Early Chinese ideas about the construction of an ordered human space received narrative form in a set of stories dealing with the rescue of the world and its in

Explores how the flood myths of early China provided a template for that society's major social and political institutions.

Explores how the flood myths of early China provided a template for that society’s major social and political institutions.

This book traces the evolving uses of writing to command assent and obedience in early China, an evolution that culminated in the establishment of a textual can

This book examines the formation of the Chinese empire through its reorganization and reinterpretation of its basic spatial units: the human body, the household