Introduction to Korean Buddhist Texts

4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Recommended requisite: course 100A or Chinese 110C or Korean placement test. Introduction to reading premodern Korean Buddhist texts written in Sino-Korean and taken from indigenous doxographic materials and philosophical writings, Korean Buddhist apocryphal scriptures, native exegetical commentaries, and Son (Zen) texts. Coverage varies. Texts may be read in either Sino-Korean or literary Chinese. May be repeated with consent of instructor. Letter grading.