China to 1600

Catalog description

A survey of Chinese history from its earliest origins to the fall of the Ming Empire in the 17th century. The course incorporates translated primary materials and modern scholarship to provide a general picture of Chinese state formation, socio-economic changes, and literature and arts during the three millennia. It will also discuss the teachings and intellectual impacts of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism in East Asia through the ages.