A History of the Chinese Civilization

Course Description

Course Title: A History of the Chinese Civilization

Course Prerequisites: College Chinese

Total Semester Credit Hours: 32

Lecture Hours: 32

Experiment/ Computer Hours: 0

Credit: 2

Major: English/Japanese

Course Description:

The, A History of Chinese Civilization course, is made up of the history of Chinese technology and that of the Chinese culture. Owing to the limited time and the fact that undergraduates will already have some knowledge of Chinese technology, this course will mainly introduce Chinese culture. The main aims are to enable students to get a framework of Chinese culture; to understand the basic patterns, categories, concepts, contents of classics and their relevant English versions; and to understand the far-reaching significance of the profound Chinese culture. Its framework will include Chinese Mythology; Chinese Confucianism; Buddhism; Taoism; Legalism and other schools of thought; and the Chinese religious, literary, historic, aesthetic and educational traditions.  However, our goal is to cultivate the sense of pride and confidence among students for their national culture, but not to stir up culture chauvinism. The aim is for students to develop the ability to look at other cultures objectively and pick out shared values for a more harmonious globalized future.

Textbooks and Course Materials:

1.吴鼎民.中国文化概览[M]. 上海：译林出版社，2010.(Wu Dingming, A Panoramic View,of Chinese Culture[M],Shanghai: Translations Publishing House.)

    2.吕思勉.中国通史[M].北京：中华书局，2015. (Lv Simian, A General History of China[M],Beijing: China Book Bureau,2015.)

    3.宪群.中国通史(套装共5册) [M].北京：华夏书局，2016.(Xianqun, A General History of China[M], Huaxia Book Bureau, 2016.)

    4.葛兆光.中国思想史.(第2版) [M].上海：复旦大学出版社，2013-06.(Ge Zaoguang, History of the Chinese Ideologies(The Second Edition)[M], Shanghai: Fudan University Publishing House, 2013-06.)

    5.范文澜.中国通史简编[M].北京：人民出版社，1964.（Fan Wenlan，A Brief History of China[M], Beijing：the People’s Publishing House, 1964.）

    6.袁行霈等.中华文明史[M].北京：北京大学出版社，2004.(Yuan Xingpei, A History of China’s Civilization[M], Beijing: Beijing University Press,2004.)

    7.钱穆.国史大纲[M].北京：商务印书馆出版，1940.（Qian Mu，A Outline of China’s History[M],Commercial Press,1940.）

    8.郭庆堂,王昭风.哲学通论[M].北京：中国社会科学出版社，2008.(Guo Qingtang, Wang Zhaofeng，A General Survey of Philosophy[M],Beijing：China’s Social Science Publishing House，2008.)

 9.杨敏等.中国文化通览[M].北京：高等教育出版社，2006.(Yangming, A General Review of China’s Cultures[M],Beijing: Publishing House of Higher Education，2006.)

    10.夏基松.现代西方哲学[M].上海：上海教育出版社，2006.（Xia Jisong, Modern Western Philosophies[M],Shanghai: Shanghai Education Press,2006.）

    11.董子竹.老子我说[M].武汉：长江文艺出版社，2002.(Dong Zizu, My Reading of Lao Zi[M],Wuhan：Zhangjiang Arts Publishing House,2002.)

12.包通法.共识与相异[M].长春：吉林人民出版社，2002.(Bao Tongfa, Shared Values and Differences[M], Changchun::Jielin People’s Publishing House,2002.)

Written by: Zhang Xiaogang