课程详述

COURSE SPECIFICATION

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The course information as follows may be subject to change, either during the session because of unforeseen

circumstances, or following review of the course at the end of the session. Queries about the course should be

directed to the course instructor.

课程名称 Course Title

历史中的佛教 Buddhism in History

授课院系

Originating Department

社会科学中心 Center for Social Sciences

课程编号

Course Code

SS098

课程学分 Credit Value

课程类别

Course Type

通识选修课程 General Education (GE) Elective Courses

授课学期

Semester

秋季 Fall

授课语言

Teaching Language

英文 English

授课教师、所属学系、联系方

式（如属团队授课，请列明其

他授课教师）

Instructor(s), Affiliation&

Contact

（For team teaching, please list

all instructors）

KIM HANUNG

南方科技大学人文社会科学荣誉学会 Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, SUSTech

hanung@mail.sustech.edu.cn

实验员/助教、所属学系、联系

方式

Tutor/TA(s), Contact

无 NA

10.

选课人数限额(可不填)

Maximum Enrolment

（Optional）

授课方式

Delivery Method

讲授

Lectures

习题/辅导/讨论

Tutorials

实验/实习

Lab/Practical

其它(请具体注明)

Other（Please specify）

总学时

Total

11.

学时数

Credit Hours

12.

先修课程、其它学习要求

Pre-requisites or Other

Academic Requirements

无 NA

13.

后续课程、其它学习规划

Courses for which this course

is a pre-requisite

无 NA

14.

其它要求修读本课程的学系

Cross-listing Dept.

无 NA

教学大纲及教学日历 SYLLABUS

15.

教学目标 Course Objectives

The main objective of the course is to acquaint students with a variety of Buddhism’s roles in human history. The course

will first follow the chronological order of the development of Buddhism throughout Asia and later deal with its influence

on the contemporary world as well. The course pursues the interactive and participatory pedagogy and, in order to better

serve this purpose, every weekly meeting of the course will be comprised of two parts: topic-oriented lectures and

interactive Q&A sessions. For every week’s topic, students are expected to read required weekly readings before the

lecture and encouraged to prepare at least one question or comment regarding weekly subjects in the Q&A session.

During the course, we will watch two films about Buddhism’s roles in history and students are required to write one final

paper on one of them.

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预达学习成果 Learning Outcomes

After successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

 Have a broad range of knowledge about Buddhism’s roles in human history

 Possess a better understanding of the interactions between human societies and one of world’s major religions

 Learn how to do historical research and use relevant reference resources

 Improve English reading and writing skills

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课程内容及教学日历（如授课语言以英文为主，则课程内容介绍可以用英文；如团队教学或模块教学，教学日历须注明

主讲人）

Course Contents (in Parts/Chapters/Sections/Weeks. Please notify name of instructor for course section(s), if

this is a team teaching or module course.)

Week 1: Introduction 引言 (2-credit hours)

 Instructor’s and students’ self-introductions

 What is Buddhism?

 Basics of Buddha’s teachings

 Branches of Buddhism (Mahayana, Theravada & Vajrayana)

Week 2: Gautama Buddha & His World 释迦牟尼和他的世界 (2-credit hours)

 Gautama Buddha as historical Buddha

 Previous lives and birth of Gautama Buddha

 Life of Gautama Buddha and its legacy

 Q&A session

Week 3: Early Expansion of Buddhism I 初期佛教的扩张（一）(2-credit hours)

 Buddhist Councils and systemization of Buddha’s teachings

 Mauryan empire and Buddhism

 Spread of Buddhism to Sri Lanka

 Q&A session

Week 4: Early Expansion of Buddhism II 初期佛教的扩张（二）(2-credit hours)

 Shunga dynasty and Buddhism

 Greco-Buddhism

 Kushan empire and Gandharan Buddhism

 Q&A session

Week 5: Buddhism to Central Asia and Decline in India 佛教在中亚和印度佛教的衰退 (2-credit hours)

 Buddhism’s Spread to Central Asia

 Islam’s advance and Buddhism

 Decline of Buddhism in Indian subcontinent

 Q&A session

Week 6: Film Viewing 电影观赏 (2-credit hours)

 Xuanzang, Huo Jianqi, dir. (2016)

