HIEA 124: Life in Ming China (1368-1644) WINTER 2017 Class Time: MWF 11-11:50 Cog. Sci. Building 004 Professor: Dr. Schneewind Phone: 2-0814 Office: HSS 3062 Office hours: Mon.1-3, Wed. 12:30-1:30, and by appointment Mailbox in HSS 5012 E-mail: sschneewind@ucsd.edu Between 1368 and 1644, the Chinese commercial economy boomed, and ways to make a living multiplied. There were plenty of choices of profession; yet from the Zhu imperial family down to slaves many individuals were born or sold into livelihoods not of their choosing. How did men and women of different ranks and classes live and work in Ming times? How did their work shape their identities and experiences? How can we use their historical experience to reflect on our own work lives and identities? This experimental class requires active daily participation. We will read primary and secondary sources, and some sociological theory on work. Required Texts. Buy these at the campus bookstore now. Always bring the reading to class. John W. Dardess, Ming China, 1368-1644: A Concise History of a Resilient Empire Jessica Harrison-Hall, Ming art, people, and places Gordon Harvey, Writing with Sources Coursepack. Available only at UCSD bookstore. Articles are in here unless noted otherwise. Weekly pictures on TritonEd, and some links. Requirements: This is a reading, thinking, discussing, writing course; you must keep up with the reading every day, participate in class, and submit all assignments on time through TritonEd and in hard copy. The University says that a course should require 3 hours outside class for each credit-hour. That means 12 hours a week reading, studying, writing, or doing other course work. Schedule it now. Your will earn your grade through three course components, worth about one-third each. 1. Attendance and active, intelligent participation in class, including listening to others. You must do the day s reading before class, and bring your notes and the reading. In-class work will include taking notes on lecture and discussion by hand (no electronics in class unless we need them for something specific), group work, quizzes, etc. 2. Written assignments every week or two, typically 1-2 pages, on course readings. 3. The final exam will be a final paper of about 6-8 pages on course readings, on a practicum, or on research related to class material. Your choice; you and I will discuss and plan it. If you take the class pass/fail, you must earn a C- to pass. I do not recommend this option. If you have a certified disability, or will miss a class for religious reasons, let me know now. Plan your travels, doctor s appointments, etc. so that you do not miss class. Let me know about any problems immediately. **The syllabus may change.** 1
* marks a primary source Week One: Creating our Framework Mon. Jan. 9: *Excerpts from Hsu Pi-Ching, Feng Meng-lung s Treasury of Laughs: Humorous Satire on Seventeenth-Century Chinese Culture and Society. JAS 57.4 (1998). Wed. Jessica Harrison-Hall, Ming art, people, and places. The paintings are primary sources. Assignment: write in on this syllabus when you think we should re-read each joke and each section of Ming art, based on the content. Clothing: Evidence from Paintings link on TritonEd Fri. Begin Everett C. Hughes, Men and their Work. Answer the questions on the reading guide. Week Two: Farmers and Weavers Mon. Jan 16: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day holiday Wed. Finish Hughes, Men and their Work, and answering the questions on the reading guide. Gordon Harvey, Writing with Sources. Class visitor Librarian Chen Xi. Assignment due Wednesday: answers to the Hughes reading guide. Fri. *Feng Menglong (1574-1646), Shi Fu Meets a Friend at Tanque ( Shih Jun-tse Meets a Friend at the Strand ) 373-395. Focus on the production side -- how to make silk. Making Cloth and Sericulture on TritonEd. depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/clothing NOTE: FOR FULL CITATIONS OF ARTICLES, SEE THE COURSEPACK. Week Three: Merchants and Pirates Mon. Jan. 23: Re-read *Feng, Shi Fu Meets a Friend at Tanque. Focus on the business side. E-tu Zen Sun, Frugality and Wealth in a Ming Tale, pp. 181-191 Wed. Michael Dillon, Transport and Marketing in the Development of the Jingdezhen Porcelain Industry during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, JESHO 278-90 Class visitor Roxanne Farkas of the Career Center. Fri. Lauren Hilgers, Pirates of the Marine Silk Road, Archaeology 64.5(2011): 20-25 (TritonEd) Wang Tai Peng, The Word Kongsi : A Note. JMBRAS 52.1 (1979): 102-105. 2
