This course focuses on the analysis and translation of intermediate texts from various periods. Based on the knowledge acquired in Literary Chinese 1, the course attempts to improve the students’ proficiency in philological translation with a sample of different types of text. To meet the challenges posed by the selected texts, the course further introduces Sinological reference tools useful for their elucidation.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

1. Recognise and translate the vocabulary of the text in hand through the use of general dictionaries.
   
2. Identify and analyse the grammar and sentence structures used in a range of standard philosophical, anecdotal, and historical texts from the full span of pre-Qin and imperial times.
   
3. Compare linguistic registers used in more complex texts written in Classical and Literary Chinese, and compose translations in registers of English appropriate to the original text.
   
4. Explain and appraise textual references through the use of Sinological reference tools of specific relevance to the text at hand.
5. Evaluate the texts read in class in light of the broad intellectual history and literary culture of imperial China.

Required Resources

Michael A. Fuller, An Introduction to Literary Chinese, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, revised edn. 2004.

Recommended Resources

Paul W. Kroll, A Student's Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese. Leiden: Brill, 2015.

Staff Feedback

Students will be given feedback in the following forms in this course:

• Written comments
• Verbal comments
• Feedback to the whole class, to groups, and to individuals

Student Feedback

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Other Information

Students with a background in reading and translating Literary Chinese texts will need to take an in-class placement test (Language Proficiency Assessment) conducted during 0-week to assess their suitability for enrolling in this intermediate course.

Class Schedule

Week/Session	Summary of Activities	Assessment
1	Week 1.1: Lord Ping of Jin asks Shi Kuang; Literary Chinese grammar revision	In-class translation + write-up
2	Week 1.2: Walking at night with a candle	Peer comments; in-class translation and write-up
3	Week 2.1: The two-headed snake; Literary Chinese reference tools	Submit week 1 translation homework; in-class translation + write-up
4	Week 2.2: Hidden virtue	Peer comments; in-class translation and write-up
5	Week 3.1: Zeng Shen killed someone; idioms	Submit week 2 translation homework; in-class translation + write-up
6	Week 3.2: Killing a pig	Peer comments; in-class translation and write-up
7	Week 4.1: Zhao Jianzi asks about Confucius; sentence diagrams	Submit week 3 translation homework; in-class translation + write-up
8	Week 4.2: Chasing the mulberry girl; sentence diagrams	Peer comments; in-class translation and write-up
9	Week 5.1: The phoenix and the owl	Submit week 4 translation homework; in-class translation + write-up
10	Week 5.2: Master Hui's paradoxes	Peer comments; in-class translation and write-up
11	Week 6.1: Revision	Submit week 5 translation homework
12	Week 6.2: In-class test	In-class test 1
13	Week 7.1: The turtle dragging its tail	In-class translation + write-up
14	Week 7.2: The language of flowers	Peer comments; in-class translation and write-up
15	Week 8.1: Drinking poems (Chrysanthemums)	Submit week 7 translation homework; in-class translation + write-up
16	Week 8.2: In the capital (Peonies)	Peer comments; in-class translation and write-up
17	Week 9.1: True crime in ancient China	Submit week 8 translation homework; in-class translation + write-up
18	Week 9.2: The too-good life	Peer comments; in-class translation and write-up
19	Week 10.1: Governing well	Submit week 9 translation homework; in-class translation + write-up
20	Week 10.2: Don't talk of profit	Peer comments; in-class translation and write-up
21	Week 11.1: The skull	Submit week 10 translation homework; in-class translation + write-up
22	Week 11.2: Life in a dream	Peer comments; in-class translation and write-up
23	Week 12.1: General revision	Submit week 11 translation homework
24	Week 12.2: In-class test	In-class test 2

Assessment Summary

Assessment task	Value	Learning Outcomes
In-class translation	20 %	1, 3
Peer comments	10 %	2, 4
Translation homework	20 %	3, 4, 5
In-class tests	50 %	1, 2, 3, 4, 5

* If the Due Date and Return of Assessment date are blank, see the Assessment Tab for specific Assessment Task details

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Moderation of Assessment

Marks that are allocated during Semester are to be considered provisional until formalised by the College examiners meeting at the end of each Semester. If appropriate, some moderation of marks might be applied prior to final results being released.

Assessment Task 1

In-class translation

After reading and discussing passages in literary Chinese, students will spend some time writing down a translation to test their understanding and retention. These draft translations will be submitted every class period. There will be 20 brief in-class translations, each worth 1% of the final mark.

Assessment Task 2

Peer comments

Once per week students will give written feedback on each other's translations, including grammar explanations. Students will be marked on the quality and accuracy of their feedback. There will be 10 opportunities for giving peer feedback, each worth 1% of the final mark.

Assessment Task 3

Translation homework

Most weeks students will be asked to produced a more polished version of their original translation with explanatory comments which they should research independently. Students may use AI for this assignment and to help with English language style and to explore different sources and references, but students must include screenshots to document their AI use and also check all citations and cite published versions of the texts by page number. There will be 10 homework assignments, each worth 1% of the final mark.

Assessment Task 4

In-class tests

Students will sit two in-class tests (in weeks 6 and 12 as specified above) in which they will translate a seen and unseen texts from Literary Chinese into English, and answer accompanying questions related to the text's contextual background, its grammar, and its structural features. Each In-class test will be worth 25% of the final mark, 50% total.

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