HIST3140 Intellectual Landscape of the Middle Periods of China

八世紀下半葉以來，中國社會經歷了一個思想大變遷的時代。從中原王朝的視角出發，晚唐至明初的這一段時期在中國思想史上是為一大分水嶺。通過考察、梳理和分析八至十四世紀中國的一些文化和思想特徵，本課程希望引導同學走入中古時代的思想世界。《呂氏春秋》〈察今〉篇有所謂「古今一也，人與我同」的說法。以今察古，我們力求理解古人所思所想，進而認識現代思想史研究的根本取向和價值所在。

第一講: 思想史研究的範圍與習慣

第二講: 平蕪盡處—安史之亂前後的思想世界與歷史背景

第三講: 雲在青天—中、晚唐思想中的禪理

第四講: 明體達用—北宋前期的學術風氣

第五講: 唯新為大—熙豐新學之理想與追求

第六講: 以道為尊—兩宋道學之興起與發展：北宋篇

第七講: 心性之辯—兩宋道學之興起與發展：南宋篇

第八講: 以衍其傳－承載思想的物質條件

第九講: 憂憟廟堂—思想的政治與政治的思想

第十講: 鴻漸於陸—思想史中的社會理念與實踐

第十一講: 復性為宗—明初思想世界之基本宗旨

第十二講: 代結語—中國近代思維的中古根源

待定

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