KSCB020 Early Taoism

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Dušan Vávra, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Dušan Vávra, Ph.D.
Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Jana Vávrová Mašková, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
RLB61 Religions in China || KSCB003 Religions in China and Taiwan || KSCA018 Chinese philosophy I
Kurz vyžaduje znalost angličtiny (některé texty, se kterými se v kurzu pracuje, jsou v angličtině). Základní znalost čínštiny je výhodou, ale nevyžaduje se.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
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Course objectives
THe seminar works with texts of early Daoism in translation, especially the Laozi. SElected chapters of this book are confronted with related passages from other books (not only Daoist). The aim of the seminar is to read the Laozi in context of other early Chinese texts and to understand the Laozi in historical, social, and political context.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to:
- understand and explain the essential concepts and ideas of the Chinese philosophical thought
- analyse the concepts' significance in actual texts
- critically analyse the cathegories traditionally applied to Chinese philosophy
- analyse and interpret Chinese philosophical texts in translation
Syllabus
  • (0) Introduction
  • (1) What is taoism?
  • (2) Dao
  • (3) De
  • (4) Wuwei
  • (5) Students' presentations
  • (6) Self-cultivation in early taoism (qi, jing, shen)
  • (7) Perfect action in early taoism
  • (8) Ziran
  • (9) Students' presentations
  • (10) Early commentaries on the Laozi - Wang Bi and Zhuang Zun
  • (11) Early commentaries on the Laozi - Heshang gong and Xiang'er
  • (12) Students' presentations
Literature
    required literature
  • LAOZI. Tao te ťing : o tao a ctnosti. Edited by Olga Lomová - Berta Krebsová. 2., opr. a dopl. vyd., celko. Praha: DharmaGaia, 2003, 268 s. ISBN 8086685128. info
    recommended literature
  • CHENG, Anne. Dějiny čínského myšlení. Translated by Helena Beguivinová - Olga Lomová - David Sehnal - Dušan Vávra. 1. vyd. Praha: DrahmaGaia, 2006, xv, 688. ISBN 8086685527. info
  • KRÁL, Oldřich. Čínská filosofie : pohled z dějin. Vyd. 1. Lásenice: Maxima, 2005, 373 s. ISBN 809013338X. info
  • GRAHAM, A. C. Disputers of the Tao : philosophical argument in ancient China. 8. print. Chicago: Open Court, 2003, x, 502. ISBN 0812690885. info
  • SCHWARTZ, Benjamin I. The world of thought in ancient China. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1985, 490 s. ISBN 0674961900. info
Teaching methods
Reading, discussions
Assessment methods
- no absence allowed; - presentations, presence in the class, active participation in the class; - student presentatrion 3 times in semester
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014.
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