Week 3

Monday 9/20--Finish reading excerpts from Confucius in reader, pp. 23-35. Please pay especial attention to the following selections (some of them you read for Friday): 2.1, 4.15, 6.28 (on p. 21), 12.8, 12.11, 12.19, 15.23, 17.25.

Also: response due! See the response chain for specific instructions.

Tuesday 9/21--Read 36-40 in reader. To think about: How is the philosophy of Mencius (who was a disciple of Confucius) different from his teacher's? Look for passages that illustrate this difference.

Thursday 9/23--Please review Confucius and Mencius then write a response on them. Also, vocab quiz on chapters 3 and 4.

Friday 9/24--Read Zhuang Zi (Chuang Tzu) in reader, p. 41-53 (sections 1 and 2).