Contemporary Studies on the Book of Changes and Interpretations of Class

The course is designed for graduate students of the Department of Chinese Literature. The total unit of study for the whole academic year is 6; the unit of study for each semester is 3. The content of the instruction is based upon the instructor’s research results from the following projects: ‘The Interpretation on “Yi Chin” by Contemporary Confucian Scholars’ which is the sub-project of “The tradition of the interpretation of the classics in the East Asian modern Confucianism” (this is also a sub-project of ‘Plan of pursuing excellence of universities’ by the Ministry of Education). The two fields in ‘Contemporary research on “Yi Shueih” (the study of Yi Ching) of East Asia’ and ‘Studies on the Interpretation of Classics’ will be the main pivot of the instruction. There would be seven issues to be dealt with, they are as follows:
1. The background, origin, and recent situation of the issues on the interpretation of classics of contemporary East Asia.
2. The three categories and problem-consciousness regarding the interpretation of classics.
3. The method and methodology of the interpretation of classics of East Asia.
4. The relation among language, literature analysis and the interpretation of classics of East Asia.
5. Contemporary research orientation of ‘Yi Shueih’ (study on Yi Ching) of East Asia.
6. The interpretation of ‘Yi Shueih’ and the interpretation of "Yi Tu Hsiang" (the image of Yi).
7. Related issues regarding the translation the annotation of ‘Yi Chin’ (‘the Book of Change") and theory on the interpretation of classics.

Students are required to submit a term paper for each semester; they will give an oral presentation on the paper in the class, and to discuss problems with the classmates.
The grading criteria is as follows:
1. The first draft of the paper: 30%
2. Discussion: 40%
3. Revision of the draft: 30%