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2025-26 Spring - HUMA5930 - Classical Chinese Philosophy

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Instructor(s)/Supervisor(s)/Coordinator(s): Jenny HUNG
This course examines the intellectual development of early Chinese by focusing on four major schools: Confucianism, Mohism, Daoism, and Legalism. This course will introduce representative philosophers in ancient China, such as Confucius, Mozi, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Hanfeizi, and Mencius. We will explore their thoughts in ethics, human nature, metaphysics, and self-cultivation. We will read translations of major texts with commentaries and interpretations.
Course period1/02/2630/06/26
Course levelPG
Course formatLecture