The Flood Myths of Early China

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SUNY Press, Jun 1, 2006 - History - 248 pages
Explores how the flood myths of early China provided a template for that society's major social and political institutions.
 

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Contents

INTRODUCTION
1
CHINESE FLOOD MYTHS
16
FLOOD TAMING AND COSMOGONY
21
SOCIAL DIVISIONS AND THE FLOOD
28
THE FLOOD AND THE HUMANANIMAL DIVIDE
33
THE FLOOD AND HUMAN NATURE
38
THE FLOOD AND LOCAL CULTURES
43
CONCLUSION
47
FLOOD TAMING AND LINEAGES
79
THE DEMON CHILD
85
FATHERS SONS AND THE COLLAPSE OF SOCIAL DIVISIONS
99
CONCLUSION
106
FLOOD TAMING COUPLES AND THE BODY
109
THE MYTHOLOGY OF NU GUA AND THE FLOOD
110
THE MYTHOLOGY OF NU GUA AND FU XI
116
THE ICONOGRAPHY OF NU GUA AND FU XI
125

FLOOD TAMING AND CRIMINALITY
49
CRIMINALITY AND THE COLLAPSE OF SOCIAL DIVISIONS
50
GONG GONG AS A CRIMINAL
55
GUN AS A CRIMINAL
60
CRIMINALITY AND FLOOD IN THE SHAN HAI JING
64
CRIMINALITY FLOODS AND THE EXILE OF SONS
72
CONCLUSION
76
YU MARRIAGE AND THE BODY
134
CONCLUSION
143
CONCLUSION
147
NOTES
153
WORKS CITED
209
INDEX
231
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About the author (2006)

Mark Edward Lewis is Kwoh-ting Li Professor of Chinese Culture at Stanford University and the author of Writing and Authority in Early China and The Construction of Space in Early China, both published by SUNY Press.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Flood Myths of Early China
SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture
AuthorMark Edward Lewis
Editionillustrated
PublisherSUNY Press, 2006
ISBN0791466647, 9780791466643
Length248 pages
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History / Asia / China
Philosophy / Eastern
Religion / Eastern
  
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