Thoughts about the 3rd session

[Anonymous]

I will have to agree with Peter. The session was highly informative. The professor is obviously passionate about his subject and such a learned scholar. I found it fascinating that he was home-schooled for so long; such an education was exhibited in his lecture.

[Anonymous]

The chanting was amazing. I could not help but draw parallels between the Chinese chanting, the British poetry, and current hip hop/spoken word jams. I think this is a great way to introduce students to the lyrical aspects of poetry and draw them into the universality of poetry across time, language, and culture. These parallels can be imbedded into a unit on the poetry of the Harlem Renaissance. Although the cadence and tempo may not be the same, the similarities are certainly there. We can also draw students in with the rap/hip hop connection.

[Anonymous]

Art is a great way for students to learn history. I wish I had more time to have students analze art in my class.

[Anonymous]

This was definitely one of my favorite lectures. Several observations: 1. when he mentioned the disappearing art of calligraphy, I immediately thought of my students and their inability to do handwriting (thus, this is also a disappearing art, if one may call it that). Truly unfortunate. I do feel technology, although, it connects us on so many levels, there is also a disconnect, for example to art. Calligraphy is also to be valued as he mentioned it is a practice on the level of (Tai) Chi, because it allows you to concentrate on writing, and breathe naturally 2. I found the literature chanting interesting, far from what I was expecting. I thought it was going to be Buddhist chanting. Definitely reminded me of differences in literature; out of my element since I teach history, but well worth learning about. Plus, he mentioned this too is a disappearing convention. 3. Lastly, I feel his demeanor made the delivery more interesting and definitely made the Saturday well spent.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

During a visit to China several years ago, I found it interesting that our tour gide was able to delineate between the various ethnic groups of the Chinese population. He specifically pointed out that he was of the Han lineage and could trace his ancestry. During class the lecturer stated that anyone claiming to be more than 10% Han was inaccurate. I assumed he meant that the mixture of races over generations far exceeded the claims of today's modern Chinese.

[Anonymous]

The “Age of Division” was a break from Confucianism to embracing Buddhism from India. The impact upon the Chinese civilization as stated during the lecture was the inspiration for a revival of the Daoist classics, obsession with metaphysics: the ‘pure talk.’ Again, I wonder how the society would have evolved it Buddhism had not been introduced. Would the Chinese been as focused and spiritually motivated to create the classic arts? Would the rise of fine arts have happened during this period or later on? Did Buddhism be credited with these artistic results entirely?

[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

Hi everyone,

Please reply to this message and share your thoughts about our Saturday session by Dr. Ye.

- Xin

[Anonymous]

The development of Chinese civilization occurred in three stages. The spread of Buddhism, The Golden Age of Poetry, and the fine arts through the Mongolian reign. During the lecture Prof. Ye described the influences of this periods upon culture of the people and how it impacted the subsequent periods of development. I found it interesting that Buddhism’s evolution from India to China remained intact from generations. I question how the Chinese society would have progressed spiritually if Buddhism had been absent. This would imply that there would not have been communication between the outside world and China.

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