中國哲學史

臺北科技大學 115-1 學期課程,課號 366787。

課程大綱

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.

課程進度

This course is conducted in English and requires active student participation. All course readings, class discussions, and activities will be conducted in English. Week 1 Course Introduction: The Spirit of Chinese Philosophy Week 2 Confucius Week 3 Mencius, Xunzi Week 4 Teachers’ Day Week 5 The Logicians Week 6 Laozi Week 7 Zhoungzi Week 8 Retrocession Day Make-up Holiday Week 9 Presentation Discussion (Students need to give a specific topic of interest for the oral presentation.) Week 10 School Anniversary Make-up Holiday Week 11 Hanfeizi Week 12 Research and Discussion (Students need to find appropriate materials for their presentations.) Week 13 Mozi Week 14 The Chinese Buddhism Week 15 Group Presentation 1 Week 16 Group Presentation 2 Week 17 Flexible Learning Week Week 18 Flexible Learning Week

評量方式

Class Participation and Assignment: 50% Flexible Learning Week: 10% Video Project: 10% Group Presentation: 30%

教材

【遵守智慧財產權觀念,請使用正版教科書,不得使用非法影印教科書】 使用外文原文書:是 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 select some primary Chinese philosophical works as self-made teaching materials. Translations of some texts can also be found online on the Chinese Text Project (https://ctext.org/).