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Classical Chinese 3a

Course
2025-2026

Admission requirements

BA2 course Klassiek Chinees 2

Description

This course is designed for students who have completed Klassiek Chinees 1 and 2. The class readings focus on texts about flora and fauna in premodern China. Students will learn to deal with a variety of genres including canonical works, official histories, biji notebooks, religious scriptures, and literature. Additionally, this course introduces students to foundational concepts in Chinese culture and essential reference tools for textual studies.

Course objectives

  • Refine grammatical knowledge

  • Gain training in using dictionaries, databases, and other reference tools

  • Develop critical analytical methods to interpret and translate classical Chinese texts

  • Gaining familiarity with varying registers, styles and fields of Classical Chinese (wenyan and early baihua)

Timetable

The timetables are available through My Timetable.

Mode of instruction

  • Seminar

Assessment method

Assessment

  • Class participation and contribution (20%)

  • Quizzes (30%)

  • Final take-home exam (50%)

Weighing

To complete the final mark, please take notice of the following:

The final mark for the course is established by determining the weighted average. To pass the course, the weighted average of the partial grades and the paper must be 5.5 or higher.

Resit

The paper may be retaken if the student received a failing grade (5.49 or lower) on the first version. The final grade is the weighted average of the various components.

Inspection and feedback

How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.

Reading list

The booktitles and / or syllabi to be used in the course, where it can be purchased and how this literature should be studied beforehand.

Registration

Enrolment through MyStudyMap is mandatory.
General information about course and exam enrolment is available on the website.

Registration À la carte education, Contract teaching and Exchange

Information for those interested in taking this course in context of À la carte education (without taking examinations), eg. about costs, registration and conditions.

Information for those interested in taking this course in context of Contract teaching (with taking examinations), eg. about costs, registration and conditions.

For the registration of exchange students contact Humanities International Office.

Contact

  • For substantive questions, contact the lecturer listed in the right information bar.

  • For questions about enrolment, admission, etc, contact the Education Administration OfficeHerta Mohr

Remarks

None.