HIGR 217B Medieval Chinese History Chinese History and Society During the Han Through the Song Dynasties

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1 HIGR 217B Medieval Chinese History Chinese History and Society Durin the Han Throuh the Son Dynasties Classroom: HSS 3086 Time: Thursday: 12:30 3:20 PM Professor Suzanne Cahill Office: 3040 HSS Home phone: (619) Office phone: (858) Address: 5157 Bristol Rd., San Dieo, Office hours: Wed. 1:00 3:00 or by appointment Introduction This seminar is desined to introduce you to ne portion of your minor field of premodern Chinese history: medieval Chinese history of the Han throuh the Son dynasties (206 BCE 1279 CE). The oal of the course is for you to acquire the backround necessary to do a ood job in your own research, to master as well as learn to teach pre-modern Chinese history, and to see the connections between medieval and more recent history. In addition, you should be able to apply a critical aze to the reat deal of nonsense about this period that appears in popular and academic publications, both Chinese and Western. The framework and main narrative of the course will be historical. The approach will be interdisciplinary, includin theories and methodoloies derived from a broad spectrum of the humanities and social sciences. Our sources will be diverse. We will read both primary and secondary sources. In addition to readin literary, overnment,

2 and reliious texts, we will consider material culture as presented in art, archaeoloy, and films. We will put family, daily life, reliion, economy, and overnment at the center of our investiations, but we will also try to include underrepresented roups, such as women, workers, and minorities. We will focus on continuity and chane, crisis and response, challene and creativity. In effect, we are tracin the development of the reat medieval systems and institutions -- political, family, and reliious in their cultural contexts. Class Requirements We will meet toether once a week to discuss the assined books, other books students present and critique, and each class member s research. Students are required to come to class, do the readin, and participate in discussions. There will be at least one book assined to the whole seminar each week, and for that book a readin response two paes lon will be required at the end of class. Class members will sin up individually or in roups to lead discussion each week. You should lead discussion at least three times this quarter. In addition, each week I will assin (or you can find) other books relevant to the week s topic for individual participants to read and present briefly to the class. Each person should present at least three extra books. There are no exams. 2

3 Responses will be raded on a check-plus, check, and check-minus basis and responses for the first week will not be counted as part of your final rade. The responses should not summarize the readins we are all readin the same books so this is even more pointless than usual -- but brin up topics that will promote lively discussion. Focus on arument, evidence, theories, and methodoloy. Think about what these books miht be ood for, such as teachin, research, or textbooks. Who should read them? Be critical, be selfish, focus on your own interests, and brin up questions for the class. Do not bore each other and do not be afraid to look stupid. The same oes for the outside books you present. You will read the extra books alon with the assined readins and present these books to the class. You can choose them yourself accordin to your interests, or ask for help in selectin them. You do not have to turn in a formal readin response for the extra books your notes or talkin points, in whatever form, will be enouh. That way everyone will have the benefit of becomin familiar with a wider rane of works on each subject than any one person could master. In the case of these books, a little summary miht be in order as the rest of the clasd will not have read your book. We will schedule these book critiques throuhout the quarter to coincide with the topics we cover each week. 3

4 At the end of the quarter, each student will turn in two final pieces of work. The first is a syllabus for a course you would teach on Han Son Chinese history, introduced by a short statement of your pedaoical oals and a description of the makeup of your ideal class, and concludin with n annotated biblioraphy of materials that you would use to prepare for teachin the course. The second piece of work is a list of important themes related to medieval Chinese history, alon with a list of books and other materials you have read or will read in preparation for your oral exam on premodern Chinese history at the end of sprin quarter. One of the themes must be the connections of your proposed field of dissertation research to developments durin the Han Son periods and to theories and methodoloies we have explored durin the quarter. (We will o over he the second piece of work in preparation for your exam in the sprin.) These assinments will both be due on the date of our final meetin durin exam week. We will meet for lunch or dinner at Prof. Cahill s house durin finals week, and each student will present his or her syllabus and list of themes. The date of this meetin is not yet set. Brin your schedules for exam week to class when we meet durin week two, so we can finalize the date. The default date and time will be that of our reularly scheduled final exam. 4

