CHINESE PHILOSOPHY

COURSE OUTLINE

SPRING 2010

1. Practical Matters/Overview

2. Chinese Philosophy--What is it?

3. Chinese Cosmology—Yijing/I Ching/Book of Changes

4. Confucius and The Analects

5. Opposition to Confucius—Mozi/Mo Tzu & Xunzi/Hsun Tzu

6. Other Responses—Hanfiezi/ Han Fei Tzu and The Legalist School

7. Confucian Response—Mengzi/Mencius

8. Zhongyong (Focusing the Familiar)

9. Daoism/Taoism

A. Laozi/Lao Tzu and Daodejing/Tao Te Ching

B. Zhuangzi/Chuang Tzu and Zhuangzi/Chuang Tzu

10. Chinese Buddhism

A. Ch’an Buddhism

B. Bodhidharma and Zen Teachings

C. Hui-Neng and Diamond Sutra

D. Consciousness-Only School

E. Hua-Yan School

F. Tian-tai School