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The Flood Myths of Early China
Language: en
Pages: 258
Authors: Mark Edward Lewis
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-02-01 - Publisher: State University of New York Press

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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
The Flood Myths of Early China
Language: en
Pages: 264
Authors: Mark Edward Lewis
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-06-01 - Publisher: SUNY Press

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Explores how the flood myths of early China provided a template for that society's major social and political institutions.
Sanctioned Violence in Early China
Language: en
Pages: 392
Authors: Mark Edward Lewis
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1990-01-01 - Publisher: SUNY Press

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This book provides new insight into the creation of the Chinese empire by examining the changing forms of permitted violence--warfare, hunting, sacrifice, punis
The Flood Myth
Language: en
Pages: 468
Authors: Alan Dundes
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1988 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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The Construction of Space in Early China
Language: en
Pages: 514
Authors: Mark Edward Lewis
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-02-01 - Publisher: State University of New York Press

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