Week Four: Entertainers Mon. Jan. 30: Grant Shen, Acting in the Private Theatre of the Ming Dynasty, 64-86 *Hou Fangyu, Biography of Actor Ma, pp. 460-2 Assignment due Monday: 1-2 pages on the readings so far. Wed. Joseph S. C. Lam, Music and Masculinities in Late Ming China, 112-134 Wei-hua Zhang, Music in Ming Daily Life, as Portrayed in the Narrative Jin Ping Mei. Asian Music 23.2 (1992): 105 34. Eric C. Lai, Pipa Artists and their Music in Late Ming China, 43-44 & 52-61 only Fri. *Zhang Dai, Liu Ching-t ing the Storyteller and Wang Yueh-sheng [the Courtesan] 92-6 *Feng Menglong, The Oil Peddler Wins the Queen of Flowers, transl. Chi-chen Wang Cordes M. Hoffman, Esteemed Link: An Argument for Xue Susu as Literati, 1, 35-53. Week Five: Soldiers and Outlaws Mon. Feb. 6 : Dardess, Ming China: A Concise History of a Resilient Empire, chapters 1 and 5 Assignment due Monday: Resume and cover letter for one of the careers studied. Wed. Michael Szonyi on hereditary military families, link on TritonEd Thomas Nimick, Ch i Chi-kuang (Qi Jiguang) and I-Wu County, 17-29. Kai Filipiak, The Effects of Civil Officials Handling Military Affairs in Ming Times Fri. David M. Robinson, Banditry and the Subversion of State Authority in China: The Capital Region during the Middle Ming Period (1450-1525). 527 563. Week Six: Monks and Doctors Mon. Feb 13: In-class film: Guan-yin Pilgrimage Kenneth Chen, excerpt from Buddhism in China, pp. 4-9 Anthony DeBlasi, A Parallel World: A Case Study of Monastic Society, Northern Song to Ming, Journal of Song-Yuan Studies 28 (1998): 155-175. Wed. Yunü Chen, Buddhism and the Medical Treatment of Women in the Ming Dynasty 3
Fri. Victoria Cass, Female Healers in the Ming and the Lodge of Ritual and Ceremony, 233-45 Week Seven: Literati: Leisure as Work Feb. 20 Monday: Presidents Birthday Holiday Wed. Dardess, Ming China, Chapter Three, Literati Joseph P. McDermott, The Art of Making a Living in Sixteenth Century China, 63-81 Assignment due Wednesday: 1-2 pages on the reading OR a second resume and cover letter. Fri. Timothy Brook, A Month of Delta Summer: The Work of Leisure in The Diary of Li Rihua. The Chinese Historical Review 23, no. 2 (July 2, 2016): 147 62. Alison Hardie, The Life of a Seventeenth-Century Chinese Garden Designer: The Biography of Zhang Nanyuan, by Wu Weiye (1609-71), 137-140. Gardens, link on TritonEd The Scholar s Studio (MIA) www.youtube.com/watch?v=feh-ohrq6q4 Week Eight: Officials Feb 27 Mon. * The Great Learning, from the classic Record of Rites Dardess, Ming China, Chapter Four Governance Wed. Yung Sik Kim, Confucian Scholars and Specialized Scientific and Technical Knowledge in Traditional China, 1000 1700: A Preliminary Overview. 207 28. Fri. Zhang Xiangming, A Preliminary Study of the Punishment of Political Speech in the Ming Period Ming Studies 62 (2010): 56 91. Zhang Xiangming, Punishment and Fame: A Case Study of Zou Yuanbiao 4
Week Nine: Eunuchs and other Servants Mon. Mar. 6: Claude Chevalerye, Acting as Master and Bondservant: Considerations on Status, Identities and the Nature of Bond-Servitude in Late Ming China, 237-72 *Yuan Hongdao, A Biography of the Stupid but Efficient Ones, 51-3. Assignment due Monday, 2-3 pages, topic TBA. Wed. Horace H. F. Jayne, The Evil That Men Do, Philadelphia Museum of Art Bulletin:12-14. Shih-Shan Henry Tsai, The Demand And Supply Of Ming Eunuchs, 121-146 Keith McMahon, The Potent Eunuch: The Story of Wei Zhongxian Link on TritonEd. Fri. Bao Hua Hsieh, From Charwoman to Empress Dowager: Serving-Women in the Ming Palace, Ming Studies 42 (1999): 26-80. Week Ten: Rulers Mon. Mar. 13: John W. Dardess, Ming China, Chapter Two Wed. Shih-shan Henry Tsai, A Day in the Life of Yongle s Court: April 12, 1423, pp. 3-19 Charles O. Hucker, A Dictionary of Official Titles in Imperial China, p. 70 Fri. Joseph M. Whitmeyer, Eccentricity and Indulgence in Autocratic Rulers, Sociological Perspective 39.1 (1996): 59-83 Academic Integrity Lies at the Heart of Good Scholarship If I even suspect cheating or plagiarism, University policy requires that I report it. I encourage you to discuss the reading, but when you must sit down alone to write, with only course material. Do not consult the internet, except as I instruct. A historian aims at finding the truth, gives evidence for his/her claims, and cites where evidence and ideas came from, so readers can assess the conclusions. If you lack good evidence for a claim, but are making an educated guess, just say so. If you know of evidence that contradicts your argument or thesis, revise the argument. 5
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