University of Pittsburgh

History 0400: Traditional East Asian Civilization

Professor Ann Jannetta 
Office: 3K23 Posvar
Phone: 648-7470
E-mail: annj@pitt.edu
Office hours: M 3:30; by appointment

TA: Joan Mohr
Office: 3S6 Posvar
Phone 648-7482
E-mail: mohr@pitt.edu
Office hours: M 9:30; W 9:30

Lecture:
Monday and Wednesday 11:00-11:50 am
Room 1P56 Posvar Hall

Recitation:
Thursday

10:00	Posvar 5E56
11:00	Posvar 5E56
12:00	Posvar 5E56
2:00	Posvar 3L51

Course Description:

History 400 is an introductory survey course on the history of East Asian civilization to about 1800. This is a lower-level course designed for Freshmen and Sophomores. There are no pre-requisites. Regular attendance in lectures and recitation sections is required.

There will be a mid-term and final examination which will combine essay and short answer questions. These exams will cover information presented in class lectures, assigned readings, recitation sections, and on the course web page. The final grade will be weighed as follows: midterm examination, 30% percent; final examination, 40%; and a recitation grade based on participation and attendance, quizzes, and weekly assignments, 30% (see below).

Recitation:

All students must register for a recitation section. All sections are on Thursdays:

 

10:00	Posvar 5E56
11:00	Posvar 5E56
12:00	Posvar 5E56
2:00	Posvar 3L51

Recitation will count for 30% of your total grade, as follows:

• Participation and attendance, 10%:  Students who show up to class and never participate will get a C for participation and attendance. Students who actively contribute to class discussions and group work will receive higher grades. You should complete the reading assignments and be prepared to discuss them at each recitation.
• Weekly assignments and quizzes, 20%:  Each week you will have either a quiz or a short assignment. You may drop two of these weekly assignments with no penalty.  I will not accept late or makeup assignments for any reason. 

Required Books

Available at Book Center:

• Conrad Schirokauer, A Brief History of Chinese and Japanese Civilizations, second edition. Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1989
• Robert Van Gulik, The Chinese Gold Murders, Chicago Press
• John Allyn, The Forty-seven Ronin Story, Tuttle Paperbacks

Lecture and Reading Assignment Schedule

  December 18       FINAL EXAMINATION

Terms

Lecture 1: China, Liaodong Peninsula, Shandong Peninsula, Korean Peninsula, Japanese Islands [Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, Hokkaido], Tarim Basin, Tibetan Highlands, Mongolian Plateau, Gansu Corridor, Loess Plateau, Wei River, Yellow River, Yangzi River, Liao River, Yalu River, Japan Sea, Korean Strait, Inland Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, Taiwan, South China Sea

Lecture 2: Paleolithic, Neolithic, prehistory, chronology, loess, Yangshao, Longshan

Lecture 3: Xia (Hsia); Shang, Anyang, Zhou (Chou), Bronze Age, Iron Age

Lecture 4: Confucius, Mencius, Confucianism, Mo Zi (Mo Tzu) Mohism, Zhuang Zi (Chuang Tzu), Daoism (Taoism), Han Fei Zi (Han Fei Tzu), Legalism

Lecture 5: China: Qin (Ch'in), Shih Huangdi; Han, Han Kao-tsu (Liu Bang [Liu Pang]), Changan (Ch'ang-an), Luoyang (Loyang), Xiongnu (Hsiung-nu), commanderies; Korea: Koguryo, Silla [Shilla], Paekche, Pyongyang

Lecture 6: Buddha, Mahayana, Boddhisatva, Chan [Ch'an], Maitreya

Lecture 7: Sui, Tang (T'ang), equal field system, Grand Canal

Lecture 8: Jomon, Yayoi, Shinto, haniwa, kami, Taika, Kansai, Kanto

Lecture 9: Tomb culture, Yamato, Manyoshu, Horyuji, Prince Shotoku, Todaiji, Nakatomi, Taika Reform

Lecture 10: Nara (Heijo), Heian (Kyoto), Home Provinces, Fujiwara, shoen, Tendai, Shingon, Murasaki Shikibu, Tale of Genji

Lecture 11: gentry, Song (Sung), jinshi (chin shih), Kaifeng, Zhu Xi (Chu Hsi)

Lecture 12: Mongol, Chinggis Khan,

Lecture 13: Yuan, Khubilai, Marco Polo, Peking [Beijing]

Lecture 14: Ming, Zheng He (Cheng Ho), Wang Yang-ming, wako

Lecture 15: Taira (Heike), Kamakura, Minamoto (Genji), Hojo, samurai, shogun, bakufu, shugo, Tale of the Heike

Lecture 16: Ashikaga, shugo daimyo, Zen, No (Noh), Sesshu, Kinkakuji

Lecture 17: Onin, sengoku daimyo

Lecture 18: Ryukyu Islands, Jesuits, Goa, Malacca, Macao, Mateo Ricci, Tanegashima, Francis Xavier, Nagasaki, namban

Lecture 19: Jurchen, Manchu, Nurhachi, Liaodong, Willow Palisades, banner system

Lecture 20: gekokujo, Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu

Lecture 21: The Liefde, Will Adams, Shimabara, Hideyori

Lecture 22: Edo, Tokugawa, bakuhan system, fudai daimyo, tozama daimyo, alternate attendance system (sankin kotai), sakoku, Yoshimune, Deshima, ukiyo-e

Lecture 23: Qing (Ch'ing), Kangxi (K'ang Hsi), Qianlong (Ch'ien-lung), Law of Avoidance, Canton system, Taiwan, Tibet, "dynastic cycle"

Lecture 24: Opium War, unequal treaties, most favored nation policy

Lecture 25: rangaku movement, sonno-joi, Commodore Perry

List of Dynasties/Periods