On the Submission of the …

On the Submission of the Obligatory Qualifying Essays

Please choose one of the following topics for your essay:

1.Describe the main doctrines of the Pure Land School in East Asia. Explain the popularity of this school in the East Asian countries.

2.Describe the significance of the “filial piety” principle for the ethical and socio-political norms of Confucianism, and the influence of this principle upon the religions and cults of East Asia.

The essay should be on 4-5 pages (double-spaced), and is supposed to be based upon the obligatory literature, supplementary (non-obligatory) reading and lecture notes. It should include a literature list and references to the sources, which are expected to follow either Chicago or Harvard style (see the guidebooks here: http://www.hf.uio.no/sitat/stiler.html). Two copies of the essay should be submitted to the Institute’s office (4th fl., PAM) between 12.30 and 15.00 o’clock on April 21, 2006 or at an earlier date. An obligatory “declaration concerning cheating” should be submitted together with the essay (http://www.hf.uio.no/internt/studier/eksamen/obligerklaering.html). The essays cannot be submitted by fax or e-mail, and all submissions after 15.00 on April 21, 2006, will not be accepted.