History 175 (2008)
Lecture #1

"Traditional" East Asia & Western Perceptions of the "Orient"

IDs:  "Asia"
          Orientalism
          Asian riff
          MIddle Kingdom
          Daimyo

PART I: Western Perceptions of Asia

I. What is "Asia"?
         A. Geographic (map)
               • Just one of 7 Continents?
               • Racial?
               • Cultural?

         B. Areas of Asia
               • East, South, Southeast, Central and West

         C. The Orient
               • Orientalism (definition)
                    - Edward Said
               • Orientals

II. "Knowing" Asia    
         A. Musical, Visual, and Verbal Codes
               • Asian Riff (notation)    
                    - Kungfu Fighting (Kungfu Panda)
                    - Turning Japanese (The Vapors)
                    - Passage to Bangkok (RUSH)
         B. Asia in Popular Culture
               • Apu (Simpsons)
               • Long Duk Dong (Sixteen Candles)
               • Jin and Sun (LOST)
         C. Good and Evil
               • Good
                    - Wise Sage (Confucius, Kung Fu Master)
                    - Charlie Chan
                    -
               • Evil
                    - Yellow Peril
                    - Dragon Lady
                    - Fu Manchu

         D. Modern Manifestations
               • (New) Red Menance
               • Dalai Lama
               • Kim Jong-il

PART II: Traditional Asia
O. East Asian Languages (stop)
               • Chinese
                    -Romanization: Pinyin vs. Wade-Gilles
                                       > Mao Zedong vs. Mao Tse-tung
                                       > Beijing vs. Peking
               • Japanese
               • Korean
               • Tibetan
               • Names
                    - HU Jintao (Chinese Names)
                    - FUKUZAWA Yukichi (Japanese Names)
                    - KIM Sung-il (Korean Names)

I. Middle Kingdom(s)
         A. "Zhong guo"
               • Geographic isolation?
                    - Takalamakan Desert
                    - Himalaya Mtns
                    - China seas
          B.  Japan, Vietnam & Korea
                1. Common Civilization?
                     a.  Written language
                     b. Confucian Culture
                             - Confucian Bonds
                                 • Emperor - Subject
                                 • Father - Son
                                 • Husband - Wife
                                 • Younger brother - Older brother
                                 • Friend -Friend
                     c. Religious Parallels
                             - Buddhism
                             - Indigenous beliefs:  Daoism, Shinto, and Folk religions
                2. Distinct Traditions & Trajectories

III. Turning inward?
         A. China
                1.  Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644)
                     a.  Zheng He  (Muslim eunuch)
                             - 7 voyages (1405 -1433)
                             - Treasure Ships

                     b. Tribute System
                             - prestige vs. territorial control
                             - economic benefits

         B. Tokugawa Japan & the World
                1. Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616)
                             - Emperor, shogun, and daimyo
                             - Tokugawa Hidetada
                2. Daimyo Governance
                             - Peaceful political stabilization
                3. Westerners in Japan & the Myth of National Seclusion
                             - Christianity
                                 • Jesuit, Dominican and Franciscan
                                 • 1600:  300,000 Japanese converts
                                 • 1614 Expulsion Edict & Ban of Christianity
                                 • 1633-1639:  5 "Seclusion Edicts"
                                 • 1641 Sixth Edict:  The Dutch & Deshima  (photos)
                             - Two Centuries of Isolation?

V. Conclusions: "Inward East Asia"?
                1. Orientalist Perspectives