Week 2

Monday 9/13--Read Book of Songs, pp. 3-29 in Anthology of Chinese Literature. What patterns/motifs/themes do you notice emerging from these poems?

Tuesday 9/14--Read poems from the Book of Songs in reader, pp. 2-10 and response #1 due.

Thursday 9/16--Response #2 due on class website. See response site for specific information on the question. Also read about the Xia, Shang, and Zhou Dynasties--"The Ancient Dynasties"--on the web at http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/ancient1.html.

Friday 9/17-- Read excerpts from Confucius, pp. 11-22 in reader.

2. Also, read the background about the historical time period--Ancient Dynasties II: Hundred Schools of Thought--on the web at http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/ancient2.html.