MCLC: China's dynasties in song

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: kirk (denton.2 at osu.edu)
Subject: China's dynasties in song
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Source: Sinopshere Blog, NYT (11/5/13):
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/chinas-dynasties-in-song/

The order of China¹s dynasties can be a complicated puzzle for students of
Chinese history. The Harvard professors William Kirby and Peter Bol offer
this trick: a song that names the major dynasties, the Republic of China
and the People¹s Republic of China (or as the lyrics have it, ³Mao
Zedong²) to the tune of ³Frère Jacques.²

The singing professors are teaching a free course on China
<https://www.edx.org/course/harvard-university/sw12x/china/920> through
HarvardX, the university¹s branch of the nonprofit online learning program
edX <https://www.edx.org/>. ³If you sing this song once a day, you will
always remember the sequence of Chinese dynasties,² Professor Bol says on
the video. ³You will also drive your friends and family crazy,² replies
Professor Kirby.