosmology |
Yin Yang Theories |
Source Book |
| 5/02* |
Regularity in Change |
I Ching |
(Source Book 262-270)
I Ching 48-71, 85-113 |
| 5/04 |
Reading Period: no class |
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| 5/09 |
Taoist Ontology |
Neo-Taoists |
Source Book 305-308, 309-335 |
| 5/11 |
Trancendence of Time |
Lieh Tzu and Alchemists |
Source Book 309-313 |
| 5/16 |
Return to Original Way |
Neo-Confucians |
Source Book 450-480, 495-517 |
| 5/18 |
Stand on Principle |
Chu Hsi |
Source Book 588-653 |
| 5/23 |
Moral Activism |
Wang Yang-ming |
Source Book 654-691 |
| 5/25 |
Quest for Inner Light |
Chang Po-tuan |
Understanding Reality |
| 5/30 |
Taoist Meditations |
Liu I-ming |
Awakening to Tao |
| 6/01** |
Final Reflections |
Correlative Thinking |
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* Midterm
take-home exam due
**Term paper due
revised March 21, 2000
Franklin M. Doeringer@lawrence.edu
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