Study on Bronze Vessels of Shang and Chou Dynasties

This is a course regarding the study on the bronze Vessels of the Shang and the Chou dynasties. The instructor will provide handouts as the instructional material. We will introduce separately the shape, usage of the utensils such as ‘Ting’, ‘Li’, ‘Fu’, ‘Yi’, ’Pang’ and so on, and to explore the relevant issues relating to them. Students may refer to the book written by Rong Geng which is entitled ‘Shang Chou Li Chi Tung Kao’ (A general verification on the bronze vessels of the Shang and the Chou Dynasty), so that they could obtain basic knowledge in this area. Students should submit a term paper for each semester.