Classical Chinese Keywords: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Description

This course situates classical Chinese key terms within cross-cultural communication and engages students with direct comparative perspectives. It aims at guiding students into unique discourses in classical Chinese philosophy, while building up the language and perspectives for cross-cultural communication. The key terms discuss in our “ 名” “ 实” “course include To name or not to name- ; Truth and philosophy of language- ; Contextualizing harmony in Europe and Chinese-和”; “The conception of self in Chinese philosophy”; “Filial Duties and 孝”; “The philosophy of love 爱”; “The value of silence-默”； “the expression of humour-笑”； “the purpose of questioning- 问”; “instruction dialogues 教”“From scribe to history-史”; “Changing attitudes of reading -读”;“Divergent attitude towards death-死”; and“comparative perspectives on luck- 命”. This course hopes to show students the value of Chinese philosophy while taking into account the audiences with different cultural and educational backgrounds.