Chinese CivilizationLecturer: MA XuefeiE-mail:whatslegal@163.com

Do You Know China?

Business Centers of the world

Great Progress in Aeronautics and Astronautics

A developing country

Children without education opportunity

Confucianism

Five Relationships Theory

Sovereign to subject Parent to child Elder to younger brother Husband to wife Friend to friend

Ruler guides subject;Father guides son;Husband guides wife.BenevolenceRighteousnessRitualsWisdomFaithfulness

Confucianism

Three Obedience and Four Virtues for Women

Obedience to her father before marriageTo her husband after marriageTo her son after husbands deathMoralityProper speechModest mannerDiligent work

Taoism Jing, Qi and ShenYin and YangSelf-cultivationNei Dan and Wai Dan

Lao Zis OpinionThe core: be natural and WuweiDao Fa Zi RanZi Ran is not the nature without the interference of human beings.An attitude to follow and observe the rules of nature.The way to practice Tao is to observe the rules of Nature.

vs.nature, the attitude to follow the rules of nature.falseNo human deeds that will break the balance of nature.Nature vs. human deeds

CreationTherefore, the creation or human deeds promoted by Lao Zi is the creation or human deeds that agrees with the spirit of nature.

About WarsSo, people should let go the desire of ruling the world, follow the way of nature as it is, and this is the most basic solution to all the conflicts and warfares in human society.

Wuwei and so there is nothing that you cannot do.

De Things turn to their opposite when they reach the extreme.The most delicate art looks like clumsiness.

Zhuang Zi story of incompact wood

The philosophy of No AggressionThe weak conquering the strongAggression is the root of comedown, while Wuwei corresponds to the way of nature.

The supreme goodness is like water.The water benefits everything without aggression of any form.The weakest thing in the world is water, but it could conquer every other thing.

E.g.Humans are weak when they are alive, and hard-shelled after their death.

Back to the stage of InfantsSaints are, in some ways, all infants, innocent, desire-free, pure, and sincere.It is a blessing to have a childs, or childlike innocence.

On CivilizationCivilization, to some extent, is a deviation from inherent qualities.The entire development of human civilization is a process of decoration.Language for communicationClothes for bodyHouse for livingNational politics for human organization

Zen BuddhismEvery single creature owns the whole world.

Chinese Paintings

Calligraphy

Traditional Chinese Medicine

The Great Wall

The Forbidden City

The Dunhuang Fresco

Cavehouse

Terra-cotta Warriors

COURSE PLANW4: CLASS ORIENTATIONW5-6: TRADITIONAL FESTIVALSW7: CHINA: CHINESE GEOGRAPHY AND CHINESE PEOPLEW8: DYNASTIESW9-10: EARLY HISTORYW11: CALLIGRAPHY AND WINE CULTUREW12: SEMINAR: MYTHS AND LEGENDS

W13: THE ZHOU DYNASTYW14: CHINESE MUSIC AND TRADITIONAL MEDICINEW15: RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHYW16: SEMINAR: PHYLOSOPHYW17: THE QIN DYNASTYW18-19: THE HAN DYNASTY

Grades onAttendance 20%Classroom Contribution 40%Classroom Qs & As 20%Participation in seminars 20%Final Test 40%

Its your turn to introduce your cultureGo to groups of 3 or 4, and work on a culture report with your group mates.After the group discussion, do the report to the class.