Middlebury

CHNS 0412

Classical Chinese II

Classical Chinese II (in Chinese)
A continuation of CHNS 0411. In this course students will read a wide selection of wenyan texts that sample the classics of ancient Chinese thought, including Confucius' Analects, the Daoist texts Laozi and Zhuangzi, Mohist arguments against war, Sunzi's The Art of War, and Legalist writings on law. Students will also learn to punctuate wenyan texts (which were originally unpunctuated) and compose sentences or short paragraphs in wenyan. All class discussion will be conducted in modern Chinese. (CHNS 0411 or the equivalent) 3 hrs. lect.
Subject:
Chinese
Department:
Chinese
Division:
Languages
Requirements Fulfilled:
LNG
Equivalent Courses:

Sections in Spring 2009

Spring 2009

CHNS0412A-S09 Seminar (Zhang)