Classical Chinese Primer
Lesson List

These are the Lesson texts as originally planned. Further suggestions are always welcome.

This page serves as the detailed Contents List for the Lessons proper. The return arrow at the end of each Lesson page will take you back to the proper section of this page.

05th Century

• 1. Confucius on Rvn (LY 4:1)
• 2. Confucius on Rvn (LY 4:2)
• 3. Confucius on Rvn (LY 4:3-4)
• 4. Confucius on Rvn (LY 4:5)
• 5. Confucius on Dau (LY 4:8)
• 6. Confucius on Dau (LY 4:9-10)
• 7. Schoolroom Vignettes (LY 5:9, 21, 27)
• 8. Two Chvn Folk Songs (Shr 136-137)
• 9. A Jvng Folk Song (Shr 87)
• 10. The New Confucius (LY 7)
• 11. The Entrepreneur (Proto-Yi)
• 12. Dzvng Ywaen on Official Life (LY 9:23, 25, 30a)

Early 04th Century

• 13. Mwo Di on War (MZ 17a; c0380)
• 14. Mwo Di on War (MZ 17b; c0380)
• 15. Mwo Di on War (MZ 17c; c0380)
• 16. Mwo Di on Peace (MZ 14a; c0375)
• 17. Mwo Di on Peace (MZ 14b; c0375)
• 18. The Gentleman at Home (LY 10)
• 19. The Good Life (Shr 115)
• 20. The Mystical Quest (DDJ 14, 4; c0340)
• 21. Gwandz on State Power (GZ 3)
• 22. Lord Shang on State Power (SJS 10)
• 23. Theory of Ritual (LY 3)

Late 04th Century

• 24. Lu Populism (LY 12-13; c0325)
• 25. Mencius on Government (MC 1A1; 0320)
• 26. Mencius on Government (MC 1A3; 0320)
• 27. Mencius on Government (MC 1A5; 0320)
• 28. On Public Protest (DJ Syang 31:11; c0315)
• 29. The Saga of Chung-ar (DJ)
• 30. The Sage of Chung-ar (DJ)
• 31. Shvn Dau on Sovereignty (SD 5)
• 32. Mencius on the Social Contract (MC 1B12; c0312)
• 33. On Opposites (DDJ 2, 30, c0312)
• 34. The Sorcerer's Curse (DJ)
• 35. The Voice of the Other (DJ Syang 14; c0312)
• 36. Mencius on Losing Honorably (MC 1B14-15; c0310)

Early 03rd Century

• 37. Micians Against Ritual (MZ 48:8)
• 38. Confucians For Ritual (LY 17:9)
• 39. Micians Against Confucians (MC 48:12)
• 40. Family and State (LY)
• 41. The Filial Piety Crisis (MC 5)
• 42. On Government (DDJ 48, 59)
• 43. On Heaven (SZ 17)
• 44. Dialogue on Human Nature (MC, SZ)
• 45. Dialogue on Human Nature (MC, SZ)
• 46. The Right of Protest (Lu Mu-gung; Gwodyen, c0288)
• 47. The Right of Rebellion (MC)
• 48. The Failure of Human Nature (MC 6A8)
• 49. On Camouflage (JZ 4)
• 50. On Contortion (JZ 6)
• 51. The Public Spirit (LY 18:6; c0262)

Late 03rd Century

• 52. The Horns of the Snail (JZ 25:5B)
• 53. Against Peace (MC 6B4)
• 54. Inward Turning (MC 7A3-4; c0260)
• 55. The Failure of Passive Government (DDJ 66, 80; c0254)
• 56. The Rejection of the Micians (MZ 50; c0250)
• 57. The End of the Affair (MC 7B38; c0249)
• 58. Beyond Nationality (LSC 1D4; c0239)
• 59. The Desperado (LSC Postface; c0238)
• 60. Hymn to the Fallen (Nine Songs #10)

 

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