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Name
Dates
Notes
First Meeting—Foundations
February 4, 2021

Intro to the course; reading tips; preparation for the Lunyu

Analects (Lunyu 論語) I
February 11, 2021

Self-cultivation; ritual; propriety

Analects (Lunyu 論語) II
February 18, 2021

Social roles, perspective-taking, and the ethical life

Analects (Lunyu 論語) III
February 25, 2021

Admiration, exemplarism, and selfhood

Analects (Lunyu 論語) IV
March 4, 2021

Effortless action and social harmony

Mozi and the Mohist School I
March 11, 2021

The grounds of morality; shaping moral behavior

Mozi and the Mohist School II
March 18, 2021

The Mohists contra the Ru; the three gauges/standards (三表)

Mozi and the Mohist School III
March 25, 2021

Concern for all, excluding none

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NO MEETING
April 1, 2021

Mozi and the Mohist School IV
April 8, 2021

Inclusive care and its demandingness

Zhuangzi I
April 15, 2021

Transformation and skeptical questioning

Zhuangzi IV
May 6, 2021

Heaven and Man

Zhuangzi II
April 22, 2021

Transformation and skeptical questioning (cont'd); skill and dao

Zhuangzi III
April 29, 2021

Primitivism

Zhuangzi V
May 13, 2021

Interpretations of the Zhuangzi