ASA29001 Seminar in Traditional Chinese Culture

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences

Lecture Code ASA29001 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name 中国伝統文化論演習

Subject Name
（Katakana）チュウゴクデントウブンカロンエンシュウ

Subject Name in
English Seminar in Traditional Chinese Culture

Instructor ARAMI HIROSHI

Instructor
(Katakana) アラミ　ヒロシ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 3rd-Year, Second Semester, 4Term

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (4T) Weds1-4：IAS K204

Lesson Style Seminar Lesson Style
(More Details) 　

Seminar

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 23 : Arts and Humanities

Course Area（Discipline） 14 : Cultural Studies

Eligible Students

Keywords

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) Integrated Arts and Sciences
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・Knowledge and understanding of the importance and characteristics of each discipline and basic theoretical framework.
（Abilities and Skills）
・The ability and skills to collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information on individual academic disciplines.

Class Objectives
/Class Outline The Mogao Caves in Dunhuang are a treasure house of Chinese history research materials, with murals (visual materials) dating from the 4th to 13th centuries covering an area of 45,000 square meters. Furthermore, an enormous hoard of manuscripts, which is said to include more than 60,000 works, the so-called Dunhuang manuscripts, was discovered in the Library Cave of the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang in early summer 1900. These murals and manuscripts are kept and studied as an important resource for academic research. Many historical mysteries have been unveiled so far by Dunhuangology, in which these research materials are investigated.
The Dunhuang manuscripts are believed to be documents stored in Buddhist temples in Dunhuang and the cave where the manuscripts were placed was sealed for some reason around 1000 CE. The manuscripts include not only Buddhist sutras, Taoist and Confucian texts, and other religious documents, but also contain many documents used by common people, such as account books and other economic documents, preaching manuscripts, astrology books, folk songs that were popular at that time, novels, educational materials, and records written about folk beliefs. These documents helped us to gain an understanding of the social situation and everyday life of ordinary people at that time, something that is usually hidden behind the scenes of history and not fully recognized.
In this course, we will read a manuscript of prosimetric literature called bianwen from these Dunhuang manuscripts as a textbook and discuss the Chinese culture we can see in it.

Class Schedule Lesson 1: Guidance
Lesson 2: Overview of the Dunhuang manuscripts
Lesson 3: Reading in turn
Lesson 4: Reading in turn
Lesson 5: Reading in turn
Lesson 6: Reading in turn
Lesson 7: Reading in turn
Lesson 8: Reading in turn
Lesson 9: Reading in turn
Lesson10: Reading in turn
Lesson 11: Reading in turn
Lesson 12: Reading in turn
Lesson 13: Reading in turn
Lesson 14: Reading in turn
Lesson 15: Reading in turn
Students are required to submit a term paper.

Text/Reference
Books,etc. Revised and Annotated Version of Dunhuang Bianwen (Zhonghua Book Company, 1997), etc.

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. 　

(More Details) Handouts

Learning techniques to be incorporated 　

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review For reading in Lessons 3 to 15, students are required to read the textbook carefully in advance and prepare for the class, even if it is not your turn.

Requirements

Grading Method Evaluation is made on the basis of active participation in class (40%) and papers (60%).

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message

Other

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2024Year	School/Graduate School	School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences
Lecture Code	ASA29001	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	中国伝統文化論演習
Subject Name （Katakana）	チュウゴクデントウブンカロンエンシュウ
Subject Name in English	Seminar in Traditional Chinese Culture
Instructor	ARAMI HIROSHI
Instructor (Katakana)	アラミ　ヒロシ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	3rd-Year, Second Semester, 4Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(4T) Weds1-4：IAS K204
Lesson Style	Seminar	Lesson Style (More Details)
Seminar
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area（Discipline）	14 : Cultural Studies
Eligible Students
Keywords
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	Integrated Arts and Sciences （Knowledge and Understanding）・Knowledge and understanding of the importance and characteristics of each discipline and basic theoretical framework. （Abilities and Skills）・The ability and skills to collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information on individual academic disciplines.
Class Objectives /Class Outline	The Mogao Caves in Dunhuang are a treasure house of Chinese history research materials, with murals (visual materials) dating from the 4th to 13th centuries covering an area of 45,000 square meters. Furthermore, an enormous hoard of manuscripts, which is said to include more than 60,000 works, the so-called Dunhuang manuscripts, was discovered in the Library Cave of the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang in early summer 1900. These murals and manuscripts are kept and studied as an important resource for academic research. Many historical mysteries have been unveiled so far by Dunhuangology, in which these research materials are investigated. The Dunhuang manuscripts are believed to be documents stored in Buddhist temples in Dunhuang and the cave where the manuscripts were placed was sealed for some reason around 1000 CE. The manuscripts include not only Buddhist sutras, Taoist and Confucian texts, and other religious documents, but also contain many documents used by common people, such as account books and other economic documents, preaching manuscripts, astrology books, folk songs that were popular at that time, novels, educational materials, and records written about folk beliefs. These documents helped us to gain an understanding of the social situation and everyday life of ordinary people at that time, something that is usually hidden behind the scenes of history and not fully recognized. In this course, we will read a manuscript of prosimetric literature called bianwen from these Dunhuang manuscripts as a textbook and discuss the Chinese culture we can see in it.
Class Schedule	Lesson 1: Guidance Lesson 2: Overview of the Dunhuang manuscripts Lesson 3: Reading in turn Lesson 4: Reading in turn Lesson 5: Reading in turn Lesson 6: Reading in turn Lesson 7: Reading in turn Lesson 8: Reading in turn Lesson 9: Reading in turn Lesson10: Reading in turn Lesson 11: Reading in turn Lesson 12: Reading in turn Lesson 13: Reading in turn Lesson 14: Reading in turn Lesson 15: Reading in turn Students are required to submit a term paper.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Revised and Annotated Version of Dunhuang Bianwen (Zhonghua Book Company, 1997), etc.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
(More Details)	Handouts
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	For reading in Lessons 3 to 15, students are required to read the textbook carefully in advance and prepare for the class, even if it is not your turn.
Requirements
Grading Method	Evaluation is made on the basis of active participation in class (40%) and papers (60%).
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message
Other
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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