5 Required Books (Available at the University Bookstore and on reserve at Geisel Library) Jacques Gernet, A History of Chinese Civilization Victor Mair, Columbia Antholoy of Traditional Chinese Literature W. H Theodore debary, Sources of Chinese Civilization, Volume 1, 2 nd edition Whitfield, Whitfield, and Anew, Life Alon the Silk Road Arthur Wriht, Buddhism in Chinese History Burton Watson, Lotus Sutra Stephen Bokenkamp, Early Daoist Scriptures N. Harry Rothschild. Wu Zhao Dieter Kuhn, The Ae of Confucian Rule Patricia Ebrey, The Inner Quarters Schedule and Course Outline with Readins (Readins and readin responses due on the date they are listed) Week One I. Introduction, Issues, Definitions, Plans Week Two II. General History Read Han Son sections of Gernet; read any other history for comparison (e.., textbooks for HILD 10). III. General Sources Week Three Read Han Son sections of debary; read any other antholoy of sources for comparison (e.., Ebrey). Note that in debary, Buddhism, Daoism, and Women are covered in sections separated from the historical narrative. Be sure to read these too. Week Four Read Han Son sections of Mair IV. Three Kindoms and Six Dynasties ( ) A. General History of the Era 5

6 Reread relevant sections of debary and Mair, includin relevant portions on Buddhism and Daoism. (In debary these are separate sections.) Week Five B. Buddhism Read Wriht. Week Six C. Buddhist Scriptures Read Watson. Week Seven D. Daoism and Daoist Scriptures: Read Bokenkamp. V. The Sui ( ) and Tan ( ) Dynasties Week Eiht A. Tan General History and the Silk Road: Read Whitfield et al. Reread debary and Mair sections on the Tan plus a monoraph of your choosin on the Tan. VI. The Son Dynasty ( ) Week Nine A. The Son Renaissance: Read Kuhn. Reread debary and Mair sections on the Son. Week Ten B. Women, Family, and Gender in Son China: Read Ebrey and a monoraph of your choice on the Son. Finals week Final Presentations and lunch or dinner at Prof. Cahill s house Day and time to be decided. 6

7 CHINESE CHRONOLOGY B.C.E.: Late Neolithic Period ca Xia (?) ca Shan ca Zhou ca Western Zhou ca Eastern Zhou ca Sprin and Autumn Warrin States Qin Han 206 B.C.E.-220 C.E. Former Han 206 B.C.E-8 C.E. C.E.: Xin 9-25 Latter Han Three Kindoms Wei Shu Wu Jin Western Jin Eastern Jin Six Dynasties Southern dynasties Liu Son Southern Qi Southern Lian Southern Chen Northern dynasties Northern Wei Eastern Wei Western Wei Northern Qi Northern Zhou Sui Tan

8 Zhou Five Dynasties Liao Son Northern Son Southern Son Jin (Jurchen) Yuan (Monol) Min Qin (Manchu) ROC (Taiwan) & PRC , 1949 present Wade-Giles to pinyin Conversion Table Wade- Giles a ai an an ao cha ch'a chai ch'ai chan ch'an chan pinyi n a ai an an ao zha cha zhai chai zhan chan zhan 8

9 9 ch'an chan chao zhao ch'ao chao che zhe ch'e che chen zhen ch'en chen chen zhen ch'en chen chi ji ch'i qi chia jia ch'ia qia chian jian ch'ian qian chiao jiao ch'iao qiao chieh jie ch'ieh qie chien jian ch'ien qian chih zhi ch'ih chi chin jin ch'in qin chin jin ch'in qin chiu jiu ch'iu qiu chiun jion ch'iun qion cho zhuo ch'o chuo chou zhou ch'ou chou

