WREL.2027 Issues in Classical Chinese Thought

Course will probe the debates carried on by the major thinkers of China's "classical age" concerning the role of government, education, culture, and the individual in human society. Students will read the basic writings of these thinkers and analyze their content and argumentative styles. Confucianism, Daoism, Mohism, and Legalism will be the main schools of thought covered.