CHIN 165Introduction to Chinese Buddhist Texts
Chinese · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Readings in premodern Buddhist texts written in literary Chinese and taken from translated Indian sutras, indigenous exegetical materials, Chinese apocryphal scriptures, and Ch’an writings. Problems in translation from Indo-European languages into Chinese; evolution of Chinese Buddhist terminology. Coverage varies. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor.
Letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Recommended requisite: course 100A or 110B or Japanese 110A or Korean 100A or Chinese placement test.
BruinTree reads · Recommended
needs reviewconfidence 0.50 · from text- CHIN 100A
- CHIN 110B
- JAPAN 110A
- KOREA 100A
- Chinese placement test
- · could not read "Chinese placement test" (no course number found)
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
CHIN 165
- CHIN 100AAdvanced Modern Chinese
- CHIN 110BIntroduction to Classical Chinese
- CHIN 110AIntroduction to Classical Chinese
- JAPAN 110AIntroduction to Classical Japanese: Basic Grammar
- JAPAN 100CAdvanced Modern Japanese
- JAPAN 100SAdvanced Modern Japanese: Intensive
- KOREA 100AAdvanced Modern Korean
4 direct requisites. Showing 25 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
CHIN 165
- JAPAN 165Introduction to Japanese Buddhist Texts
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.