「命」的觀念，在中國哲學以至中國文化，影響極其廣泛，源遠流長。它涉及宗教、道德、政治、人生態度、通俗文化，以至迷信，亦跟儒家道家密切相關。
本課之目的，是在對「命」觀念之分析，以顯示其眾多涵義，並討論所涉及的爭議。
此課之內容，包含天命、義命、性命、安命、正命、俟命、立命、無命、知命、運命、遭命、受命、隨命、祿命、壽命、命根等。
本課所依之文本，雖有歷史之先後，但重點不在源流，而在觀念之分解疏通。此包括《詩經》《易》《論語》《孟子》《莊子》《中庸》《論衡》《墨子•非命》以及宋明儒(如張橫渠、二程子) ，以至唯識宗等。
*「本課需閱讀文本及議題討論」
The concept of "fate" has a very wide influence in Chinese philosophy and even Chinese culture. It involves religion, morality, politics, life attitudes, popular culture, and even superstition, and is closely related to Confucianism and Taoism.
The purpose of this course is to analyze the concept of "fate" to show its various meanings and discuss the disputes involved.
The content of this class includes destiny, destiny, destiny, destiny, waiting for destiny, establishing destiny, knowing destiny, running destiny, receiving destiny, receiving destiny, being able to destiny, being able to destiny, being able to destiny, being able to destiny, being able to destiny, being able to destiny, being able to destiny, being able to destiny, being able to destiny, being able to destiny, being able to destiny, being able to destiny, being able to destiny, being able to destiny, being able to destiny, being able to destiny, being able to destiny, being able to destiny, being able to destiny, being able to destiny, being able to destiny, being able to destiny, being able to destiny, being able to destin
Although the text on which this course is based on history, the focus is not on the origin, but on the decomposition and clearance of ideas. This includes "Pen Shu", "Yi", "Speech", "Mencius", "Zhuangzi", "Doing the Mean", "Speech Heng", "Mo Zi•Free Ming", and Song and Ming Confucians (such as Zhang Wenqu and the Er Chengzi), and even the Emperor of the Emperor.
*"This course requires reading text and discussion on topics"
馮友蘭，《中國哲學史》
徐復觀，《中國人性論史》
Good Friends, "History of Chinese Philosophy"
Xu Xie, "History of Chinese Human Nature"
| 評分項目 Grading Method | 配分比例 Grading percentage | 說明 Description |
|---|---|---|
| 堂上報告堂上報告 Report in class |
50 | |
| 期末報告期末報告 Final report |
50 |
