CRN	93378	Distribution	B/D
Course No.	CHI 101
Title	Beginning Chinese I
Professor	Bruce Knickerbocker
Schedule	Mon Tu Wed Th 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm PRE 101

For students with little or no previous knowledge of Chinese. An introduction to modern (Mandarin) Chinese through an intensive drill of its oral and written forms. Emphasis on speaking and basic grammar as well as the formation of the characters. Audio and video materials will be incorporated into the curriculum to expose the class to Chinese daily life and culture. Daily active participation, frequent use of the language lab and one hour per week tutorial with the Chinese tutor are expected. Divisible.

CRN	93380	Distribution	B/D
Course No.	CHI 200 B
Title	Daoist Thought & Religion
Professor	Bruce Knickerbocker
Schedule	Tu Th 4:30 pm - 5:50 pm OLIN 310

Cross-listed: Religion; Literature

An introductory overview of the major trends and traditions in the history of Daoist thought and culture. This course aims to explore this rich heritage through an examination of Daoist philosophical discourse, religious movements, and techniques of meditation, longevity, and immortality. We will read the major texts of the Daoist classical tradition (Laozi, Zhuangzi, Liezi, etc.), we will consider the rise of the shadowy "Huang-Lao" tradition, and we will also probe the development of Daoist religion, considering such topics as its founding, rituals, festivals, immortals and deities, sects and scriptures. We will also examine some of the ways in which elements of the Daoist worldview have been carried over into such fields as government, literature, the arts and medicine. We will do close readings of primary source texts in translation, as well as read secondary historical and cultural studies. The course is primarily in discussion/lecture format, supplemented with audio-visual presentations. Although part of the fun of the course will be in learning about 25 Chinese characters, their meanings, pronunciations and calligraphy, the course will be conducted in English.

CRN	93476	Distribution	D
Course No.	CHI 201
Title	Intermediate Chinese II
Professor	Li-Hua Ying
Schedule	Tu Fr 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm LC 206

This course is for students who have taken one year of basic Chinese, and who want to expand reading and speaking capacity and to enrich cultural experiences. We will use audio and video materials, emphasize communicative activities and language games, and stress the learning of both receptive and productive skills. In addition to the central language textbook, other texts will be selected from newspapers, journals, and fictional works. Conducted in Chinese.

CRN	93875	Distribution	B/D
Course No.	CHI 301
Title	Advanced Chinese Tutorial
Professor	Li-Hua Ying
Schedule	TBA

This course is for students who have taken at least two years of basic Chinese at Bard or elsewhere, and who want to expand their reading and speaking capacity and to enrich their cultural experiences. Texts will be selected from newspapers, journals, and fictional works.

CRN	93329	Distribution	D/F
Course No.	CHI 315
Title	Brush Stroke: Gate to East Asian Art; Chinese Calligraphy
Professor	Li-Hua Ying
Schedule	Wed 1:30 pm - 3:50 pm LC 115

This course introduces the East Asian art of calligraphy—“shufa” in Chinese and “shodo” in Japanese. Long regarded as the highest form of art in East Asia, calligraphy lends itself to painting and poetry. Together they form the so-called “three perfections” in the literati tradition. We will study the aesthetic principles that connect the three aesthetic forms. Considerable time will be devoted to discussing the philosophical traditions of Taoism, Zen Buddhism and Confucianism. The emphasis of this course, however, is on learning the techniques of writing with the brush and developing individual styles of each student. One term paper and daily calligraphy projects.