By the end of this class, students should accomplish all the following •Good comprehension of Confucianism, especially how its values continue to dominate not only Chinese but also other East Asian cultures; •General ideas of Taoism and how it interacts with Confucianism; and •General history of the late Han dynasty.

A.Luo, Guanzhong. Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel. Trans. Moss Roberts. Abridged edition. Berkeley: U of California P, 1999.
B.D. C. Lau, trans. The Analects. New York: Penguin, 1979. ISBN 0140443487.
C.Lao Tzu. 1972. Tao te ching. Trans. Jia-fu Feng and Jane English. 2nd or 3rd ed. Vintage, 2012/2011. (http://terebess.hu/english/tao/gia.html#Kap01)
D.Reserved materials in the Library and on google folder (Sun Tzu on the Art of War, 36 Stratagems, etc.).