Contention Of A Hundred Schools Of Thought PreQin Thinkers

AY2024/2025 Semester 1

This course introduces you to the many different schools of thought that emerged in the Pre-Qin era, including Confucianism, Daoism, Legalism, Mohism, yinyang school, and School of Names. We will also discuss these philosophical schools' historical contexts and their influences on Chinese culture from the ancient period down to the present-day. The philosophical issues include: theories of human nature, language and reality, metaphysics, and so on. Students who want to understand the philosophical foundation of Chinese culture are encouraged to take this course.