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Academic Structure + Modules > First-tier modules > Semester 1, Academic Year 2009-2010 > UCV2206
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UCV2206: Chinese Thought and Culture

Topics of Instruction & Basic Readings

1. Intellectual Foundation
 

Frederick W Mote, Intellectual Foundations of China. New York: McGraw-Hill Inc., 1989.

 

Benjamin Schwartz, The World of Thought in Ancient China. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1985.

W.T. de Bary & I. Bloom, eds., Sources of Chinese Tradition. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999.

   
2. Chinese Beliefs and Customs
 

Frena Bloomfield, The Book of Chinese Beliefs. London: Arrow Books, 1985.

 

J.C. Cooper, Yin & Yang: The Taoist Harmony of the Opposite. Wellingborough: The Aquarian Press, 1985.

 

Richard Smith, Fortune-Tellers & Philosophers: Divination in Traditional Chinese Society. San Francisco: Westview Press, 1991.

 

Martin Palmer, T’ung Shu: The Ancient Chinese Almanac. Boston: Shambhala, 1986.

 

Stephen Skinner, The Living Earth Manual of Feng-shui. Singapore: Graham Brash, 1982.

   
3. Heaven & Man: Chinese Religions
 

Arthur F. Wright, Buddhism in Chinese History. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1982.

 

Lee Cheuk Yin, Alan Chan & Timothy Tsu, Taoism: Outlines of a Religious Tradition. Singapore: Taoist Federation, 1994.

 

Stephen Feuchtwang, Popular Religion in China: The Imperial Metaphor. Surrey: Curzon Press, 2001.

   
4. Boundary & Space: The Great Walls and Forbidden City
 

John Hay ed., Boundaries in China, London: Reaktion Books Ltd., 1994.

 

John K. Fairbank ed., The Chinese World Order: Traditional China’s Foreign Relations, Cambridge: Harvard College, 1968.

   
5. National Treasures: Chinese Calligraphy and Painting
 

Lin Yutang, Imperial Chinese Art, UK: Omega Books, 1983.

 

Ellen J. Laing, Art and Aesthetics in Chinese Popular Prints. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 2002.

 

Richard Barnhart ed., Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997.

  Li Xiangoing, China’s Calligraphy Art through the Ages. Beijing: China Intercontinental Press, 2007.
   
6.

Chinese Food Culture and Entertainment

  Kog-Hwang I-Ling, Symbolism in Chinese Food. Singapore: G. Brash, 1991.
  Chang K.C. ed., Food in Chinese Culture. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1977.
   
7. Modernization and Revolution: From Sun Yet-sen, Mao Zedong to Deng Xiaopeng
 

Mabel Lee ed., Modernization of the Chinese Past, Sydney: Wild Peony, 1993.

 

W.J.F. Jenner, The Tyranny of China: The Roots of China’s Crisis, London: Penguin Books, 1992.

 

Godwin Chu & Francis Hsu eds., Moving a Mountain: Cultural Change in China, Honolulu: East-West Center, 1979.

 

Robert Gamer, ed., Understanding Contemporary China. London: Lynn Rienner Publisher, 2003.

   
8. Chinese Identity and Social Changes
 

Liu Tao Tao & David Faure eds., Unity and Diversity: Local Cultures and Identities in China, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1996.

 

Godwin Chu & Yanan Ju, The Great Wall in Ruins: Communication and Cultural Change in China. New York: SUNY Press, 1993.

 

Michael H. Bond, Beyond the Chinese Face: Insights from Psychology. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1991.

 

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