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DIVISION OF HUMANITIES
HUMA 1410: GENERAL CHINESE HISTORY: PRE-MODERN
Instructor: HO Kai-lung
Office: 3341 (e-mail: [email protected])
Office Hours: Tue 14:00-14:50 / Thu. 16:30-17:30
Tutor: ZHANG, Jingfen
Office: 2359 (email: [email protected])
Office Hours: Wed. 11:00-12:00 am
Syllabus and Reading List
Description: This course will examine Chinese history from the beginnings of
Chinese civilization to 1840 A. D. There are no prerequisites.
Grades: There will be two examinations in this course. The mid-term examination
will count as 40% of the grade, and the final will count as 50%. Tutorial-class
participations and performance will count as 10%.
Examinations: Questions may include multiple choices, true and false,
identification, and short answer.
Language: No knowledge of Chinese is required for this course. Classes are
conducted in English. However, Chinese characters for names, titles, and terms may
be supplied for the benefit of students who know that language.
Readings:
1) John K. Fairbank and Merle Goldman, China: A New History, Second Enlarged
Edition (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
2006).
2) Lecture notes prepared by the instructor.
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs):
1
recall and summarize key pre-modern historical events
2
interpret the development of Chinese civilization in political, socio-economic and
cultural facets
3
assess basic merits and limitations of the narrative of China’s pre-modern written
history
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Schedule
Week
Introduction
1
Introduction; Origins of Chinese Civilization
Readings: Fairbank, 1-45; Lecture notes
Week
Rise and Decline of the Imperial Autocracy
2
Tutorial; the First Unification I
Readings: Fairbank, 46-71; Lecture notes
Week
3 The First Unification II (and day off)
Readings: Fairbank, 46-71; Lecture notes
Week
4 The First Unification II
Readings: Fairbank, 46-71; Lecture notes
Week
5 Great Disunion; Tutorials
Readings: Fairbank, 72-75; Lecture notes
Week
6
Reunification – Tang Empire
Readings: Fairbank, 73-87; Lecture notes
Week
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Week
8
China's Greatest Age: Northern and Southern Song I
Readings: Fairbank, 88-107; Lecture notes
Weeks
9
Tutorial; China's Greatest Age: Northern and Southern Song II
Readings: Fairbank, 88-107; Lecture notes
Week
10 the Paradox of Song China and Inner Asia
Readings: Fairbank, 108-127; Lecture notes
Week
11 Tutorial; Government in the Ming Dynasty
Readings: Fairbank, 128-142; Lecture notes
Week
12 Tutorial; The Qing Success Story
Readings: Fairbank, 143-161; Lecture notes
Week
Tutorial; Mid-term Exam
Later Imperial China, 1600-1840
13 The Paradox of Growth without Development; Tutorial
Readings: Fairbank, 163-186; Lecture notes
Final Exam to be scheduled within the Examination Period
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Chinese Dynasties Periods
Xia 夏
ca. 2200-ca. 1750 B. C.
Shang (Yin) 商 (殷)
ca. 1750-ca. 1100 B. C.
Zhou 周 Dynasty
ca. 1100-221 B. C.
Western Zhou 西周 (ca. 1100-771 B. C.)
Eastern Zhou 東周 (771-221 B. C.)
Spring and Autumn Period 春秋 (722-468 B. C.)
Warring States Period 戰國 (403-221 B. C.)
Qin 秦 Dynasty
221 B. C.-206 B. C.
Han 漢 Dynasty
206 B. C.-A. D. 220
Former/Western Han 前漢/西漢 (206 B. C.-A. D. 8)
Later/Eastern Han 後漢/東漢 (A. D. 25-220)
Xin 新 Dynasty
A. D. 9-25
The Three Kingdoms Period 三國
220-265
Wei 魏 (220-65)
Wu 吳 (220-80)
Shu 蜀 (221-63)
Jin 晉 Dynasty
265-420
Western Jin 西晉 (265-317)
Eastern Jin 東晉 (317-420)
Southern Dynasties 南朝
420-589
(Liu) Song (劉) 宋 (420-79)
Qi 齊 (479-502)
Liang 梁 (502-57)
Chen 陳 (57-89)
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Northern Dynasties 北朝
368-581
Northern Wei 北魏 (386-534)
Eastern Wei 東魏 (534-50)
Western Wei 西魏 (535-77)
Northern Qi 北齊 (550-77)
Northern Zhou 北周 (557-81)
Sui 隋 Dynasty
589-618
Tang 唐 Dynasty
618-907
Five Dynasties Period 五代
907-60
Later Liang 後梁 (907-923)
Later Tang 後唐 (923-936)
Later Jin 後晉 (936-946)
Later Han 後漢 (947-950)
Later Zhou 後周 (951-960)
Song 宋 Dynasty
960-1279
Northern Song 北宋 (960-1127)
Southern Song 南宋 (1127-1279)
Liao 遼 Dynasty
916-1125
Jin 金 Dynasty
1115-1234
Yuan 元 Dynasty
1260-1368
Ming 明 Dynasty
1368-1644
Qing 清 Dynasty
1644-1911
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