The Flood Myths Of Early China

by Lewis, Mark Edward

• ISBN13: 9780791466636
• ISBN10: 0791466639
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-03-30
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Author Biography

Mark Edward Lewis is Kwoh-ting Li Professor of Chinese Culture at Stanford University

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	vii
INTRODUCTION	1	(20)
Comparative Flood Myths	1	(15)
Chinese Flood Myths	16	(5)
CHAPTER ONE FLOOD TAMING AND COSMOGONY	21	(28)
Cosmogonies and Social Divisions	21	(7)
Social Divisions and the Flood	28	(5)
The Flood and the Human—Animal Divide	33	(5)
The Flood and Human Nature	38	(5)
The Flood and Local Cultures	43	(4)
Conclusion	47	(2)
CHAPTER TWO FLOOD TAMING AND CRIMINALITY	49	(30)
Criminality and the Collapse of Social Divisions	50	(5)
Gong Gong as a Criminal	55	(5)
Gun as a Criminal	60	(4)
Criminality and Flood in the Shan hai jing	64	(8)
Criminality, Floods, and the Exile of Sons	72	(4)
Conclusion	76	(3)
CHAPTER THREE FLOOD TAMING AND LINEAGES	79	(30)
The Sages as Bad Fathers and Sons	79	(6)
The Demon Child	85	(14)
Fathers, Sons, and the Collapse of Social Divisions	99	(7)
Conclusion	106	(3)
CHAPTER FOUR FLOOD TAMING, COUPLES, AND THE BODY	109	(38)
The Mythology of Nü Gua and the Flood	110	(6)
The Mythology of Nü Gua and Fu Xi	116	(9)
The Iconography of Nü Gua and Fu Xi	125	(9)
Yu, Marriage, and the Body	134	(9)
Conclusion	143	(4)
CONCLUSION	147	(6)
NOTES	153	(56)
WORKS CITED	209	(22)
INDEX	231