The China Year

The China Year

China Year classes and registration information on the Graham School website.

Despite the abundance of news articles about China, the new economic powerhouse of the East, how well do we really understand this massive and ancient country? This Asian Classics year will introduce primary texts that form the backbone of educated Chinese life, including the Dao De Jing, Confucius’s Analects, and the Yi Jing. The works of early historians and poets will illuminate Taosim and Confucianism; later writings will trace the development of Zen Buddhism and its influence on Chinese literature and society. Students will also read a selection of China’s extraordinary poetry and literature—everything from Tang and Song poetry to a famous classical novel such as Journey to the West or The Story of the Stone.

The China Year will not meet in 2010-2011.
In 2009 the Asian Classics program improved its curriculum, changing the order in which the four cultures are studied (Middle East, India, China, and Japan). As a result of this change, the China Year will not meet in 2010-2011 and the Japan Year will not meet in 2011-2012. After this period of adjustment, all four years will run continuously.