Course Syllabus

Course Information：

Year-Semester	Course Number	Course Name	Phase	Credits	Hours	Required/Elective	Instructor	Class	Student NO.	Withdraw	Note
Spring Semester Year 2024	332282	The History of Chinese Philosophy	1	2.0	2	△	CHEN, YI	Core Curriculum (XI)	47	2	106-108：社會與哲學選修。109(含)後：人文與藝術

Course Plan：

Instructor	CHEN, YI　Office Hours
Email	chenyi@ntut.edu.tw
Last Updated	2024-05-19 22:53:24
Course Objective	This course deals mainly with the essence of Chinese traditional thought, trying to sovle the riddles lying behind the msytery of Asian philosophy. Through lectures and class discussion, students are expected to have a better command of the significant stream of thinking development for the Chinese people and look into the future cultural development. As for the course planning, this course consists of the following five topics: Pre-Chin philosophers, Taoism in Wei and Jin Dynasties, Buddism in Sui and Tang dynasties, Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasties and modern philosophy. The course will be presented with simple approaches and lots of class discussions in the hope that students will realize the wisdom explored by important philosophers throughout Chinese history, which will in returen provide students with much more promising and enrihed way of life.
Course Schedule	Week 1 Course Introduction: The Spirit of Chinese Philosophy Week 2 Confucius Week 3 Mencius Week 4 Xunzi Week 5 The logicians Week 6 Laozi Week 7 Tomb Sweeping Day Week 8 Zhuangzi Week 9 Class Discussion (Students need to give a specific topic of interest for the oral presentation.) Week 10 Mozi Week 11 Hanfeizi Week 12 The Chinese Buddhism Week 13 The Neo-Confucianism Week 14 Group Presentation (Group 1, 2, 3, 4) Week 15 Group Presentation (Group 5, 6, 7, 8) Week 16 Group Presentation (Group 9, 10, 11, 12) Week 17 Film Discussion (online teaching, Google Meet: tja-odie-yar) Week 18 Learning and Discussion (Please schedule the discussion via email.)
Evaluation and grading policy	Class Participation and Assignment: 60% Group Presentation: 40%
Materials	All right reserved. Do not reproduce without permission. Foreign-language textbooks:Yes JeeLoo Liu (2006). An Introduction to Chinese Philosophy: From Ancient Philosophy to Chinese Buddhism, Blackwell Publishing Lily Zhang (2011). Thirty Chapters on the History of Chinese Philosophy, Le Jin Books. Wing-Tsit Chan (1973). A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy, 4th Printing, Princeton University. I will be selecting some of the primary literatures in Chinese Philosophy as a self-made teaching material. Translations of some of the texts can also be found online on the Chinese Text Project: https://ctext.org/
The access to curricular consultation	Due to the campus renovation project, courses will be conducted online from June 8 to June 22. For course changes, please see the notes. If you have any questions, please email: chenyi@mail.ntut.edu.tw.
The course corresponds to the SDGs
Note	In the 17th week of this course, classes will be conducted online via Google Meet (tja-odie-yar) at the scheduled time. The 18th week is designated for consultation and self-study. For one-on-one discussions, please email to schedule an appointment: chenyi@mail.ntut.edu.tw. * This course corresponds to SDGs goal: 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions * The SDGs goal corresponds to the course content: From the third week to the thirteenth week of the semester, the teaching theme includes Confucius, Mencius, Xunzi, Mozi and Hanfeizi.