Date and Time

October 9 , 2015 – January 8, 2016*

Every Friday 7:00 to 8:30PM, 10 lessons in total

*No lesson on October 16, November 27, December 25 & January 1

Overview

This course seeks to provide an introductory overview of the development of Chinese Taoism. Major Taoist literature will be interpreted and selected topics to be critically examined with various scholars’ discourse.

Topics

1. The origins of Taoism in Qin Dynasty

2. Overview of Lao-Tzu’s thoughts

3. “Zhuangzi: Carefree Wandering”

4. “Zhuangzi: On the Equality of Things”

5. Huang-lao thoughts and Han-dynasty politics

6. Taoist thoughts and Taoism: “Xiang’er’s Commentary on Lao-Tzu”

7. Neo-Taoism of Wei & Jin dynasties: Thoughts of Wang Bi and He Yan

8. Development of Taoism in Tang dynasty

9. Application of Taoist thoughts within Song dynasty Confucianism

10. Taoist thoughts and Chinese art

Instructor

Mr. Francis Li

Fellow, Royal Asiatic Society of Britain & Ireland

Academic Director of Savantas Liberal Arts Academy

B.A. (Hons.)in Philosophy, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Venue

Changed to: Savantas Policy Institute (Flats A-B, 11/F, China Overseas Building, 139 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai)

Tuition

The tuition fee is $800 for the entire program. There is also a $200 deposit, which will be returned to students with a 80%+ attendance rate at the end of the program (see Attendance below). The total of $1000 is due a week after the student is accepted into the program or before the first class, whichever comes first, and will be used to reserve a place in the course.

SLAA is fully committed to making its courses accessible to students from all socio-economic backgrounds. Full or partial fee remission is available to students who require financial assistance. If you would like to apply for fee remission, please indicate accordingly on the application form.

Registration

Please submit your registration here