10 10 chu zhu ch'u chu chü ju ch'ü qu chua zhua chuai zhuai ch'uai chuai chuan zhua n ch'uan chua n chüan juan ch'üan quan chuan zhua n ch'uan chua n chüeh jue ch'üeh que chui zhui ch'ui chui chun zhun ch'un chun chün jun ch'ün qun chun zhon ch'un chon en en erh er fa fa fan fan fan fan fei fei fen fen fen fen fo fo fou fou fu fu

11 11 ha ha hai hai han han han han hao hao hei hei hen hen hen hen ho he hou hou hsi xi hsia xia hsian xian hsiao xiao hsieh xie hsien xian hsin xin hsin xin hsiu xiu hsiun xion hsü xu hsüan xuan hsüeh xue hsün xun hu hu hua hua huai huai huan huan huan huan hui hui hun hun hun hon huo huo i yi jan ran jan ran jao rao

12 12 je re jen ren jen ren jih ri jo ruo jou rou ju ru juan ruan jui rui jun run jun ron ka a k'a ka kai ai k'ai kai kan an k'an kan kan an k'an kan kao ao k'ao kao ken en k'en ken ken en k'en ken ko e k'o ke kou ou k'ou kou ku u k'u ku kua ua k'ua kua kuai uai k'uai kuai kuan uan k'uan kuan kuan uan k'uan kuan

13 13 kuei ui k'uei kui kun un k'un kun kun on k'un kon kuo uo k'uo kuo la la lai lai lan lan lan lan lao lao le le lei lei len len li li lian lian liao liao lieh lie lien lian lin lin lin lin liu liu lo luo lou lou lu lu lü lü luan luan lüan luan lüeh lue lun lun lun lon ma ma mai mai man man man man mao mao

14 14 mei mei men men men men mi mi miao miao mieh mie mien mian min min min min miu miu mo mo mou mou mu mu na na nai nai nan nan nan nan nao nao nei nei nen nen nen nen ni ni nian nian niao niao nieh nie nien nian nin nin nin nin niu niu no nuo nou nou nu nu nü nü nuan nuan nüeh nue nun non o e ou ou

15 15 pa ba p'a pa pai bai p'ai pai pan ban p'an pan pan ban p'an pan pao bao p'ao pao pei bei p'ei pei pen ben p'en pen pen ben p'en pen pi bi p'i pi piao biao p'iao piao pieh bie p'ieh pie pien bian p'ien pian pin bin p'in pin pin bin p'in pin po bo p'o po p'ou pou pu bu p'u pu sa sa sai sai san san san san sao sao se se sen sen

16 16 sen sen sha sha shai shai shan shan shan shan shao shao she she shen shen shen shen shih shi shou shou shu shu shua shua shuai shuai shuan shua n shuan shua n shui shui shun shun shuo shuo so suo sou sou ssu si su su suan suan sui sui sun sun sun son ta da t'a ta tai dai t'ai tai tan dan t'an tan tan dan t'an tan tao dao

17 17 t'ao tao te de t'e te ten den t'en ten ti di t'i ti tiao diao t'iao tiao tieh die t'ieh tie tien dian t'ien tian tin din t'in tin tiu diu to duo t'o tuo tou dou t'ou tou tu du t'u tu tuan duan t'uan tuan tui dui t'ui tui tun dun t'un tun tun don t'un ton tsa za ts'a ca tsai zai ts'ai cai tsan zan ts'an can tsan zan ts'an can tsao zao ts'ao cao

18 18 tse ze ts'e ce tsei zei tsen zen ts'en cen tsen zen ts'en cen tso zuo ts'o cuo tsou zou ts'ou cou tsu zu ts'u cu tsuan zuan ts'uan cuan tsui zui ts'ui cui tsun zun ts'un cun tsun zon ts'un con tzu zi tz'u ci wa wa wai wai wan wan wan wan wei wei wen wen wen wen wo wo wu wu ya ya yai yai yan yan yao yao yeh ye yen yan yin yin yin yin

19 yo yu yü yüan yüeh yün yun yo you yu yuan yue yun yon 19