• • • Period of Disunity (220-581) • • •
Religion: The Origins of Buddhism [Magazine Article]
• • • Sui Dynasty (581-618) • • • Tang/T'ang Dynasty (618-906) • • •
Key Points: The Tang Empire
Society/Literature: The Chinese Scholar-Official
Tang Poets:
• Wang
Wei (699-761) [Multimedia Unit]
• Li
Bo (701-762) [Multimedia Unit]
• Du
Fu (721-770) [Multimedia Unit]
• "Spring
Gaze," by Du Fu [Primary Source]
• • • CLASSICAL JAPAN: Nara Period (710-814) • • • Heian Period (794-1185) • • •
Key Points: Classical Japan
Language:
•
The Japanese Language: Speaking and Writing [Activity]
• Japanese
Syllabaries [Activity]
• Chinese
Characters (Kanji) [Activity]
Religion: Buddhism in Japan [Article]
Gov't: The Constitution of Prince Shôtoku (604) [Primary Source]
Poetry:
•
The Manyôshû and Kokinshû Poetry Collections [Primary
Source]
• What
is Waka?
Society/Literature: The Heian Period
Literature (ca. 1002):
The
Pillow Book, by Lady Sei Shônagon [Primary Source]
• • • Song/Sung Dynasty (960-1279) • • •