Topics: Please choose one of the following topics. Compare and contrast western and East Asian systems of law and justice explain Confucian moral theory a practice explain the five constant virtues and the concept of ren explain Confucian political economy and its lasting legacies explain Confucian law explain Confucian ritual theory explain the characteristics of modernity and apply them to Confucian East Asia

• Yao, X. 2000. An Introduction to Confucianism. Cambridge University Press. (Read entire book)

• de Bary, W.T. et al. 1999. Sources of Chinese Tradition, Volume 1: From Earliest Times to 1600. Columbia University Press. (Read Confucius, Mencius, and Xun-Zi sections)

• de Bary, W.T. et al. 1999. Sources of Chinese Tradition, Volume 1: From Earliest Times to 1600. Columbia University Press. (Read your choice of neo-Confucians) Teaching Assistants