HST 107 - China’s Magical Creatures (and Where to Find Them)

Course unit(s): 1
Meets GAR (students beginning prior to Fall 2024): Meets general academic requirement HU and DE.
A cultural history of the strange in pre-modern China. How did the Chinese people explain the existence of ghosts, demons, immortals, fox spirits, unicorns and many other strange creatures? What do the encounters between humans and these creatures tell us about the pre-modern Chinese worldview, and how much of that tradition is still alive in China now?