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Abbreviations

ASA = Asian Art (anthology)

IAR = Introduction to Asian Religion (@ library reserve counter)

MOO = Masterpieces of the Orient (anthology)

RAP = Religions of Asia in Practice (anthology)

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Extra Credit Readings, Practices & Terms

In selecting a practice & terms for each unit, most people will be drawn to a practice identified in one of the readings guides and addressed in one of the Application Exercises done in class. Interested students may earn **EXTRA CREDIT**, however, by doing additional reading that either (A) provides additional information about one of the above mentioned practices or (B) describes an entirely different practice not yet considered in class. You can also add points to a TRA score by doing a written analysis of one of these optional sources.

Unit 2

A. Additional Information About Practices Considered in Class

  • Confucian study during the late Zhou dynasty
    (reflection: dao, Heaven, Goodness)
    (community: Chou (=Zhou) dynasty, Yen Hui, Hui Tzu)
    [extra credit: Analects & Xun Zi excerpts (IAR, 374-79)
    OR Lun Yü & Zhuangzi remainder (MOO, 396-98, 403-6, 416-22)]
  • planning & constructing Qin's terracota army
    (reflection: Yellow Emperor, law, eternity)
    (community: Li Si, Government Workshop, Xiang Yu)
  • planning & carrying out Liu Xiu's Feng sacrifice
    (reflection: Transcendents, Heaven/tian, spirit "associates")
    (community: Ying Zheng, Han dynasty, fangshi)
  • medieval Daoist "inner vision" & its ritual context
    (reflection: dao, body gods/shen, Cinnabar Fields, immortal embryo, Shangqing)
    (community: Yang Xi, Maoshan Daoism, Xu Mi)
  • T'ao Ch'ien's poetry writing
    (reflection: dao, Heaven, Shadow, Spirit)
    (community: farmers, ancient rulers, Clerk Yang)
    [extra credit: "Three Poets: Li Bo OR Bo Chü-i" (MOO 455-63 OR 464-74)]
  • Wang Xizhi's calligraphy and its later interpretation
    (reflection: tranquility, chaos, gentility, militarism)
    (community: Wang Xizhi, Tang dynasty, Taizong court)
    [extra credit: EB, "Chinese Calligraphy."]

B. Additional Practices NOT Considered in Class

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