To submit, via Canvas (https://uio.instructure.com/courses/57627/assignments/134424 ), a short (ca 500 words, not including the literature list) assignment on a given topic is the prerequisite for being allowed to take the exam. The assignment topic is: "Compare the Confucian and Daoist Statecraft Ideas: How Did Both Schools Imagine the Ideal Rulership and Ideal Ruler?" The assignment will have to be submitted by October 3, 16.00. A literature list and references with page numbers are a required part of the assignment. You can employ whichever citation system you prefer, but please, do it consequently. You can read more here on citations and references: https://www.hf.uio.no/english/studies/sources-referencing/ .