Grade 9 Students Learn About Ming and Qing Dynasty Chinese Culture
As a part of their study of China, 9th graders will be reading Journey to the West and Three Kingdoms, two Ming Dynasty novels. Mr. Adam Lanphier (MS/HS Mandarin teacher), collaborated with the 9th grade history team to prepare and deliver a presentation on Ming and Qing Dynasty Chinese culture.
Mr. Lanphier’s talk examined Chinese literacy through the lens of three important Chinese philosophies, in order that students may enter into their studies of China with a better sense of context and scale. The lecture also explored Chinese fiction through the lens of the folk histories -- the people’s histories -- of Chinese culture.