Week 7: Buddhism in Chinese History 中国历史中的佛教 (2-credit hours)

 Buddhism in early Chinese history

 Buddhism in medieval Chinese history

 Buddhism in late imperial Chinese history

 Q&A session

Week 8: Buddhism in Korean History 韩国/朝鲜历史中的佛教 (2-credit hours)

 Buddhism in ancient Korean history

 Buddhism in history of Goryeo dynasty (918-1392)

 Buddhism in history of Joseon dynasty (1392-1910)

 Q&A session

Week 9: Buddhism in Japanese History 日本历史中的佛教 (2-credit hours)

 Buddhism in early Japanese history

 Buddhism in history of Feudal Japan (1185-1600)

 Buddhism in history of Tokugawa Japan (1600-1868)

 Q&A session

Week 10: Vajrayana Buddhism in Himalayan History and Beyond 喜马拉雅历史中金刚乘佛教 (2-credit hours)

 Buddhism in history of Northern Himalayan world

 Buddhism in history of Southern Himalayan world

 New spread of Vajrayana Buddhism in Mongolia

 Q&A session

Week 11: Film Viewing 电影观赏 (2-credit hours)

 Tulku, Kent Martin, dir. (2009)

Week 12: Buddhism in Thai History 泰国历史中的佛教 (2-credit hours)

 Buddhism in early Thai history

 Buddhism in 13-19 centuries of Thai history

 Buddhism in modern Thai history

 Q&A session

Week 13: Buddhism in Myanmar History 缅甸历史中的佛教 (2-credit hours)

 Buddhism in early Myanmar history

 Buddhism in medieval Myanmar history

 Buddhism in modern Myanmar history

 Q&A session

Week 14: Buddhism in Vietnamese History 越南历史中的佛教 (2-credit hours)

 Buddhism in early Vietnamese history

 Buddhism in dynastic Vietnamese history

 Buddhism in modern Vietnamese history

 Q&A session

Week 15: Contemporary Buddhism in Western World 越南历史中的佛教人类世 (2-credit hours)

 Early Introduction of Buddhism to Western World

 Current Status of Buddhism in Western World

 Conflict and Coexistence of Buddhism in Western World

 Q&A session

Week 16: Final Exam 期末考查 (2-credit hours)

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教材及其它参考资料 Textbook and Supplementary Readings

Lamotte, Étienne. History of Indian Buddhism: from the origins to the Śaka era ( Louvain-la-Neuve : Université

catholique de Louvain, Institut orientaliste, 1988).

Litian Fang. Chinese Buddhism and traditional culture (Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019).

Buswell, Jr, Robert E. The Zen Monastic Experience: Buddhist Practice in Contemporary Korea (Princeton: Princeton

University Press, 1993).

Yoshiro Tamura. Japanese Buddhism: A Cultural History (Tyoko: Kosei Publishing Co. 2005).

Tambiah, Stanley. Buddhism and the Spirit Cults in North-East Thailand (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,

1970).

Spiro, Melford E. Buddhism and Society: A Great Tradition and its Burmese Vicissitudes (New York: Harper and Row,

1971).

Nguyen, Cuong Tu. Zen in Medieval Vietnam: A Study of the Thiền Uyển Tập Anh (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press,

1997).

课程评估 ASSESSMENT

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评估形式

Type of

Assessment

评估时间

Time

占考试总成绩百分比

% of final

score

违纪处罚

Penalty

备注

Notes

出勤 Attendance

10%

课堂表现

Class

Performance

20%

Evaluated based on student’s

performance in each Q&A session

小测验

Quiz

课程项目 Projects

平时作业

Assignments

期中考试

Mid-Term Test

期末考试

Final Exam

40%

The class will have a final exam

based on the contents of the

instructor's lectures during the

semester.

期末报告

Final Paper

30%

An analytical paper on one of two

films that we will watch during the

course

其它（可根据需要

改写以上评估方

式）

Others (The

above may be

modified as

necessary)

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记分方式 GRADING SYSTEM

 A. 十三级等级制 Letter Grading

 B. 二级记分制（通过/不通过） Pass/Fail Grading

课程审批 REVIEW AND APPROVAL

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本课程设置已经过以下责任人/委员会审议通过

This Course has been approved by the following person or committee of authority