What you will learn
- China’s origins and how early concepts in Chinese culture still matter in the 21st century
- How the relationship to the self evolved with the spread of aristocratic culture and Buddhism
- Classical Chinese poetry and the ancient art of calligraphy
- How a shifting social and political elite ultimately brings unity to China, ushering in an age of global empire
- How the economic and political realities of today’s China originated in the region centuries ago
Program Overview
Expert instruction
5 high-quality courses
Self-paced
Progress at your own speed
1 year 3 months
1 - 3 hours per week
Discounted price: $670.50
Pre-discounted price: $745USD
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Courses in this program
HarvardX's History of China: Bronze Age to the Last Dynasties XSeries Program
- China’s Political and Intellectual Foundations: From Sage Kings to Confucius
- China’s First Empires and the Rise of Buddhism
- Cosmopolitan Tang: Aristocratic Culture in China
- Literati China: Examinations, Neo-Confucianism, and Later Imperial China
- Global China: From the Mongols to the Ming
Meet your instructors from Harvard University (HarvardX)
Peter K. Bol
Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Harvard University
William C. Kirby
T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies; Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration
Harvard University
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Discounted price: $670.50
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