CLUSTER 40AChinese Classics, Their Legacy in East Asia, and Reimagination in Modern Times
Clusters · 6 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Course 40A is enforced requisite to 40B, which is enforced requisite to 40CW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Learning in traditional China was defined through mastery of canon of classic texts that students memorized as part of their education. These classics were also taught in Vietnam, Japan, and Korea, and served to create cultural ties across East Asia. Many more texts came to be considered classics—works of enduring value, read by large numbers of people across centuries, including religious scriptures, legal codes, novels, paintings, and performances. Exploration of how Chinese classics have been used and reimagined in different places and times to demonstrate enduring importance of these texts and cultural artifacts. Emphasis on how these works were interpreted throughout East Asia, relationship with past, and how shared history is seen as informing present.
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
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
CLUSTER 40A
- CLUSTER 40BChinese Classics, Their Legacy in East Asia, and Reimagination in Modern Times
- CLUSTER 40CWChinese Classics, Their Legacy in East Asia, and Reimagination in Modern Times—Special Topics
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 2 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.