Brotherhood and Righteousness San Guo and Shui Hu 
F06
Shunzhu Wang
“Zhong” (loyalty) and “Yi” (brotherhood and righteousness) are two essential moral elements at the core of traditional Chinese culture. San Guo (The Three Kingdoms) and Shui Hu (The Water Margins) are two of the Four Great Classics that deal with, among other things, these two concepts. The stories of the sworn brotherhood between Liu, Guan, and Zhang in San Guo and the Robin Hood heroes such as Wu Song, Li Kui, and Song Jiang in Shui Hu, who are forced to take justice into their own hands, are known to every household. This course provides students with an opportunity to learn about the ideas of Zhong and Yi through these two literary pieces. Students will read the simplified versions and watch TV series based on the two stories so that they can compare the verbal and visual representations. Through various activities such as reading, analyzing, role-playing, and retelling, students will have a chance to develop their narrative skills while nurturing a literary sensitivity that will help enhance cultural understanding. In addition to learning the skills of storytelling, students will also learn how to read critically, to express a viewpoint, and to develop and support an argument. Conducted in Chinese. Low-intermediate level.